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International Migratory Bird Day
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International Migratory Bird Day (IMBD) is the educational focus of the Connecting Cultures diversity engagement work. The 2013 IMBD theme is the Life Cycles of Migratory Birds. Learn more and participate! 
Art by Barry Kent MacKay
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| Spanish Language Resources | We have free Spanish language teaching materials at our website!
Check out the 2013 IMBD PowerPoint presentation in Spanish. |
| NSF Study Project Partners | PARTNERS
Colorado State University
National Park Service
Point Reyes Bird
Observatory
New Jersey Audubon
Society
Rocky Mountain Bird
Observatory
Barr Lake State Park
ADVISORY COUNCIL
Wendy Hanophy
Consultant
Edwin Juarez
Arizona Game & Fish Department
Kim Ramirez
Audubon Fellow
Michael Rizo
USDA Forest Service
Greg Stevens
American Association of Museums
Fernando Villaba
National Park Service
STUDY SITES Bandelier National Monument
New Mexico
Golden Gate Nat'l Recreation Area/Point Reyes Nat'l Seashore
California
Fire Island National Seashore
New York
North Cascades National Park
Washington
New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route
New Jersey
Barr Lake State Park
Colorado
CONTROL SITES
Great Sand Dunes National
Park & Preserve
Colorado
Big Thicket National Preserve
Texas
Big Cypress National Preserve
Florida
Co-Principal Investigator Carol Beidleman
INTERN LIAISON
Mariamar Gutiérrez
DIVERSITY OUTREACH
Natasha Kerr
PROJECT CONSULTANTS Brett Bruyere
Marcella Wells |
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Environment for the Americas' diversity outreach programs have increased to include more internship opportunities for Latino youth. We're also concluding our National Science Foundation grant and are excited to share our successes via an online toolkit (visit the site). Many thanks for following our work!
Sincerely, Susan Bonfield
Environment for the Americas |
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Renewed Support
EFTA received renewed funding from National Fish and Wildlife Foundation for its Latina/o internship program. In 2014, we will again recruit 8 interns who will be placed at sites across the U.S. to study migratory shorebirds and serve as educators in Latino communities. If you know of a young Latina/o ages 18 - 25 years interested in natural resources, birds, research, and education, please share this news!
Thank-you to Celebrate Shorebirds Sponsors: America's Great Outdoors
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Bureau of Reclamation
U.S. Forest Service & Bureau of Land Management
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Intern Highlight - Lesly Caballero
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You may remember Lesly Caballero from a previous environmental education internship with EFTA. Now, as an America's Great Outdoors intern, she is experiencing fieldwork by doing shorebird and Dusky Canada Goose monitoring, invasive plant removal, and artificial nest rehabilitation. Lesly also helped facilitate the Spanish & English language WetlandsLIVE program and assisted with the Copper River Delta Shorebird Festival.
Lesly is a student at Santa Rosa Junior College, California and is pursuing a degree in Environmental Studies. In the past, she volunteered for Petaluma Bounty creating awareness on environmental sustainability and nutritional issues and was an interpretive intern at Golden Gate National Recreation Area, California. Keep up with Lesly's amazing adventures on her program blog!
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Diversity Outreach Toolkit On-Line
Enhance your Awareness
The on-line Diversity Toolkit offers simple ways that your organization may begin an outreach initiative in Latino communities. One important step toward engaging Latinos is for you to do some quick research and enhance your awareness of local issues pertaining to your targeted communities.
Familiarize yourself with the communities you are trying to reach. Find information on demographic composition, English language proficiency, local news stories in Latino media, and identify schools and other Latino-serving organizations to partner with.
Click here for resources on demographics, diversity recruitment, education and cultural public policy issues. Need help? Contact Natasha Kerr (nkerr@birdday.org) for more information and visit our Toolkit.
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About Environment for the Americ as
Environment for the Americas, home of International Migra tory Bird Day (IMBD), is a non-profit organization working to increase awareness of birds and their conservation throughout the Western Hemisphere. We provide the framework and education materials for bird festivals and events, host a directory of bird education resources, offer bird workshops for educators, and motivate people of all ages to get outdoors to learn about birds. Find out more at www.birdday.org. Environment for the Americas
Home of International Migratory Bird Day
2601 31st Street
Boulder, Colorado 80301
866.334.3330
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