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Volume 31, Issue 7 MARCH, 2007

MONDAY, MARCH 26 Marbled Murrelet. Arthur’s Clip Art

STAN
SENNER
Executive Director of Audubon Alaska
Grizzly Bear. Ursus
Arctos. Internet
Center for Wildlife
Damage Mgt.
Wildlife & Conservation in
Alaska’s Tongass National Forest
Monday, March 26th, Stan Senner, Vice President & Executive Director of Audubon Alaska, will give
an illustrated talk on the Tongass National Forest - at 17 million acres the largest national forest in the U.S. &
one of the most extensive temperate rainforests in the world. Receiving 8-13 feet of rainfall per year, the
Tongass’ wealth includes coastal rainforests, volcanic uplands, glacial fjords and tundra meadows providing
habitat for Brown Bears, 5 species of Pacific salmon, Bald Eagles, Marbled Murrelets, Blue Grouse, American
Dippers, Varied Thrushes, Artic Terns and Chestnut-backed Chickadees among many, many other life forms.

All of this irreplaceable richness is at stake as key decisions about future road building and logging are
made by the US Forest Service, an arm of the USDA. See the Audubon Alaska website http://ak.audubon.org
for their position on conservation of the Tongass and its watersheds. For some hair-raising numbers on the
taxpayer money the USFS is losing by building roads for use by timber companies and then compounding the
folly by selling the logging rights for scandalously low prices visit the Alaska Rain Forest Campaign site:
www.akrain.org. For balance visit a USFS site: America’s Rain Forests at http://rainforests.pwnet.org.

It’s time to stop wringing our hands over the destruction of tropical rainforests and go to work to save the
ones under our own stewardship. Stan Senner will inspire you to join the action. The talk is at 7:30 pm in the
Trinity Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall. 1245 New Hampshire. Oodles of parking east of the church.

For the exceptional opportunity to chat informally with Stan, come to the Dutch treat dinner at 6:00 pm at
Free State Brewery, 636 Massachusetts in downtown Lawrence. Also the Wolfs will have feeders and books
for sale at the meeting, including Richard Rucker’s donated collection and hummingbird feeders! Spring!

Rosemary Gilbert Bell

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TEMPERATURE’S SEED SALE VOLUNTEERS

TOTE AWESOME AMOUNT
~~RISING ~~
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck??..
LIFE IS STIRRING Nowhere near as much as the tons...yes...TONS of
seed dedicated JAS Seed Sale volunteers carry to your
car.
The Kansas Bird List is blooming with excited
postings documenting the return of migrants last seen
The envelope please! These totals
in the autumn. White-fronted and Cackling Geese,
just in from Linda Lips who has very
Tundra and Trumpeter Swans and Sandhill Cranes
ably coordinated JAS Seed Sales for
are on the move north. Turkey Vultures, Killdeer
several years:
and Double-crested Cormorants are back and birders
Oct. 2006 Sale: 3,085# of seed & 40 suet cakes
are hearing Woodcocks calling. Courtship displays
Dec. 2006 Sale: 3,865# of seed & 60 suet cakes
can’t be far behind. (See Calendar for a Burroughs
Feb. 2007 Sale: 4,670# of seed & 60 suet cakes
field trip to see displaying Woodcock.)
Total: 11,620# of seed & 160 suet cakes
Time for full-tilt garden planning too! Make this
the year you improve the value of your yard as wild-
A HEARTY THANKS to the dedicated volunteers
life habitat. There are many sources of information
who lifted almost 6 TONS OF BIRDSEED braving
for creating a bird/wildlife friendly landscape:
all sorts of weather conditions-remember that deluge
in October?-and to the loyal cashiers and book and
-The public library has a variety of books
feeder folks and above all, to the friends and members
-The National Wildlife Federation site is a
of JAS who love birds, buy all that seed and tote it
good starting point: www.nwf.org/backyard
themselves when they get home! Seed sale, book
-The Brooklyn Botanic Garden site is great:
and feeder proceeds support the JAS mission to
www.bbg.org, click on “gardening.”
encourage enjoyment of, and promote understanding
-Powell Gardens in Missouri is wonderful:
and conservation of the natural world. Projects
www.powellgardens.org, click “learn” then
include the Wakarusa Wetland Learners Field Trips,
“gardening for birds” or visit in person.
Eagle Day, Christmas Count, brochures for the
-Plant a Monarch Waystation: www.monarch
Wetlands, educational speakers, Earth Day and more.
watch.org. Got Milkweed anyone?

MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL: American Woodcock

Museum of Nova Scotia
-DON’T USE PESTICIDES OR HERBICIDES John H. Dick

-REDUCE THE SIZE OF YOUR LAWN - it’s

basically worthless to wildlife & guzzles water.

ANOTHER GREAT EAGLE DAY

A change of location and poor weather combined to lower attendance somewhat for Eagle Day 2007, but
those who came out enjoyed an exciting and learning-filled afternoon. Congratulations and thanks to the
organizing committee and volunteers: Ed & Cynthia Shaw, chairs, Maggie Bixler, Dayna Carleton, Pam
Chaffee, Chuck Herman, Linda Lips, Dick Stumbo, Eileen Ulrich, Bunnie Watkins, Ron & Joyce Wolf.
And we couldn’t do it without our sponsors: the Chickadee Checkoff, ICL Performance Products, LP
(Astaris), US Army Corps of Engineers, and the Westar Green Team.
Please plan to come and visit us and the eagles next January at Free State High School!!
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ALASKA
Find Alaska on this mapÎ
Hint: It doesn’t touch any other
state in the USA. It has oceans on 3
sides and Canada on the 4th side.
Or get an atlas-a book of maps-and
look up Alaska. Label it on this map.
Find Kansas in the center of the USA.
Now use the mileage scale on the left
Bear cubs. Alaska side of the map to figure out how far
Dept. Fish & Game.
it is from Kansas to Alaska. It will
be easiest if you use a ruler.
ALASKA’S FAVORITES
State nickname: The Last Frontier.
State fossil: Wooly Mammoth
State mineral: Gold
State insect: Four Spot Skimmer Dragonfly
State tree: Sitka Spruce
Bear Aware Coloring Book. www.sf.adfg.state.ak.
us. Click Wildlife education.
KIDS’ PAGE
Bering Sea ARCTIC
CIRCLE
NORTH
AMERICA
600miles
©Graphic Maps. http://graphicmaps.com/clipart.
free downloadable maps for students.
Alaska’s State Flag
In 1926, Alaska held a contest
for 7-12 graders to design the
state flag. 13 year old Bennie
Benson won. The flag shows the
Big Dipper and Polaris, the North
Star. The Big Dipper is part of the
constellation, Ursa Major, the Big
Bear. Perfect for Alaska!!
Look for it in the summer sky.
ÍIf there are around 6 times as many humans
as bears in Alaska and there are about 640,000
humans, then how many bears are there?
Those silly bears just won’t line up to be counted!?!
Answer:
About 100,000 bears plus or minus a few thousand.
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Í ALASKAN ANIMALS
Black bear. adfg
Game from Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game.

ÍTo find Alaska’s Arctic,

check the map on page 3.

Iceberg

ÍWhich of these creatures

also live in Kansas at least
part of the year? (If you’re
stumped go to http://www.gnpc.org,
the Wichita Great Plains Nature Center
website, and click “flora and fauna”.)

also roamed the land we now call Kansas.

ans settled here, wolves and grizzly bears
Bald Eagles & Mosquitoes. Before Europe-
Grizzly bears are a ANSWER: The princely and the PESKY:
type of brown bear.

pagos Islands. Dog mushing: the

Alaskan state sport
islands in the southern ocean and as far north as the Gala-
atlas again!) Some also live on South American coasts or on
end of the world in the ANTARCTIC. (Get out that useful
ANSWER: The Penguin! Most penguins live at the other

ÍCONNECT the
dots to see the
state ?? of
Alaska.
King or Chinook Salmon.
Alaska’s state fish is the
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>>>MARCH CALENDAR APRIL<<<

MAR 7: BE A SURVIVOR. Learn and test survival skills. 2:30-4p. Prairie Park Nature Center.
Age 7-12. $5.00. Register at 785-832-7980.
MAR 10: Bird Clinton Reservoir. Topeka Audubon. Contact Dan Gish - 785-232-3731.
MAR 10: Topeka Transit Tour. Learn about the Topeka bus system; travel on an energy efficient bus.
KS Sierra Club. Contact Paul Post - 785-354-1972.

MAR 12: Start your Monarch Waystation! Order seed packets and download a garden
guide at www.monarchwatch.org. or 800-780-9986. Monarchs need habitat; we can provide it!

MAR 14: Shitake Mushrooms. Kaw Valley Mycological Society. 7:00p. Lawrence Public Library.
BYO dinner at Free State Brewery 5:30p.
MAR 17: Grassland Groundhogs Prairie Maintenance. Frank Norman. 785-887-6775 for details.
frank.norman@appliedeco.com.
MAR 21: Baldwin Bird Club. Improve your skills with bird ID videos. 7:30pm. Baldwin Elementary
School Multipurpose Room. 7th and Chapel in Baldwin City.
MAR 21: American Woodcock Walk. Burroughs Aud.. A crepuscular fieldtrip to Jerry Smith Park
to see Woodcock courtship displays. 7:00p. See www.burroughs.org for directions. Call Larry
Rizzo after 12 noon on 3/21 to confirm trip. 816-655-6254 x 246. larry.rizzo@mdc.mo.gov.
MAR 24: Bird Felker Park. Topeka Aud. Meet east of tennis courts at 7 a.m. Contact Dan Gish.
MAR 24: KC Wildlands Tree Planting. Remove invasive Japanese honeysuckle and plant native berry
producing shrubs. Blue River Parkway. Larry Rizzo. See contact info above.
MAR 25: Bird Cooley Lake, MO. Burroughs. Contact the Stoakes: 816-554-1956. mstoakes@juno.com
MAR 25: Family Stroll - Overland Park Arboretum. Sierra Club. Steve Hassler. 913-707-3296.

MAR 26: Stan Senner of Audubon Alaska. JAS Meeting.

“Wildlife and Conservation in the Tongass National Forest.” 7:30pm Trinity Lutheran
Church. 1245 New Hampshire, Lawrence. BYO dinner at 6pm at Free State Brewery.
Get the news from the frontline of the battle to save our national forests from over logging!

MAR 19-23: Spring break at Prairie Park. Wildlife Camp. 9am-3pm. $70. Call 785-832-7980.
MAR 31: Prairie Chickens. Taberville Prairie. Contact Don Arney. 816-931-8536 or sora@kc.rr.com.
APR 1-29: Backpacking class. Sundays. Prairie Park. Age 15 & up. $70. Call 785-832-7980.
APR 7: More Prairie Chickens! Kansas Prairie Packers of Topeka. Contact Cindy Lash 785-836-7828.
EARTH DAY: APRIL 21. Parade at 11am and Celebration 11:30-4 South Park, Lawrence.
www.LawrenceRecycles.org/whatsnew. If you can help at the JAS table call Dayna at 865-2861.
APR 23: JAS MEETING: “How to Live Green, Cheap and Happy: Say Money! Save the Planet!
by Randi Hacker, author of the book of the same name. 7:30pm. Trinity Lutheran Church.
APR 27-29: WINGS & WETLANDS. Bird one of the WORLD’s great migratory stopovers: Cheyenne
Bottoms & Quivira NWR. 620-792-2750 or information@visitgreatbend.com
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