Dear Tom, I hope the list and its participants are aware of the Important Bird Areas (IBA) Program, which was developed in NYS by Audubon New York and National Audubon over a decade ago for just these purposes. There should be a rich repository of data available to support the consideration of sensitive and appropriate uses of such areas based on a relatively objective assessment of significance as bird habitat. See http://www.audubon.org/important-bird-areas/state/new-york.
Thank you. --Fred-- Fred Baumgarten Sharon, CT/Westchester, NY And Points In-between fredbee.ea...@gmail.com Formerly National Audubon Society IBA Program Coordinator On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 2:26 PM, Thomas Robben <robbe...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Birders: > > The state governments of NY and CT are now developing a list (and maps) of > important environmental locations in Long Island Sound, including good > areas for birds, fish and other life forms. This list may be useful in the > future if possible competing uses of these waters might arise, or if any of > these areas are somehow damaged, or are put at risk of damage. This list of > good locations may be of some long-term value to preserving the Sound, as > we have known it. > > So now is the time for your voice to be heard, especially if you care > about any area of LIS! Please "VOTE" informally for your favorite good > bird watching places (or/and good fishing places) in Long Island Sound (by > sending us a simple email, as described at this webpage: > LISLocations.blogspot.com <http://lislocations.blogspot.com/> ). > > Just email to us the name(s) of one or more LIS locations which are good > for birds, maybe where you like to watch birds, and optionally including > which bird species favor these locations, etc. Follow the simple > instructions at this website (listed above). > > Thank you, and Seasons Greetings, > > Tom Robben > Research Committee > robben99 AT gmail.com > > > -- > *NYSbirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> > ABA <http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01> > *Please submit your observations to **eBird* > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>*!* > -- > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
