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The change in seasons also brings the outdoor Farmers Market booth and restoration work at Madison Audubon's Wildlife Sanctuaries. Take a look below and please consider helping out for a few hours this busy season.
The Art Fair
Thanks to all who have signed up to volunteer so far. We have over half of the shifts filled (more than 50 volunteers!) but are still in need of help with Artist Set-Up, Artist Assistants, Silent Auction, Raffle, Food Prep-Kitchen, Food Tent, Kids' Activities, Native Plant Sale, Parking, and Evening Clean-Up.
The fair is on Saturday, May 5, with volunteer opportunities all day from 6am and 6pm at Olbrich Gardens. If you are able to help, please let me know (call 255-2473 or reply by email). Thanks!
Goose Pond Restoration Work
- Invasive species removal work nights every Monday in June starting at 6:30 p.m. Work will concentrate on prairie management at Goose Pond. This is a great way to learn prairie species. Dress in long sleeves, long pants, and sturdy shoes. Cold refreshments will be served. As always, work night may be canceled because of rain. Contact Mark or Sue at (608) 635-4160 or goosep@chorus.net if you need more information.
- Adopt a blue bird or tree swallow trail. Volunteers will monitor tree swallow and blue bird boxes each week at Goose Pond, from mid-April through 1st of July. The boxes are all placed and just need monitoring.
- Prescribed Prairie Burns at
Goose Pond will continue from now until the end of April. Burns are
scheduled according to weather conditions. No prior experience
necessary. If you are interested, please contact Mark Martin at
635-4160 or goosep@chorus.net
Do you enjoy the Farmers Market? Want to spend time outside on behalf of Madison Audubon? One Saturday each month during the outdoor Farmers Market we set up a booth on the square. The next MAS booth is scheduled for Saturday, April 28, which is a wonderful opportunity to promote the Art Fair. Can you help out at this early season Farmers Market or one later in the year?
Audubon Education Program
Our education committee meets once a month, with the next meeting on Monday, April. 23 at 5 p.m. Join us to learn about opportunities, including coordinating roles as well as direct work with youth and the general public. Serve in our Speakers Bureau, as a Bird Education Mentor, or help develop *new* activities such as family focused and issue based field trips. If you would like to be involved with our education program please contact Linda Merrill at 608-233-8961 or by email at badgermerrill@yahoo.com
Volunteer Hours & Thanks
Thanks to all who have been active over the past few months. Please remind us of your volunteer hours from January, February and March - date, hours worked, and task involved.
Spring Ecology Symposium
Brewing Biodiversity: The Connections Between Biodiversity and Coffee Production
Recently the MAS Population and Habitat committee published a CAWS article about empowering women in developing countries being key to stabilizing population growth. At Madison Ecology Club's Spring Ecology Symposium learn about another environmental issue facing many developing countries - the effects of coffee plantations. For more details visit:
http://www.nelson.wisc.edu/meg/symposiumspring07.htm
Thanks for reading,
Dave Drapac
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608-255-2473
masoffice@mailbag.com
www.madisonaudubon.org
222 S. Hamilton St.
Madison, WI 53703
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The mission of Madison Audubon Society is to educate our members and the public about the natural world and the threats that natural systems are facing, to engage in advocacy to preserve and protect these systems, and to develop and maintain sanctuaries to save and restore natural habitat.