Hi, Connie.

Thanks for the honor! I was long envisioning someone naming the whole
area after me, though, something like "Dennis's Dump."

However, I think an even more appropriate name would be "Connie's
Conservation Corner." Just a thought.

Dennis

On Jun 24, 2009, at 12:00 PM, tweeters-
request at mailman2.u.washington.edu wrote:

> Message: 18
> Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:31:13 -0700
> From: Connie Sidles <constancesidles at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Tweeters] Blue Forest and other spots
> To: Kevin Purcell <kevinpurcell at pobox.com>
> Cc: Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
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> Hey tweets, Kevin asked where the Blue Forest is at the Fill. It's the
> Restoration Ecology Network students' restoration plots at the
> intersection of Wahkiakum Lane and the Dime Lot. There's a northern
> half and a southern half. It's the same general area where the
> Loggerhead Shrike showed up earlier in the year, as well as a
> Nashville Warbler in May. The Mountain Bluebirds hung out on the
> southern edge of it, too, at least for a while.
>
> FYI, I am working on a map of the Fill for my book. I plan to post it
> on my web site when my book comes out later this fall, which should
> make life a little easier for everyone. I have consulted previously
> published maps and aerial views of the Fill, going back to the 1940s.
> Wherever a name was used, I will also use it. There are a surprising
> number of such names that I never knew before. For example, the
> service road that parallels University Slough on the west side is
> Canal Road. The semi-circular road that starts at the greenhouses and
> winds along south of the CUH building and then intersects Wahkiakum
> Lane at the signage is Union Bay Circle. Who knew?
>
> I also will use long-standing birding names for various spots: the
> Wedding Rock, the Reading Rocks, etc.
>
> Where there are conflicts between two names, I will have to make a
> choice. The Main Pond, for example, is known by the CUH people as
> Central Pond. It appears in the literature with both names. I plan to
> call it Main Pond, but I will put in a note on the map that it is
> also known as Central Pond.
>
> There is one other issue I would like to bring up to you as a birding
> community. I would very much like to honor 4 people who have had and
> continue to have a great influence on the creation and maintenance of
> this lovely birding site. I am asking for birders' support to do this,
> because I don't want to just do it on my own. I already have
> permission from the CUH folks to go ahead.
>
> I want to name the pond that borders the east side of the Dime Lot
> "Kern's Restoration Pond," after Kern Ewing, the professor who has
> done so much to bring native plants in and remove non-natives.
>
> I want to name the field south of the Southwest Pond "Hoyt Meadows,"
> after Fred Hoyt, the guy who manages the day-to-day of the Fill and
> who has given so much effort to keeping it a wild center in the middle
> of a big city.
>
> I want to name the two fields that run north of Wahkiakum Lane
> "Paulson Prairie," after Dennis Paulson. Without Dennis's work on the
> EIS, and without his continual efforts to help shorebirds and prairie
> birds, I believe we would not have the Fill today.
>
> Finally, I want to name the fields on either side of the Main Pond
> "Hunn Meadows," after Gene Hunn. Gene worked very hard on the
> committee that made the decision to keep the Fill a natural area.
> Without his genius and hard work, I think we would be looking at a
> golf course or worse there now.
>
> I know there are many other people who have had a hand in creating and
> keeping the Fill. I have no desire to disrespect them, but at the same
> time, these 4 seem to me to be especially noteworthy.
>
> What do you think? - Connie, Seattle

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Dennis Paulson
1724 NE 98 St.
Seattle, WA 98115
206-528-1382
dennispaulson at comcast.net



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