The Howard County Bird Club not only participates in FOUR seasonal bird
counts (Christmas Count, Midwinter Count, May Count, and Fall Count) on
WSSC property (seeking written permission for each count each year) but
members of the club have surveyed the WSSC property for ALL THREE
BREEDING BIRD ATLASES (the prototype Montgomery-Howard atlas in the
1970's and the first and second MD/DC atlases).
The Howard County Bird Club presented the watershed manager, Jim Benton,
with a copy of the second atlas.
In addition, the club has sponsored dragonfly, butterfly, and fungi
surveys and the Maryland amplibian & reptile atlas (MARA) on WSSC property.
So yes, I think it safe to say that the Howard County Bird Club has
invested a lot in WSSC.
Bob Solem
<odenata...>
Laurel, MD 20723
On 1/19/2013 1:59 PM, JAMES SPEICHER wrote:
> Hi
>
> I live too far away to have much skin in this game, but it may be that
> a lower fee can be negotiated for a service rendered. Have any of the
> local MOS chapters adopted the WSSC lands in terms of censusing the
> bird populations attracted to them? It may well be that in the built
> up regions of MONT, HOWARD, and PG Cos, these lands would be
> candidates for IBAs [Important Birding Areas], if that's the correct
> term. Offer WSSC that commitment as an inducement for a fees
> structure lower than other users [fishermen/women] who come to the
> lands as individuals for extractive reasons alone.
>
> Jim Speicher
>
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