Subject: [Tweeters] FWD: [OBOL] FWD: Budget Cuts Force Changes in the
Date: Apr 1 08:08:18 2012
From: Teresa Michelsen - teresa at avocetconsulting.com


April fool's to you too :)

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Has anybody heard anything about this?

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Subject: [OBOL] FWD: Budget Cuts Force Changes in the Lab for Ornithology


FYI from Cornell...

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Budget Cuts Force Changes in the Lab for Ornithology

March 30, 2012 ? As is true of many institutions of higher learning, Cornell
University has been obliged to cope with significant budgetary short-falls
over the last few years. Dwindling grant support from state and federal
agencies coupled with increasing competition from on-line institutions like
the University of Phoenix and DeVry University have made it necessary for
Cornell to reduce funding to many programs and to discontinue others
entirely. These budget cuts will affect services provided by the Lab for
Ornithology.

Effective April 2, 2012, non-fee based on-line programs including Project
Feeder Watch, Nest Watch and eBird will be taken off line and will no longer
be available. Fees for online access to "Birds of North America" will be
increased from the current $42.00 per year to
$600.00 per year. The on-line database "All About Birds" will become
subscription only at $45.00 per year.

The Lab for Ornithology will be continuing its important work related to the
rediscovery of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker, thanks, in part, to continued
support through the USFWS from monies mandated in 2007. We have also teamed
with the Discovery Channel to produce a reality-based investigative series
titled "Ghost Bird Hunters". We hope this program will attract a new and
younger audience to the field of ornithology.

We deeply regret the reduction in functionality for users who visit the Lab
for Ornithology on-line, but we must accept economic realities so that we
may focus on those programs that generate significant funding. We invite
you to tune in to "Ghost Bird Hunters" beginning 8:00pm EDT, April 13, 2012
on the Discovery Channel.

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Media Contact:
Leonard Patrick

Note: Online access to the paper requires a subscription to Journal of
Cryptid Ecology. A PDF of the paper is available to journalists upon
request. Read the abstract

Download high-resolution images:

S?sq?ets
Photo credit: Les Ezmoore, Creative Commons license

Ivory-billed Woodpecker
Photo credit: Noah Pruoff, Creative Commons license



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