News & Events
Arctic Wings: Miracle of Migration
Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture
Sept. 13 – Dec. 31, 2008Migration is one of nature’s greatest wonders—each year millions of birds travel great lengths, sometimes across the globe, to find feeding and breeding grounds. Many of the birds in your own backyard come to the Puget Sound from around the world, often on their way either to or from the north coast of Alaska.
A new environmental photography exhibit at Seattle’s Burke Museum explores the phenomenon of bird migration to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, a region that is environmentally crucial to the survival of over 190 bird species, yet is a hotbed for political controversy.
To learn more about the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, click here.
Arctic Refuge MythsOver the years, during the contentious debate about whether to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Coastal Plain to oil exploration, there have often been outreach materials with misleading or incorrect information, regularly from the pro-development oil interests, and occasionally from the environmental community as well. An e-mail that has been circulating recently includes some of these often-repeated but inaccurate statements regarding the issues. Read more….
Habitat Conservation: Good News for Shorebirds and People
Threats to shorebirds and their habitats are tipping many species toward the precipice of extinction.
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"The Shorebird Strategy"Article by Dr. Peter Stangel, Wildbird Magazine, Sept/Oct 2006
Arctic Refuge Project Update
Stephen Brown, Manomet’s Director of Shorebird Science, and his team, will head back to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge this summer to conduct an intensive season of fieldwork that includes a major coastal survey, a survey of a critical portion of the National Petroleum Reserve, as well as Avian Flu testing.
Saving Shorebirds and Their Habitats on a Hemispheric Scale Manomet Hosts Event in Falmouth, MA
The plight of shorebirds, one of nature’s most amazing migrant species, and the conservation of their habitats will be the topic of a special lecture at the West Falmouth Library, Falmouth, MA, Thursday, June 19, 7:30 p.m. The event will be hosted by Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences to raise awareness of one of its key initiatives, The Shorebird Recovery Project.
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