--0-172651685-1174656176=:54634 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ascii Just curious as to why the MOU isn't part of the joint partnership for the Lights Out Project?
Steve Morrison Mpls ----- Original Message ---- From: Valerie Cunningham <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 7:47:45 AM Subject: [mou] Here's that 'Volunteers sought' news release My apologies, here's that news release, it didn't get attached to earlier message. Val Cunningham Lights Out project launched to save birds (2007-03-21) Two downtown Minneapolis skyscrapers, the 57-story Wells Fargo Building and the 33-story Accenture Building, are the first to sign up with Lights Out Twin Cities, an effort to make the cities more bird friendly during migration. The Lights Out Twin Cities project is encouraging city, state and privately owned buildings to turn off non-necessary lighting during peak migration hours during spring and fall. The Minneapolis and St. Paul Building Owners and Managers Associations have expressed interest as well, and are encouraging their members to sign on to this exciting project. This spring's Lights Out effort started March 15 and runs through the end of May from midnight until daylight. Most songbirds migrate at night and must navigate around hazards like tall buildings along their routes. Millions of birds die preventable deaths each year as they are drawn to and collide with lighted buildings or are dazed by the lights and circle until exhausted. Lights Out programs in Toronto, Chicago and New York, where many buildings are dimmed during migration, have a proven track record of saving migratory birds, according to Mark Martell, director of bird conservation for Audubon Minnesota. "Reducing bird deaths from collisions will have a positive effect on bird conservation," said Martell. "The Lights Out program costs building owners or managers little or nothing to implement and will save energy and money at the same time it saves birds." Lights Out Twin Cities is a joint effort by the Department of Natural Resources' Nongame Wildlife Program, the Audubon Society, the Bell Museum of Natural History, the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center and Bird Conservation Minnesota. Minnesota citizens can help this effort by donating to the Nongame Wildlife Program on their state tax forms. Volunteers are needed to monitor buildings where they live or work to collect fallen birds. This information can be used to assess the magnitude of bird mortality in the Twin Cities. Those interested in volunteering for Lights Out Twin Cities may sign up for a training session in mid-April by contacting the state Audubon Society office at (651) 739-9332. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Food fight? Enjoy some healthy debate in the Yahoo! Answers Food & Drink Q&A. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545367 --0-172651685-1174656176=:54634 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ascii <html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">Just curious as to why the MOU isn't part of the joint partnership for the Lights Out Project? </DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif"> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif"> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">Steve Morrison</DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">Mpls</DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif"> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif"><BR><BR> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">----- Original Message ----<BR>From: Valerie Cunningham <[email protected]><BR>To: [email protected]<BR>Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 7:47:45 AM<BR>Subject: [mou] Here's that 'Volunteers sought' news release<BR><BR> <P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 17px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span size=6><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 21px"><B>My apologies, here's that news release, it didn't get </B></SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 17px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span size=6><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 21px"><B>attached to earlier message.</B></SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 17px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span size=6><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 21px"><B>Val Cunningham</B></SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 17px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span size=6><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 21px"><B><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></B></SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 17px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span size=6><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 21px"><B>Lights Out project launched to save birds (2007-03-21)</B></SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 14px">Two downtown Minneapolis skyscrapers, the 57-story Wells Fargo Building and the 33-story Accenture Building, are the first to sign up with Lights Out Twin Cities, an effort to make the cities more bird friendly during migration. <BR><BR>The Lights Out Twin Cities project is encouraging city, state and privately owned buildings to turn off non-necessary lighting during peak migration hours during spring and fall. The Minneapolis and St. Paul Building Owners and Managers Associations have expressed interest as well, and are encouraging their members to sign on to this exciting project.<BR><BR>This spring's Lights Out effort started March 15 and runs through the end of May from midnight until daylight. Most songbirds migrate at night and must navigate around hazards like tall buildings along their routes. <BR><BR>Millions of birds die preventable deaths each year as they are drawn to and collide with lighted buildings or are dazed by the lights and circle until exhausted. <BR><BR>Lights Out programs in Toronto, Chicago and New York, where many buildings are dimmed during migration, have a proven track record of saving migratory birds, according to Mark Martell, director of bird conservation for Audubon Minnesota. <BR><BR>"Reducing bird deaths from collisions will have a positive effect on bird conservation," said Martell. "The Lights Out program costs building owners or managers little or nothing to implement and will save energy and money at the same time it saves birds."<BR><BR>Lights Out Twin Cities is a joint effort by the Department of Natural Resources' Nongame Wildlife Program, the Audubon Society, the Bell Museum of Natural History, the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center and Bird Conservation Minnesota. <BR><BR>Minnesota citizens can help this effort by donating to the Nongame Wildlife Program on their state tax forms. Volunteers are needed to monitor buildings where they live or work to collect fallen birds. This information can be used to assess the magnitude of bird mortality in the Twin Cities.<BR><BR>Those interested in volunteering for Lights Out Twin Cities may sign up for a training session in mid-April by contacting the state Audubon Society office at (651) 739-9332.</P></DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif"><BR></DIV></div><br> <hr size=1>The fish are biting.<br> <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=49679/*http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/arp/sponsoredsearch_v2.php?o=US2140&cmp=Yahoo&ctv=Q107Tagline&s=Y&s2=EM&b=50";> Get more visitors</a> on your site using <a href=" http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=49679/*http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/arp/sponsoredsearch_v2.php?o=US2140&cmp=Yahoo&ctv=Q107Tagline&s=Y&s2=EM&b=50";>Yahoo! Search Marketing.</a></body></html> --0-172651685-1174656176=:54634--
