Events
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03 / 16
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03 / 17
Start: 7:30 pm
In April 2005, a report that the Ivory-billed Woodpecker, supposedly extinct, had been rediscovered in the Arkansas swamps made front-page news across the country and around the world. The rarest of rare birds, the Ivory-bill is so spectacular that according to legend those who see it spontaneously cry out, "Lord God! What was that?" While for the majority of Americans this sighting came as a wholly unexpected piece of good news from the conservation front, to the inner circle of birders this was the latest installment in a very old, legendary tale of hope and survival. Once common throughout the southeast United States, the bird had vanished over the past century as its forest habitat was devastated, appearing periodically to reawaken hope for threatened species and environments everywhere. This film in progress will tell the story of the Ivory-bill not merely as a quaint piece of natural history, but as a story of faith and doubt, despair and hope regarding our relationship with the environment. Covering the tension between skeptics who regard the bird as fantasy and those with determined faith in its existence, the documentary will also explore the grass-roots conservation of the Arkansas outdoorsmen who most recently sighted the bird. | ||
03 / 18
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03 / 19
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03 / 20
Start: 11:00 am
March to end federal inaction on global warming. Join celebrities, members of Congress, and others from all over the country to rally and lobby for action to address the Climate Crisis. Starts at 11 am on the west side of the Capitol. Meet your members of Congress at 2 pm. Sign up at http://ga3.org/climatecrisis/join.html.
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03 / 21
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03 / 22
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03 / 23
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03 / 24
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03 / 25
Start: 7:30 am
End: 12:00 pm
To RSVP, contact trip leader Paul DeAnna (202) 544-2680 or use the field trip contact form. DC Audubon will tour this noted birding hot spot, part of the McKee-Beshers Wildlife Management Area, located in Montgomery County Maryland. This is a mosaic of diverse wetland habitats interspersed with mature deciduous forest, hedgerows, and open fields in various stages of transition. The area is bordered on the north by deep marsh and open water in three impoundments covering about 60 acres, and on the south by the Potomac River and adjacent C&O Canal. Migrating waterfowl should be present. Red-headed woodpeckers are among the resident birds. We have timed the trip in hopes of witnessing the return of the tree swallows. Meet at the location at 7:30. Start: 1:30 pm
End: 2:30 pm
Best known for "The Birds of North America," a book of every bird then known in the United States, painted life size, John James Audubon has been referred to as "the nearest thing American art has to a founding father." A one-man compendium of American culture of his time–a scientist, woodsman, hunter, merchant, artist and businessman–Audubon came to exemplify his era and his nation. He saw more of the North American continent than virtually anyone alive. Audubon's life seems invented rather than lived: from bankruptcy to dinner at the White House, from the rugged wilds of America to elite art exhibitions in London, his was a life of contradiction. This documentary profiles a man who was larger than life, providing beautiful detail of Audubon's artwork as well as a portrait of the states of art, science and environmental awareness in the first decades of the 19th century. The environmental legacy of our forefathers and Audubon's impact on the conservation movement of today are also examined. | ||
03 / 26
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03 / 27
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03 / 28
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03 / 29
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03 / 30
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03 / 31
Start: 9:00 am
End: 3:30 pm
National Arboretum
Administration Building AuditoriumThis year’s Lahr Symposium, Native Plants: Compelling Landscapes, will explore compelling landscapes where native plants thrive—beautiful spaces, biological reservoirs, and landscapes integral to our cultural character. Start: 10:30 am
End: 3:00 pm
From the National Wildlife Federation:
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04 / 7
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04 / 9
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04 / 10
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04 / 11
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04 / 12
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04 / 13
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04 / 14
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 3:00 pm
1-3 pm at the pool in front of the west Capitol entrance, off 3rd NW. 1 pm Rally, Photo Wall, Speakers 2 pm Human Post Card! | ||
04 / 15
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