Hi, Tweets

I just received this from NERI in Oregon and
though not about birds perhaps some tweeters might be interested.

Cheers, Diann
Bothell
Olympic Vulture Study


>-----Original Message-----
>From: Sue Beilke [mailto:sbeilke at europa.com]
>Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 1:00 AM
>To: Elaine Stewart; susan p. barnes; Butler, Carrie; Cathy Nowak
>Cc: Teresa DeLorenzo; Charlotte Corkran; Guderyahn, Laura; Cory Samia
>Subject: Fw: 1st Annual Center for Snake Conservation Fall Snake Count will
>be held from September 17 23, 2011 during Snake Week.
>
>Hello fellow snake lovers,
>
>Just received this today and seems like something worthwhile doing to help
>our snake friends. I will be putting out cover boards next week to help
>facilitate snake counts. Even big pieces of cardboard work to attract them.
>Please pass this along if possible.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Sue
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <asalzberg at herpdigest.org>
>To: <sbeilke at europa.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 7:12 PM
>Subject: 1st Annual Center for Snake Conservation Fall Snake Count will be
>held from September 17 23, 2011 during Snake Week.
>
>
> > Conservation through Education
> >
> > Announcement from the Center for Snake Conservation--please distribute
> > widely as anyone can participate.
> >
> > Spend a day or a week in the field and help conserve snakes! There are
> > ?295 species/subspecies of snakes in the United States but very little is
> > known about their current conservation status and distributions in today's
>
> > human impacted environment. In order to ensure that appropriate and
> > adequate conservation efforts are applied to snakes, we need to understand
>
> > more about them and where they occur.
> >
> > Therefore, the 1st Annual Center for Snake Conservation Fall Snake Count
> > will be held from September 17 - 23, 2011 during Snake Week.
> >
> > Sign up here:
> >
><http://www.snakeconservation.org/snake-week-fall-2011---september-17-23/1st
>annualfallcscsnakecount>
> > Fall Snake Count
> >
> > Our goal during the Snake Count is to document every species of snake that
>
> > occurs in the United States in a single time period. A lofty goal but with
>
> > your help it is a not so crazy. Plus, data we collect will confirm the
> > existence of some rare species and provide baseline data to help us
> > monitor selected populations of the more common species in the future. The
>
> > data collected during the Snake Count will be used by the Center for Snake
>
> > Conservation to map the current snake distributions of snakes in the
> > United States. Specific locality information for snakes collected during
> > the count will not be made available to the public, so rest assured that
> > any rare species found will remain protected. The data collected will be
> > used only in CSC research.
> >
> > All participants in the Snake Count are eligible to enter the Snake Count
> > Photo Contest. This is an opportunity to show off your snake finding
> > abilities and photographic skill. Details and the terms of use can be
> > found here: Snake Count Photo Contest
> >
><http://www.snakeconservation.org/snake-week-fall-2011---september-17-23/1st
>annualfallsnakeweekphotocontest>
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Cameron
> >
> > The Center for Snake Conservation is a non-profit organization dedicated
> > to the conservation of all snakes. Its mission is to promote the
> > conservation of snakes and their natural ecosystems and implement positive
>
> > change in human attitudes towards snakes. We do this through our
> > education, conservation, and science programs. You can learn more about
> > the CSC and its programs at our website (
> > <http://www.snakeconservation.org/> www.snakeconservation.org).
> > (This message was sent to sbeilke at europa.com)
> >
> >