MESSAGE from SAS PRESIDENT, CHRIS NIXON
There is so much you/we can do to help the birds we all enjoy. Be certain to read how you can prevent birds from striking your windows and resulting bird injuries and deaths on page 8. Also, simply by casting your vote this November 5th, you can join others campaigning to help reduce unnecessary bird deaths from harmful plastic pollution. See article on page 3.
The Indreland Audubon Wetland Preserve trivia nights are proving to be very popular. Join us Tuesday, November 19 at Lockhorn Cider House as staff from Trout Unlimited bring us a string of fishy questions!
Please note that the venue has changed for our Special Holiday Meeting on December 9th. This year it will be held at the Emerson Center for the Arts and Culture rather than at The Ellen Theatre. So don’t migrate to the wrong location for this colorful presentation by photographer/speaker Tom Murphy. Like our feathered friends, you want to be at the right place at the right time.
Jumping ahead to January and February there will be several incredible events focusing on wetlands and wetland ecology that you won’t want to miss. So go ahead and mark your calendars!
On January 16, 2025, Ben Goldfarb, renowned author of Eager, The Surprising Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter will give a keynote presentation for Gallatin Valley Earth Day at the Emerson Center for the Arts & Culture. Allowing beavers to return to their historical haunts greatly improves and restores habitat for the vast majority of Montana’s wildlife species. Learn why!
Then on January 30, 2025 – join SAS for a special program about the endangered species of wetlands at the Emerson Center for the Arts & Culture.
February 2, 2025 – World Wetlands Day is an annual event celebrated worldwide! Meet us at the IAWP for a campfire, hot chocolate, and snowshoe tour.
And for certain, please go ahead and renew your Sacajawea Audubon Society and National Audubon Society memberships ASAP so that you don’t miss out on all the things you can do to learn more about birds and how to better protect them this coming year. The birds need us more than ever. And in such a challenging world, WE NEED THEM MORE THAN EVER!
