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To All Audubon Chapter Leaders: With apologies for cross-posting, please see the message below for you to take action and to share widely with all members in your Chapter. In addition, we invite you to add the attached Take Action button graphic to your Chapter website. It should link to www.audubonaction.org/howtohelp and connects to the same volunteer form and the action alert noted in the message below. The names of those who sign up through the volunteer form will be shared with state and federal agencies directing the recovery efforts, and volunteers will also be informed of breaking news and additional ways to get involved. Please contact audubonaction@audubon.org with any questions about the button, forms or action alert. Audubon is actively engaged in and coordinating with recovery efforts on the Gulf Coast. We have attached a message sent today to all staff, to fill you in on Audubon involvement in the Gulf Coast oil spill, and will keep you informed as the situation progresses. We welcome your suggestions for ways to further inform and involve Chapter leaders and members; please share them with ltennefoss@audubon.org. Thank you, Lynn Tennefoss Audubon Chapter Services |
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OIL DRILLING DISASTER IN THE GULF: YOUR HELP NEEDED!
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The tragic oil platform explosion off Louisiana's Gulf Coast is rapidly becoming an environmental disaster.1
The loss of 11 oil workers may be just the beginning of this tragedy as millions of gallons of oil head for land, putting birds, wildlife and the coastal environment in grave danger.
Audubon Mobilizing to
Help
Audubon staff across the country are marshalling resources and
personnel to respond to the looming disaster. Audubon Florida, Louisiana and
Mississippi staff and chapters are working to prepare for impacts to birds,
wildlife and important habitat as the spill makes its way toward land.
Audubon is coordinating volunteer efforts and you can help! From cleaning oiled birds to counting birds to picking up trash on beaches before the oil hits - there are many things that you can do to help. If you are interested in volunteering, please sign up here . We will be back in touch soon with more details.
While every hand is needed and welcome, it's vital that volunteers offer their help through coordinated efforts like this so that the greatest good can be focused where it is needed the most. Please avoid going to affected areas or handling wildlife until you are part of coordinated responses. Even well-intentioned people can inadvertently interfere with important recovery efforts. Other sensitive areas with nesting birds that may not be impacted by the spill will not welcome random volunteers, however good the intention.
Audubon has our people on the ground and is working with state and federal agencies leading the response - we can help find the best volunteer job for you.
Let's Stop Further
Spills
If you have not already submitted
comments on the Interior Department plan to expand offshore oil and gas
drilling, now is the time. A long-term energy strategy should focus on
clean, job-producing, renewable technologies, not expanded drilling off
our sensitive coasts.
1 " Size of Spill in Gulf of Mexico Larger than Thought ," New York Times, 4/29/10
Do you know someone else who cares about
protecting America's beaches, birds and wildlife? Help us to spread the word:
Tell-a-friend!
Trouble with the "Take Action" link in the message? Try
cutting-and-pasting this link into your web browser:
www.audubonaction.org/site/Advocacy?id=823. To get to the volunteer page, use
this link: www.audubonaction.org/SpillResponse.