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Carbon Offset Project Total Update : $ 259.00
Money generated through this project goes to habitat preservation & restoration in the Rocky River IBA or other area within the range of Western Cuyahoga Audubon . Consider contributing to the Carbon Offset Project when you take a birding trip . Information and how to calculate donation amounts here .
War on Zika : Outrage ensues after controversial spray tactic kills millions of bees
By Amanda Schmidt , AccuWeather Staff Writer . September 25 , 2016 ; 1:51 AM ET . The war on Zika continues and with it comes casualties . This time , honeybees fell victim . Millions of honeybees at Flowertown Bee Farm and Supplies killed as a result of the aerial spraying on Aug . 28 . Millions of honeybees were killed in South Carolina as a result of a controversial aerial spray targeting Zika-carrying mosquitoes , Aedes aegypti . The result of the insecticide release may best be described as a massacre . Flowertown Bee Farm and Supplies in Summerville was one of the hardest hit by the attack ; losing 46 beehives that totaled about 2.5 million bees . "[ The farm ] looks like it ' s been nuked ," Co-owner and Manager of Flowertown Bee Farm and Supplies Juanita Stanley told the Associated Press . Aftermath of aerial spraying at Flowertown Bee Farm and Supplies . Mosquito control programs in South Carolina are not uncommon . There are often trucks driving around towns spraying pesticides in order to destroy mosquito larvae . The South Carolina Health Department ( DHEC ) warned South Carolina residents about the mosquito outbreak and the risk of Zika , and urged all local governments to enhance their current mosquito control programs . Read Online
10th Annual Ohio Young Birders Conference
Date : Saturday , November 5 , 2016 Time : 8:15 a . m . - 4:30 p . m . Location : Toledo Zoo , 2700 Broadway St , Toledo , OH 43609
This conference features morning behind-the-scenes Zoo & Aquarium Tours , reports and presentations by Young Birders , Door Prizes and Raffle , Kaufman Bird ID Quiz , Sunday Extension Field Trip , Bird Banding Demo . You don ’ t have to be an OYBC member to participate and adults are encouraged to attend . Contact : Black Swamp Bird Observatory , 13551 W State Route 2 , Oak Harbor , OH 43449 Ph : 419-898-4070 . Register
Welcome New Members ! Barbara Buser , John Canter , Todd Cartner , Bill Grant , Carol Hall , Jody Kraner , Melanie Lesar , Matthew McDonnell , Ronald Morgan & Gail Habecker , Patrick and Barbara O ’ Connor , Steven Springer , Madison Thomas , and Gerryl Wesley .
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The Western Cuyahoga Audubon Chapter Newsletter is published four times per year in February , May , August and November .
Western Cuyahoga Audubon programs are free and open to the public . Donations are appreciated . Consult the calendar for dates www . wcaudubon . org / calendar
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President Emeritus Tom Romito Treasurer Nancy Howell
Newsletter Editor Kurt Miske Webmaster Mary Anne Romito
Field Trip Coordinator Penny O ' Connor
Directors-at-Large Kit Birch & Liz Clingman
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