Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 08:36:06 EDT Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding Comments: Resent-From: GAIL@UMDD.UMD.EDU Comments: Originally-From: "Paul J. Baicich" From: Gail Mackiernan Subject: SMBC at risk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hi all -- I am cross-posting this to MDosprey because the threatened cuts of both the Migratory Bird Ctr. and the Conservation Ctr. affect us locally and ultimately, globally. I hope that birders and others who realize the importance of the work done at these two facilities will make their feelings known to legislators and Smithsonian officials. Gail Mackiernan, MC/MOS Conservation Chair ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Dear Friends -- You may be interested in developments at the Conservation Research Center and the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center. Budget cuts threaten their work, as two recent WASHINGTON POST articles attest. Details are now on the ABA web site: If you've ever looked into the whole issue of migratory birds and the conflict between shade-grown coffee and sun-grown coffee, you will have run across the fine work of the SMBC. Finally, please excuse me if you've gotten more than one notice on this development. Good birding, Paul ===================================================== Paul J. Baicich Editor, BIRDING American Birding Association P.O. Box 404 Oxon Hill, MD 20750 301-839-9736 (839-wren) 301-839-2763 [fax] Check out the ABA web site: "Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis." -- attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson -30- ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================