NEWS FROM THE AUDUBON
NETWORK
Audubon
conservation, communications, andMississippi and Louisiana staff
have been working nonstop since the first
indication that the oil spill in the Gulf had the
potential to become an environmental
catastrophe.
Melanie
Driscoll, Audubon's Louisiana Director of Bird
Conservation was among the first wildlife experts
to focus media attention on the birds and habitats
at risk. David Ringer, Communications
Coordinator for Audubon's Mississippi River
initiative, as well others from throughout Audubon
have also brought the Audubon perspective to media
outlets coast to coast - and around the globe.
This strategic communications effort has yielded
over 500 media hits on the oil spill within the
past 10 days, including NBC Nightly News, the New
York Times and CNN.
Most
important, our coverage is helping to generate
awareness and commitment to the important
conservation work that will lay ahead.
News
Highlights
The New York
Times: http://nyti.ms/dClzdy
Audubon's Melanie
Driscoll on NBC Nightly News: http://mms.tveyes.com/Transcript.asp?StationID=944&DateTime=4%2F30%2F2010+5%3A35%3A44+PM&Term=Audubon+Society&PlayClip=TRUE
Dr. Frank Gill's
opinion piece on CNN: http://bit.ly/cYiXnF
USA TODAY: How you
Can Help: http://bit.ly/a3clfY
Endangered Terns on
Gulf Coast in
Path of Oil Spill: Audubon video http://bit.ly/9sVMJP
Audubon's Melanie
Driscoll talks about what it's like on the front
lines of the oil spill: http://bit.ly/bYPWOT
National Audubon
Society on Gulf Oil Disaster How You Can Help: http://bit.ly/aBEQsA
"It could be
devastating," said David Ringer of Audubon's
Mississippi River Initiative: http://nyti.ms/dlzLgj
The Gulf oil slick
hits the coast and coats birds while groups take
action: http://bit.ly/dzfumX
Audubon's Melanie
Driscoll Talks To National Geographic About
Threats to Brown Pelican: http://bit.ly/drrbVT
BBC: Audubon warns of
Catastrophe at Important Bird Areas along Gulf
photos: http://bit.ly/9AeVwu
Audubon Center on coast of
Mississippi
prepares for oil spill. Video: http://bit.ly/cD4sWQ
Audubon's Melanie
Driscoll Describes Potential "Catastrophic" damage
to birds along Louisiana Coast:NPR
Morning Edition: http://n.pr/8ZNAwr
Reuters reports:
Audubon Important Bird Areas threatened by oil
spill: http://bit.ly/9sG0IJ
Unfortunately, as we
prepared to release this special edition of
Newswire we have just learned the Oil Slick Has
Hit Louisiana Chandeleur Islands, where about
3,000 brown pelicans, Louisiana's
state bird recently delisted as an Endangered
Species, are nesting and laying eggs. http://bit.ly/cDwIUt
To
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continue to send your announcements and news
stories, including web links, to Delta Willis dwillis@audubon.org.
The next regular edition of Newswire will
be May 24.
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