Announcements

     Bird Banding at the Biocore Prairie

      Mara McDonald, together with a team of volunteers, will be banding birds at the Biocore Prairie as soon as the weather gets warm enough. They will band most weekends from spring through fall when the weather is appropriate (over 50 degrees and not raining).

Their goals are to track changes in bird populations as the old field is restored to prairie, to contribute data to the long-term U.S. Fish and Wildlife database that allows tracking population and behavior changes, and to teach students and community members about birds and bird banding. 

Mara welcomes new volunteers interested in learning about bird banding. She will train them in handling and banding birds.  She also invites individuals and groups to come and observe the birds and bird banding.

       For more information about volunteering or observing, please contact Mara at mamcdona@ facstaff.wisc.edu or call 274-2534.
 

The FCNA Welcomes Submissions
to its Newsletter and Web Site

The FCNA welcomes the submission of articles and announcements for FCNA News.  We encourage people to share their checklists and other relevant CNA materials on the FCNA Web Site. For information on submitting material, call Roma Lenehan at 238-5406 or send your articles or checklists to rlenehan@ chorus.net.

 Land Trust Name Change

The Dane County Natural Heritage Foundation has changed its name to the Natural Heritage Land Trust.  Its Web address has changed from www.dcnhf.org to www.nhlt.org
 

Generous Donor Matches Membership Donations

A very generous anonymous donor has matched each individual membership donation up to $100.00.  Since October the donor has given a total of  $5,380.00 in matching funds.  The donor will continue to match new memberships and increases in membership up to a total gift of $10,000.00.  This gift will be used to establish a Special Fund that the Friends can use for the long-term benefit of the CNA.