ENHS Nature Trails - Vol. 32, No. 9, Dec. 1998

Nature Trails
Published by the Eugene Natural History Society
Volume Thirty-two, Number Nine, December 1998

Table of Contents

Feature: This month's speaker: Dan Gleason

President's column: "Why are there no insects in the open ocean? A fifteen year conversation," by Nathan Tublitz

Article: "Tales From The Farm- Three Success Stories- Sort Of," by Reida Kimmel

A n n o u n c e m e n t s
Deep Ecology Deep Ecology for the 21st Century is a 13-week radio series of one-hour programs that explores contemporary ecological consciousness and the Deep Ecology movement, and offers fascinating, provocative and sometimes controversial solutions to the environmental challenges that are now upon us. This radio series is hosted by Michael Toms of "New Dimensions." Series advisor is deep ecologist George Sessions, former chairman of the philosophy department at Sierra College in Rocklin, CA. Over three dozen interview guests provide a broad, in-depth view of the field, covering such subjects as the basic philosophy of Deep Ecology; the relationship of Deep Ecology to social ecology; ecofeminism; the Greens; conservation biology; and more. Guests include Dr. David Suzuki, Fritjof Capra, Paul Ehrlich, Arne Naess, the late Paul Shepherd, Gary Snyder, Ted Roszak, and the late Edward Abbey, activists such as Cecelia Lanman, of the fight to save the Headwaters Forest in California, Tim Hermach of Zero Cut, rainforest activist John Seed, and Dave Foreman, co-founder of Earth First! In Eugene the series will be aired on KLCC at 6:30 p.m. every Wednesday from January 6 through March 31.	Call for Volunteers: Annual Christmas Bird Count The annual Christmas Bird Count sponsored locally by the Lane County Audubon Society will be held on Sunday January 3, 1999. Such counts are held in cooperation with the National Audubon Society and all results are forwarded to them by the 15th of January to be included in the book size report of all counts, domestic and foreign, issued by midsummer. Christmas counts are conducted during the last half of December and into early January every year. Exact dates vary a little from year to year. The objective is to provide an assessment of the numbers and distribution of birds to be found inside a 15 mile diameter circle on a specific date at a time in the year that bird populations are relatively stable. This sort of data has been gathered for almost 100 years though thorough coverage of the country has developed only during the 2nd half of the century. Year to year comparisons of results have proven to be valuable measures of the health of bird populations. One need not be an expert at bird identification. Twenty-two teams are assigned to specified areas within the count circle. Each team is led by at least one person skilled in identification. Team participants help in finding birds and keeping records. At the end of count day a get-together is held at the Eugene Garden Club to report results. Anyone interested in participating is invited to call Herb Wisner at 344-3634 for assignment to a team. Previous year helpers may wish to contact their team leader if they want to continue in the same area.

A n n o u n c e m e n t s

Deep Ecology

Deep Ecology for the 21st Century is a 13-week radio series of one-hour programs that explores contemporary ecological consciousness and the Deep Ecology movement, and offers fascinating, provocative and sometimes controversial solutions to the environmental challenges that are now upon us. This radio series is hosted by Michael Toms of "New Dimensions." Series advisor is deep ecologist George Sessions, former chairman of the philosophy department at Sierra College in Rocklin, CA.

Over three dozen interview guests provide a broad, in-depth view of the field, covering such subjects as the basic philosophy of Deep Ecology; the relationship of Deep Ecology to social ecology; ecofeminism; the Greens; conservation biology; and more. Guests include Dr. David Suzuki, Fritjof Capra, Paul Ehrlich, Arne Naess, the late Paul Shepherd, Gary Snyder, Ted Roszak, and the late Edward Abbey, activists such as Cecelia Lanman, of the fight to save the Headwaters Forest in California, Tim Hermach of Zero Cut, rainforest activist John Seed, and Dave Foreman, co-founder of Earth First!

In Eugene the series will be aired on KLCC at 6:30 p.m. every Wednesday from January 6 through March 31.

Call for Volunteers: Annual Christmas Bird Count

The annual Christmas Bird Count sponsored locally by the Lane County Audubon Society will be held on Sunday January 3, 1999. Such counts are held in cooperation with the National Audubon Society and all results are forwarded to them by the 15th of January to be included in the book size report of all counts, domestic and foreign, issued by midsummer. Christmas counts are conducted during the last half of December and into early January every year. Exact dates vary a little from year to year. The objective is to provide an assessment of the numbers and distribution of birds to be found inside a 15 mile diameter circle on a specific date at a time in the year that bird populations are relatively stable. This sort of data has been gathered for almost 100 years though thorough coverage of the country has developed only during the 2nd half of the century. Year to year comparisons of results have proven to be valuable measures of the health of bird populations.

One need not be an expert at bird identification. Twenty-two teams are assigned to specified areas within the count circle. Each team is led by at least one person skilled in identification. Team participants help in finding birds and keeping records. At the end of count day a get-together is held at the Eugene Garden Club to report results. Anyone interested in participating is invited to call Herb Wisner at 344-3634 for assignment to a team. Previous year helpers may wish to contact their team leader if they want to continue in the same area.

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