Oct 2000 CAWS Newsletter Madison Audubon Society

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Hugh Il t i s TalksPopulat ion Grow th, Biodiversit y Loss,

and Technological Promise: How Dense Can You Get?

The cantankerous, opinionated,

outrageous, passionate, dedicated

Hu gh Iltis rails against the root

cause of our environ men tal crisis

the un sustainable increase in hum an

population. Madison Audubon

gives the retired Professor of

Botany, Curator of the Herbarium,

co-founder of the Wisconsin Chapter

of the Nature Conservancy, the

pod ium so that he can try to inspire

us to do something abou t this moth-

er of all environmen tal problems,this profoun d crisis wh ich is being

trivialized or ignored by society.

Our pop ulation increases by 95

million each year, or about 260,000

each day, thats a million new

mou ths every 100 hours, another

city the size of Mad ison every day.

Every 20 minu tes another sp ecies

becomes extinct because w e

hu man s, all 6 billion of us, have

usurp ed their space. Despite a slight

slowing in the rate of growth, ourpop ulation w ill dou ble to 12 billion

by 2050. The expon ential p rolifera-

tion of our sp ecies is the most severe

problem we have faced in hum an

history, and is the one most likely to

result in breakdow n of both our

ecosystems and our social structure.

That breakdow n is well un derw ay.

Conservation biologists know that,

yet most people dont know or d ont

care.

Hu man popu lation control is a

taboo subject. Hu gh Iltis doesnt shy

away from controversy. He takes on

some in the religious comm un ity for

their biologically untenable opposi-

tion to birth control and abortion. He

ridicules the narrow views of econo-

mists wh ose mod els fail to consider

the frailty of ou r biological ecosys-

Free Pub lic ProgramWhat: Dr. Hu gh Iltis on p opu lation

growth an d biodiversity

loss.

When: Tuesday, October 17, 2000

7:00 p.m. - Refreshments

7:30 p.m. - Program

Where: Bolz Aud itorium, Meriter

Hospital, 124 Brooks St. Madison

Parking: Meriter Hospital paid

parking ram p across the street, on

the street, or Lot 51 north of Regentand Mills St.

tems. He argu es against unlimited

immigration and shows outrageas

should weat the escalating

destruction of ou r natu ral heritage

and the ecological system all life

dep ends on. He encourages us to

deal with the problemoverpopula-

tioninstead of tinkering with the

symptom sincluding spraw l,

famine, extinction, global wa rming,

rain forest d estruction, and ozone

depletion.

The explosive hu man pop ulationgrowth is the greatest threat to

wildlife, indeed the greatest threat to

all life on the planet. As the evidence

shows, we are ignoring this pro-

found crisis, this most obvious of

calamities. Madison Audu bon is

prou d to offer an opportu nity to

hear Professor Iltis and add pop ula-

tion to your agend a.

This program is co-sponsored by

the Un iversity of Wisconsin-

Madison Department of Wildlife

Ecology.

Although our speaker cannot join

us, you are invited to meet w ith

Madison Aud ubon board m embers

and friends at the pre-program d in-

ner at Paisan's Restaurant beginning

at 5:15 p.m . Please call the office at

608/ 255-BIRD (255-2473) if you have

questions.

Novem ber meeting: Pat Manthey on

Trump eter Swan s

NEWSLETTER

OF THE

MADISON

AUDUBONSOCIETY

222 S. Hamilton St . / Madison, WI 53703 / 255-BIRD / ht tp://madisonaudubon.org OCTOBER 2000

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MADISON AUDUBON SOCIETYPresid ent: Joanne Her fel, 241-8009Vice-presid ent: Am y McDaniel, 238-0450

Goose Pond Resident Natu ralists:

Mark and Sue Martin, 635-4160

Editor s: Pat & Deb Read y, 873-1703

pr [email protected]

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Society is to educate our m embers and the

pu blic about the natural world and the

threats that n atural systems are facing, to

engage in advocacy to preserve and p rotect

these systems, and to develop and maintain

sanctuaries to save and restore natural

habitat.

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Fall f ield t rips foroutdoor funSat., Oct. 7, 2000: Lake Michigan

Hawkwatch

We w ill travel to Lake Michigan,

north of Milwaukee, to Concordia

College to look for migrating haw ks.

If the w inds are favorable, we shou ld

see a variety of haw ks in fair nu m-bers. Haw ks and other fall migrants

usually occur in the greater nu mbers

along Lake Michigan sh ore. Our trip

leader w ill be Jon Peacock, an av id

haw k w atcher with over 30 years of

experience. Jon not only w atches

haw ks, he used to write about them

wh en he was editor for Haw ks

Migration of North America.

Bring a p icnic lunch, as the trip will

last all day. Bring a scope, if you

have on e. Dress warm ly, as it is

always cooler along the lake and fre-quently w indy.

Carp ool to leave at 7:30 a.m. from

the pa rking lot of the east-side Cu b

Foods. From H ighway 30 go north

on H ighway 51 and take the first

right turn on to N akoosa Trail. Turn

right again in the Cub Foods parking

lot. It takes abou t two hour s to get to

the Lake Michigan shor e. Riders are

expected to share expenses with car

dr ivers. If you have questions, call

Jon at 249-3843.

Sat., Oct. 14: Mu shroom Mean der

Join trip leaders Tom Volk, Dan

Lind ner Czed erpiltz, and

Diane Derouen for a mushroom

walk at Black Hawk Ridge, part of

the Low er Wisconsin River State

Riverw ay. Black Haw ks mixture of

conifer and d eciduou s woodland swith some prairie remnants pro-

vides good habitat for a variety of

fungi. Tom is a m ycologist teaching

at the Un iversity of Wisconsin-

LaCrosse. Dan w orks with fungi as a

gradu ate student at UW-Madison

and Diane is a lab coordinator for

the UW-Mad ison fungi course. You

can check out a great collection of

fungi images and other resources on

Toms w ebsite:

http:/ / www.wisc.edu/ botany/ fung

i/ volkmyco.html

Meet to car pool at the pa rking lot

of Kohls sup ermarket in

Midd leton at the intersection of

Allen Boulevard an d Centu ry Ave.

(County Hwy. M) at 10:00 a.m.

Alternatively, meet at 10:30 a.m. at

Blackhawk (18 miles northw est ofMad ison: Take State Hw y. 12 north

to Cty Hw y. Y, west to State Hw y.

78, south about one-half mile to

par king area on left, located just

north of Wachter Road). Bring binoc-

ulars (we w ont always be looking

dow n), a hand lens, if you h ave one,

and all those fungi questions that

have been p uzzling you. Please

dress app ropriately for the weather.

If fungi are fruiting abu nd antly, we

may continu e into the early after-

noon, so you might like to bring asack lunch. If you h ave qu estions,

contact Diane at 258-9140 or dcder-

ouen @earthlink.net.

Sun., O ct. 15: Ecology

of the Baraboo Hills

Mike Mossman w ill lead this nat-

ur al tour of the recently acquired

Aldo Leopold Found ation Potter

pr eserve. Mike is a native of the

Baraboo area, who grew up hiking

CAWS New slet ter Subscript ions AvailableI am not a m ember of National Audu bon, but am interested in receiving

The Aud ubon CAWS newsletter to stay informed of chap ter activities. Ive

enclosed $10.00 payable to Mad ison Aud ubon Society to cover printing and

mailing for one annu al year.

Mail to: Mad ison Au du bon Soc., 222 S. Ham ilton St. Suite # 1, Madison,

WI 53703

THE AUDUBON CAWS is publishedSeptember through July by:

Madison Audubon Society,

222 S. Ha milton St.,

Mad ison, WI 53703,

(608) 255-BIRD (2473).

Bird ing hotline, 255-BIRM.

Madison Audu bon Web Page:

http:/ / madisonaudubon.org

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through out th ese hills. He lived on

the Potter Preserve while carrying

out som e of the field research for his

Wildlife Ecology masters thesis on

the bird comm un ities of stream

gorges in the Baraboo Hills. Jed

Meun ier, wildlife research associate

for the Aldo Leopold Foundation

will co-lead th is trip.

This morn ings hike in the PotterPreserve of about 3 hou rs will allow

Mike to explain the biological impor -

tance to this area to restoring the na t-

ura l ecology in the eastern end of the

Baraboo ran ge. The p reserve has a

stream valley with Boulder Creek

flowing throu gh a forest dom inated

by sugar m aple and black ash. In

addition, there are old farm fields

and orchards, which w ill be restored

to savann ah. Mike will discuss the

options for r estoration ecology for

this 300-acre p reserve. While explain-ing the d iverse plant commun ities,

Mike will identify late fall wood land

migrants and resident bird s. If the

timing is right, this trip could experi-

ence outstan ding fall colors.

Meet to carp ool at 8:00 a.m. in the

par king lot at the Middleton Kohls

grocery store at the intersection of

Allen Boulevard and Century Ave.

(County H wy. M). Bring binoculars,

sturdy hiking shoes, water, rain gear

and dress appr opriately for the

wea ther. If you w ish, bring a lun ch

for an optional picnic at the end of

the trip . You may meet at 9:00 a.m. at

the Potter Preserve. Directions: Take

Hw y. 12 north from Madison to

Baraboo, turn east on Hw y. 33 about

4 miles past Baraboo to County Hw y.

X, on your right, turn on H wy. X for

a 1/ 4 mile then right again on

County H wy. W going south. Within

a m ile, before crossing Bould er Creek

turn left south on a gravel drive

called Potter Road. Go to a sm allparking area in front of two farm-

hou ses. If you have questions, call

Mike at (608) 544-5501.

Sat., Oct. 28: Birdin g the Lake

Michigan Shoreline -

NO TE CHANG E OF DATE

Carol Anderson and Tony Kalenic

will lead this all day field trip to

Lake Michigan. The third week of

October is usu ally the peak of migra-

tion for scoters and other w aterfowl

along Lake Michigan. We w ill also

be looking for late migran t shore-birds, land birds and wh atever else

we can find . The trip w ill go to

Milwau kee and then hop north to

various spots along the lakeshore.

Bring a lunch an d d ress for possible

dam p an d cool weather. It can be

mu ch cooler along th e lake, especial-

ly if there is an east wind. You may

also want to bring a lawnchair or

stool since we may sp end consider-able time at each location scoping the

lake.

We will meet to carpool in the

mid dle of the parking lot of the east

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Fall Eco Trek scheduleMAS and MSCR are offering natu re

hikes in Mad ison Conservation Parks.

Led by naturalists, walks are

Sund ays, 1:30-3:00, rain or sh ine.

They are free and open to the p ublic

(all ages). For qu estions or pa rk d irec-

tions, call 218-1441.

10/1 Cherokee M arsh (N)

6000 N. Sherman Avenu e10/22 Owen Conservation Park

6021 Old Sauk Road

10/29 Prairie Rid ge

7400 Raym ond Road

About the parks:

Cherokee Mar sh is strategically located at

the head of Madisons lakes. Madison

own s 1,000 acres of park land , comp osed

of old fields, wood s, prairie and a v ariety

of wetland types.

Ow en Conservation Park is located on a

hilltop ov erlooking Mad isons west side.Developed trails run through recently

restored p rairies, oak savann as, map le

woods and oak woods.

Prairie Ridge h as as a m ajor feature a

diverse pr airie remn ant located on a steep

slope. This park is part of an op en space

corridor that even ually will be linked to

the N ational Ice Age Trail.

(Reference: Madison Par ks Division)

MAS receives aw ardMAS is the recent r ecipient of aCommu nity Service Award by

Madison School Comm unity

Recreation (MSCR). MAS and MSCR

have worked in partnership over the

past several years on ed ucational

activities including Ecotreks (gu ided

wa lks in Madisons conservation

parks, Goose Pond and the

Arboretu m), field trip s and th e MSCR

summ er Outd oor Fair at Olbrich.

Jan H ard in of MAS Edu cation

wou ld like to thank the following

people whose w ork and contribution

have m ade th is partnership a su ccess:

Chad Thom at MSCR, Marsha

Cannon, Mary N ell Currie and Molly

Thomp son of MAS, Ecotrek guides

includ ing Tom Givnish, Russ H efty,

Kelly Kearns, Mark and Sue Foote

Martin, Am y McDaniel, Lynne Rice,

Tania Schoennagal and Pat Woicek,

and field trip gu ide Peg Schmidt.

side Cu b Foods. From H wy. 30

take 51 (Stoughton Road ) north

and then tu rn right onto Nakoosa

Trail and proceed east to Cub

Foods. We will carpool and leave

at 6:30 a.m. We w ill retur n to Cu b

foods betw een 4:30 and 6:00 p.m. Ifyou h ave a question about this trip,

you can call Carol or Tony at 249-

8836.

Sat., Nov. 11: Birding H ot Sp ots

Carol And erson and Tony

Kalenic will lead this trip. Ou r p lan

is to call local and state hotlines

and then go to the hottest birding

location in sou thern Wisconsin.

Bring a lunch as the trip w ill last

into early afternoon. Depending on

what birds are around w e may

make this a local trip, such as to

Goose Pond or Devils Lake, or go

as far as Lake Michigan. If we d o

go to Lake Michigan, this w ill be anall day trip. Possible late fall/ early

winter m igrants at this time

include Snow y Ow l, Townsend s

Solitaire, Barrows Goldeneye or

any of a nu mber of other p ossibili-

ties. To find out w here we p lan to

go you can call Tony or Car ol at

249-8836 the week p rior to th e trip

although w e reserve the right to

decide at m eeting time if some-

thing good shows up at the last

minute.

We will meet to carpool in themidd le of the p arking lot of the

east side Cu b Foods. From H wy. 30

take 51 (Stough ton Road) north

and then tu rn right onto Nakoosa

Trail and proceed east to Cub

Foods. We will carpool and leave

at 6:30 a.m. We w ill return to Cub

Foods anyw here from m id-after-

noon to 6:00 p.m. We w ill

annou nce a return time once we

have d ecided w here were going.

Last Months Survey FormA new Volunteer Survey was

enclosed in the Septem ber new sletter.

We are asking everyon e to take a few

minu tes to upda te our files by filling

this out and retur ning it to us. This is

very imp ortant to u s. Please do so even

if you com pleted a sim ilar one in the

past year. If you n eed another copy,

call the MAS office (255-BIRD) orprint one off the w eb page

(http:/ / madisonaudubon.org).

Current Volunteer Needs

MAS has an immediate need for people

to fill the following volunteer p ositions.

A Volun teer Coordinator . Solicit and

organize volunteers, or volunteer

callers, for events su ch as Pr airies

Jubilee, Earth Week activities, Scope

Days, Eco Treks, Farmers Market, and

other activities that we cond uct or

par ticipate in. This position requiresorgan izational skills and a willingn ess

to work w ith several people.

A Pu blicity Coordinator. Publicize the

nu merous events w e offer to the com-

mu nity. Events wou ld include mon th

ly program meetings, annu al Art Fair

Prairies Jubilee!, and other society

activities. Media lists are available.

Aud ubon table at the Farmers Market

Two people are needed each Saturd ay

morning in October to hand out litera

ture at the Farmers Market on the

Cap itol Square. A cart of materialswill be prepared and ready for pick

up at the office a few blocks away

from ou r designated spot on the

square.

Telephone/ recruit volunteers for vari

ous events.

Data entry at the MAS office.

Attend to the scopes for pu blic view-

ing at Goose Pond Sanctuary, Sund ay

in October.

Prepare and/ or sell food at Prairies

Jub ilee! October 8 or M.A.S. Art Fair

in the spring.

Be a guide, on bu s or foot, at Prairies

Jubilee!.

This is an opportu nity to make new

friends wh ile helping the Madison

Aud ubon Society.

Give us a call if you can offer you r tal

ents or time to any of these areas. We

thrive w ith a little help from ou r friend s

Call Joanne H erfel at 266-0472 (days),

241-8009 (eves) or call the Mad ison

Au dubon Office - 255 BIRD (2473)

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POPULATION & HABITAT

Consumption & ResourcesPopulation & Hab itat Committee

Indu strialized n ations level of consu mp -

tion of natural resources is unsustainable

worldw ide. One U.S. citizen consu mes over

30 times what on e citizen of India con-

sumes. Developed nations are only about

20% of the worlds pop ulation yet use tw o-third s of all resources & generate 75% of

the w orlds pollution & waste.(1) World

consumption patterns are underm ining the

environmen tal resource base. The 1 billion

people living in absolute poverty require

increased consum ption to alleviate their

malnu trition, disease & illiteracy.

Unsustainable patterns of produ ction &

consumption shou ld be eliminated so as

not to comp romise future generations.

Consumption disparities include:

With the world population more than 6

billion, the richest 20% of hum anity con-sum es 86% of all goods & services used ,

while the poorest fifth consu mes just 1.3%.

The wealthy consum e 45% of all meat &

fish, use 58% of all energy pr oduced & own

87% of the v ehicles. (2)

2.6 billion peop le lack basic sanitation, 1.3

billion have n o access to clean wa ter, 1.1

billion lack adequ ate hou sing & nearly 900

million hav e no access to modern health

services of any kind . (2)

Americans & Europ eans together spend

$17 billion a year on pe t food, $4 billion

more than the estimated yearly add itionalamoun t needed to provide everyone in the

world w ith basic health & nu trition. (2)

Production techniques are eroding the resource

base:

The burning of fossil fuels has quintu pled

since 1950. Consu mp tion of fresh w ater has

doubled since 1960, & wood consumption

is 40% higher than 25 years ago. (2)

Commercial fishing is threatened w orld-

wid e by over -fishing: one quarter of all fish

stocks are listed as d epleted or in d anger

of being d epleted; another 44% are being

fished at the biological limit.(2)

Producing a quarter-pound of hamburger

requires 100 gallons of water, 1.2 lbs. of

feed grain & energy equ al to a cup of gaso-

line, causing the loss of 1.25 lbs. of topsoil &

prod ucing greenhouse gas emissions equal

to a 6-mile drive. Americans each consum e

260 lbs. of meat per year on average, the

average in Bangladesh is 6.5 lbs. (2)

Init iative and Referendumreturns pow er to the votersBrian Lavend el, Dem ocracy Unlimited of Wisconsin Coop erative

When you step into the voting booth this November, wh at laws

would YOU like to pass? A Seventh Generation am end men t calling for

sustainable use of environmental resources? Honest-to-goodness cam-

paign finance reform? Tax laws elimina ting corporate loopholes and

giveaways? Or perhap s a law establishing a grassland reserve on the

site of the mothballed Badger Army Ordinance Plant?

Imagine with me, if you w ill, that citizens wou ld have the right topass such laws. Ive learned abou t a pow erful new tool for democracy-

its called Initiative and Referend um and it could m ake Wisconsins

state government tru ly a government by the p eople.

Initiative and Referend um (or I & R)end orsed by Ralph N ader, the

Wisconsin Green Party, the Wisconsin Reform Party, Studen ts of the

New Party, Progressive Dane, the Wisconsin Resources Protection

Coun cil, Milwau kee Public Enterp rise Committee, Wisconsin N OW,

WisPIRG, and th e Center for Alternative Mining Developm ent Policy

wou ld give Wisconsin voters the pow er to pu t laws to a vote before our

fellow citizens. You shou ld know abou t this tool-already used in 24

other sta tes-and efforts to make it available to citizens of Wisconsin.

A grow ing coalition of citizens, commu nity groups, and grass-roots

organ izations seek to level the dem ocratic playing field in this state by

giving citizens the pow er to write and pass our ow n laws and veto leg-

islative bills. I sup port th ese efforts to put a stop to governm ent by sp e-

cial interest and to say NO to d eep p ocket campaign contributors

seeking to bu y off our elected r epresenta tives. I ask you to join me in

these efforts.

Too often, corporate interests have used their well-financed influence

to control our governm ent. Time and again, Ive seen citizens across the

state thwarted in efforts to protect our natural resources, provide ade-

quate fund s for vital social services, protect ou r local econom ies from

predatory multinational corporations, or rein in excessive campaign

spending . Money talks, the rest of us w alk, seems to be the motto of

state governm ent these days. I think its time to once again m ake ourgovernment accountable, and m ake it a government by the p eople.

You m ay hav e heard of I & R being used in other states. The

Wisconsin I & R proposal bu ilds on their experiences, taking th e best

provisions and add ing some improvem ents designed especially for

Wisconsin. The p roposal avoids som e of the p itfalls of the I & R process

of other states by:

prohibiting commercial corporations from spend ing money on I & R

campaigns,

preventing the governor and legislature from vetoing or amend ing

citizen laws, and

requiring that a proposed law be reviewed to ensure its constitution-

ality before it goes on the ba llot

It is time to renew citizen involvem ent and interest in our govern -ment. It is time to m ake our government on e that w orks for people-not

just big m oney. I invite you to learn mor e about th ese efforts. And well

need volunteers like you to help spread th e word among you r friends

and neighbor s. For this dem ocracy project to succeed, it will require a

broad , grass-roots effort that includ es citizens like you.

Contact Dem ocracy Unlimited of Wisconsin Cooperative, P.O. Box

1333, Madison, WI 53701. Call (608) 274-4150 or email us at

info@dem ocracyunlimited.org. And v isit our w eb site for mor e infor-

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Badger Plant Faces a RockyRoad Tow ard ConservationBy Harry Read , Conservation Chair

The process of deciding th e fate of the

7350-acre, d e-comm issioned Badger

Army Am mu nition Plant continues.

USDAs Dairy Forage Research Center

(DFRC) and the Ho Chu nk N ation have

requested parts of Badger to the General

Services Administration (GSA), theagency that hand les surp lus federal

land. The DNR has expressed interest

but h as not mad e a formal request. The

GSA process, un less it is guided by a

clear commu nity consensus or is

sup erceded by special legislation, will

likely result in Badger being split up into

a number of parcels, some for industrial

use.

The Conservation Comm unity

Coalition for the Sauk Pr airie (CCCSP),

of which MAS and many other environ-mental organizations are m embers,

advocates keeping the Badger lands

intact and allowing only conservation-

compatible uses, such as prairie restora-

tion, wildlife habitat, sustainable farm-

ing, research, education and recreation.

For more background and to read

CCCSPs v ision statemen t, visit their

new w ebsite

(www.saukprairievision.org). The 21-

member Badger Reuse Committee, orga-

nized by Sauk Cou ntys Planning and

Zoning Dep t., began m eeting in July andwill continu e at least throu gh next

March. The Reuse Comm ittee is being

facilitated by a $100,000 grant app rop ri-

ated by U.S. Representative Tamm y

Baldw in, and , like a similar committee

convened in 1998 by Scott Klug, its mis-

sion is to work ou t a consensus plan for

the Badger land s. So far, the committee

app ears to be more inclusive of conser-

vation interests and will have more time

and resources to develop its plan than

did the 1998 comm ittee. In Jun e, the

Town of Sum pter requested that theSauk County Board adopt Exclusive Ag

zoning for the roughly 2/ 3 of Badger

that falls within its borders. This was a

very positive development, as und er

Wisconsin law, the Army w ill be held to

higher clean-up standard s for the sites at

Badger contamina ted w ith toxic chem i-

cals, and p laces constraints on futu re

commer cial and ind ustrial uses. In July,

the Sauk Coun ty Board d ealt a setback to

conservationists when it failed, by one-

The trend is toward more consump-

tion worldwide:

Global spending on ad vertis-

ing, which stimu lates consump -

tion, multiplied near ly sevenfold

from 1950-1990, when the total

was $257 billion. It has nearly

dou bled again since then, to $435

billion, & is increasing faster than

incomes or pop ulation, especially

in developing na tions. (2)

Surveys of U.S. households

foun d that income desired to ful-

fill consum ption asp irations d ou-

bled betw een 1986 & 1994. (2)

Increased consum ption is not

prod ucing a pa rallel increase in

happ iness. The National Opinion

Research Cen ter of the University

of Chicago has found that theprop ortion of Americans w ho say

they are very happ y has

remained at about one-third since

1957, although person al con-

sumption has more than dou-

bled. (4)Sources: (1)United Nations Population

Fund, Population and the Environment:

The Challenges Ahead (New York: United

Na tions 1991); and R. Paul Shaw, The

Impact of Population Growth on the

Environment: The Debate Heats Up,

Environmental Impact Assessment

Review, M arch-June 1992; (2) UnitedNations Development Programme

Hum an Developmen t Report 1998 (New

York: Oxford University press, 1998) p. 5:

Alan Durning, World Spending on Ads

Skyrockets, in Vitals Signs 1992 (New

York: W.W. Norton, 1993); (3) Alan

Durn ing, Ecological Wakes: The Story of

Six Everyday Objects (Seattle: Northwest

Environm ent Watch, 1994); (4) Alan

Durning, How Much is Enough? The

Consumer Society and t he Fate of the

Earth (N ew York: W.W. Norton , 1992)

vote, to adop t a Planning and Zoning

Committee resolution to requ est that th

Army impose a moratorium on new

commercial leases for Badger. The vote

is significant because of a pending pro

posal by Continental Nitrogen to estab

lish a storage and transfer station for

amm onium nitrate explosive at Badger

and may invite other ind ustrial project

Securing a conservation-friend lyfutu re for Badger is still an uph ill

struggle. Governor Thompson h as not

made any commitment toward the

States acquiring som e of the land for

parkland or w ildlife habitat, despite

clear supp ort within the DN R, nor has

he lent any supp ort to a comp rehensiv

conservation p lan for Badger. While th

is in p art du e to concerns about future

liability for cleanup , the Governor

appears to be waiting for public opinio

to solidify. The Reuse Comm ittee likel

offers the last, best hop e for achieving conservation-friend ly future for Badge

especially if sup por ted by the Sauk

County Board.

The Badger land s present a tremen-

dou s opportu nity to restore a rich and

rare habitat. With the rap id p ace of pop

ulation grow th and urbanization in

south ern Wisconsin, it is dou btful that

contiguou s piece of land of this size w i

ever again be available in southern

Wisconsin. Please let the decision-mak

ers know th is.

What you can do to h elp Badger:

1. Write, email or call Gov. Tomm y

Thompson and ask him to:

* Sup port a m oratorium on new indu s

trial leases at Badger.

* Oppose tran sfer of land at Badger un

the reuse consensu s process is com-

plete.

* Direct the DN R to formally state its

interest in the Badger p roperty.

Governor Tomm y Thompson

Room 125, State Capitol

Madison, WI 53702

608-266-1212

ema il: [email protected] s

2. If you a re a Sauk County residen t,

contact your County Sup ervisor and

ask them to sup por t CCCSPs vision

for Badger.

3. Get Involved in the Badger issue: fo

information abou t CCCSP, contact

Mary Yeakel (608-254-4032; email:

bteexm [email protected])

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YES, I want to make theGoose Pond vision a reali-ty. Here is my contributionto the Goose PondCampaign.

[ ] Acre Maker. $1,000 or more tobuy and restore another acre ofland at Goose Pond.

[ ] Half-Acre Maker. $500-$999 tobuy and restore another half-acre of land at Goose Pond.

[ ] Adopt An Acre. I pledge $100a year for three years ($300total) toward Goose Pondrestoration. Here is my firstinstallment.

[ ] Nest Egg. I pledge $50 a yearfor three years($150 total).Here is my first installment.

[ ] My Ow n Vision. $ tohelp as much as possible.

Name

Address

In Memory of

In Honor of

For Gifts Honoring Another: SendAcknowledgement to (name andaddress)

Contributions will be acknowledgednear the Goose Pond InformationBoard as follows: $1,000 or more-name to appear on a permanentplaque; $250-$999-name to appearon engraved paving brick.

Acknowledge in MadisonAudubon Society Newsletter

Do not acknowledge in MadisonAudubon Society Newsletter

Make checks payable to MadisonAudubon Society and mail to:Madison Audubon Society, 222 S.Hamilton Street, Suite #1, Madison,WI 53703

Tax deductible to the extentallowed by law.

Madison Audubon Societysfinancial statement is availableupon request.

Safari Club Internat ionalProvides Funding forSeed StripperBy Mark and Su e Martin

Thanks to the Safari Club

International Badgerland Chapter

for providing $1,000 to assist withpu rchase of our grass seed stripper.

The Safari Club su pp orts wildlife

habitat projects and was pleased to

become a p artner with Mad ison

Audubon Society. The seed stripper

greatly increases the am oun t of grass

seed that can be collected for pra irie

restorations.

The seed stripper requires a front-

end load er to attach it to the tractor.

Together, the stripper and front-end

loader cost $15,000. Past contribu-

tions for the stripper includ e U.S.

Fish & Wildlife Service ($5,000),

Madison Audubon members ($4,000)

and Pheasan ts Forever ($1,000). Our

goal is to raise another $4,000.

We were gu ests of the Badgerland

chapter at their September meeting

wh ere we presented a slide program

on our Sanctuaries program.

Bird Haunt s UpdatedThe Wisconsin Society for

Ornithology (WSO) announces the

pu blication of the completely u pd at-

ed fou rth ed ition of Wisconsins

Favorite Bird H aun ts, the bird -find-

ing gu ide to Wisconsin. The book is

du e out Novem ber 1, 2000, and fea-

tures 135 haun ts detailing over 1000

specific areas and covering all 72counties. Every area d escribed in th e

book includes a m ap an d detailed

directions.

Compiled and ed ited by Daryl

Tessen, the edition includes contri-

butions from m ore than 70 outstand-

ing birders. In addition, it features

some 45 draw ings, 15 of them in

color.

Also includ ed is a state bird list of

400 valid species and 15 hypothetical

species. The book is 544 pages, and it

is printed on heavy-coated p aper. Itis 6 x 9 and has spiral binding.

Available only from the WSO

Bookstore, the guid e can be p ur-

chased at a special pre-pu blication

pr ice un til Novem ber 1, 2000.

Payment by check or money order to

WSO m ust accomp any all orders to

receive the p re-publication p rice.

Cost is $26.28 for WSO mem bers

and $29.43 for non-WSO mem bers

and includes shipping and taxes.

After Novem ber 1, the base pr ice

will be $30.

This wou ld make a great Christmas

present.

Include nam e, address and

evening ph one num ber and send

order to: Don an d Christine Reel,

WSO Booksto re, 2022 Sher ryl Lane ,

Waukesha, WI 53188. Questions 262-

547-6128 or d [email protected]

SEED CO LLECTING D ATES

Saturd ays through Novem ber 4

GOO SE POND

9:30-noon and 1-4 p.m.

608-635-4160 (Mark or Sue)

FAVILLE GROVE

1-4 p.m.

920-648-3313 (David or Roger)

Grass Seed Stripper Photo by Mark Martin

Mary Ekkebus, Safari Club President,presents a check to Mark and SueMartin Photo by Rollie Manthe

Donat ions help MASMY OWN VISION

In memory of Art Mancl


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Madison Audubon Society, Inc.Joanne Herfel, President222 S. Hamilton St. Suite #1Madison, WI 53703

Non-profit organizationU.S. Postage PaidPermit No. 1831

Madison, Wisconsin

1321 E. Mifflin St.

Madison, WI 53703(608) 256-1066

Remember

Prairies Jubulee!Sunday, October 8

at Goose Pond

MAS Calendarat a Glance

7 Oct.:Lake Michigan Haw kw atch, p. 2

8 Oct.:Prairies Jubilee!

14 Oct.:Mushroom Meand er, p. 2

15 Oct.:Ecology o f Baraboo H ills, p. 2

28 Oct.:Birding Lake Michigan, p. 3

11 Nov.:Birding Hot Spots, p. 4

Haw k Ridge HawkFestivalPat Ready, Editor

Hawk Ridge is a fantasticplace to go if you want toexperience the migration ofbirds of prey on a grand

scale. The volunteers from

MN Ornithologists Union that

put on the festival are friendlyand informative. Alternativebirding spots are recommend-

ed to see various waterfowl,shorebirds and passerines.

Photos by Pat Ready

MAS has an

account at the

Madison

Recycling Center

on Fish Hatchery

Rd. Remember

MAS next time

you recycle.

Below: Nia, the Hawk Ridge naturalist holds a sharp-shinned hawk and answersquestions from the crowd. Above: A merlin, banded, adopted, and then releasedby Pat Becker traveling with Jacamar Birding Tours. Lower left shows an adultsharp-shinned hawk. The migration continues well into November. For moreinformation check out the Hawk Ridge web site at www.hawkridge.org.

Documents

Oct 2000 CAWS Newsletter Madison Audubon Society