"US wind farms kill about 7,000 birds a year but radar systems developed for NASA can prevent fatal collisions by detecting approaching birds and analysing weather conditions." Read the article in the UK Guardian here.
Join Cowlitz on the Move and PeaceHealth and bike to work during Bike to Work Week May 11 to May 15, 2009. For The Daily News article on the event, click here. Help Cowlitz on the Move document participation by signing up on their webpage
On Earth Day, April 18, WHAS members joined Friends of Fox Creek to remove invasive English ivy and blackberries and improve the trail at Fox Creek in Rainier, OR.
Check out how you can even use a small back yard to attract wildlife. The Daily News has an article on how WHAS board member Gloria Nichols designed her garden around birds.
Commentary by Gloria G. MacKenzie for The Daily News, published Sunday, March 29, 2009
Almost exactly two years ago, The Daily News ran my first commentary (“Let’s not guess with LNG”). I asked if we citizens had a say in the “need” for liquefied natural gas. Without hesitation, the public and its representatives definitely have the right and responsibility to add our 2 cents. (Should that figure be raised in light of every thing else?) This prompts me to correct misconceptions in the editorial of March 17. I will try to simplify some of these complex issues.
National Audubon recently-released Birds and Climate report clearly shows that climate change is affecting birds – and our world – now.
For the past 40 years, as our climate has warmed, birds have shifted their winter ranges further and further north. This ecological disruption is yet another wake up call that we must act quickly to solve the climate crisis. The birds' northward movement is another signal that climate change is here and action is needed now.
UPDATE: Longview Parks and Recreation has granted WHAS matching funds to install the two signs at Lake Sacajawea Park. Once the signs are installed you will read it here first. Thank you all for your support.