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DARLINGTON - Darlington, a Bird City community, is celebrating International Migratory Bird Day by recounting the first century of migratory bird protection in a program from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday in the community room at the Town Bank, 15815 Wisconsin 81, Darlington.
The Lafayette County Bluebird Society is hosting Dr. Stanley A. Temple, who will speak on how effective the 100-year-old Migratory Bird Act is today in his presentation titled, "Making the Migratory Bird Treaty Work, Then and Now: A Centennial Assessment." Temple is a Beers-Bascom Professor Emeritus in Conservation, University of Wisconsin-Madison and senior fellow of the Aldo Leopold Foundation.
The year 2016 marked the centenary of the "convention between the United States and Great Britain (for Canada) for the protection of Migratory Birds," known as the Migratory Bird Treaty. The 1916 treaty became the cornerstone of the United States' national commitment to conserve birds. The Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 implemented the landmark 1916 treaty, and together the treaty and act form one of the oldest and most enduring bird conservation measures in the world. But threats to migratory birds today challenge the effectiveness of these milestones.
Loss and degradation of habitat, collisions with human-made structures, predation by cats, pesticide poisoning, and oil spills cause the deaths of hundreds of millions of migratory birds each year.
A silent auction and refreshments will be included. More information can be found at www.lafayettecountybluebirdsociety.wordpress.com or by emailing lafayettecountybluebirdsociety@yahoo.com.
DARLINGTON - Darlington, a Bird City community, is celebrating International Migratory Bird Day by recounting the first century of migratory bird protection in a program from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday in the community room at the Town Bank, 15815 Wisconsin 81, Darlington.
The Lafayette County Bluebird Society is hosting Dr. Stanley A. Temple, who will speak on how effective the 100-year-old Migratory Bird Act is today in his presentation titled, "Making the Migratory Bird Treaty Work, Then and Now: A Centennial Assessment." Temple is a Beers-Bascom Professor Emeritus in Conservation, University of Wisconsin-Madison and senior fellow of the Aldo Leopold Foundation.
The year 2016 marked the centenary of the "convention between the United States and Great Britain (for Canada) for the protection of Migratory Birds," known as the Migratory Bird Treaty. The 1916 treaty became the cornerstone of the United States' national commitment to conserve birds. The Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 implemented the landmark 1916 treaty, and together the treaty and act form one of the oldest and most enduring bird conservation measures in the world. But threats to migratory birds today challenge the effectiveness of these milestones.
Loss and degradation of habitat, collisions with human-made structures, predation by cats, pesticide poisoning, and oil spills cause the deaths of hundreds of millions of migratory birds each year.
A silent auction and refreshments will be included. More information can be found at www.lafayettecountybluebirdsociety.wordpress.com or by emailing lafayettecountybluebirdsociety@yahoo.com.
