The Zipline course proposed for Lincoln Park has been withdrawn by the
Seattle Parks Department. Public outrage, letter writing, social media
organizing, and personal testimony in an incredibly powerful meeting at the
Fauntleroy Community Association turned back the proposal. The birding
community played a large part, lending a powerful, persuasive voice in
opposition.

For the good of the order, please take a few minutes to read a post by
Trileigh Tucker: birder, naturalist, writer, and professor at Seattle
University. She tells the zipline story well, and ends with the tale - with
fantastic photographs - of the fledging of a bald eagle in Lincoln Park.
These two events coincided, in a perfect story of hope. This is how she
starts:


The standing-room-only crowd erupted into applause. "There's nothing wrong
with wanting another form of outdoor entertainment, but it just needs to be
in a different setting, where it won't impact the birds," the speaker had
just said. She was an Audubon Master Birder who had just finished explaining
the likely effects of a proposed set of ropes courses and ziplines on avian
life. The loud cheers, whistles, clapping were for my birds, the birds of
Lincoln Park.
Two hundred fifty people, applauding birds!....

http://naturalpresence.wordpress.com/2012/07/18/saving-place/



Mark Ahlness
mahlness at comcast.net
(West) Seattle, WA