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It must be spring in Louisiana and it must be migration time because LOS is heading to Cameron. Will there be a fall out? Join us and find out! Friday Evening, April 25 6:00 P.M. Registration will be at the Creole Community Center, Creole. Snacks will be provided. 7:00 P.M. Meeting and Evening Program “Seven Louisiana Ladies Boating Down the Amazon River in Brazil with Cameras and Binoculars” Joelle Finley will share the adventures and misadventures of the seven Louisiana ladies as they explore the fauna, flora and indigenous peoples of the great Amazon Basin. Saturday, April 26 8:00 A.M. SE Board Member Ed Wallace will lead a field trip for those not familiar with the Cameron birding areas. Meet in the parking lot of the Cameron Motel. 6:00 P.M. Registration in the Creole Community Center in Creole 6:30 P.M. Brisket, Rice Dressing, Baked Beans, Green Salad, Dessert and a drink will be provided by David Trahan for $10.00. 7:30 P.M. Meeting and Evening Program “Something to be Proud of: Landscape-scale Sites, Global Concentrations of Birds and Bird Conservation in Louisiana” will be presented by Melanie Driscoll, coordinator of the Louisiana IBA Program of the National Audubon Society. The Important Bird Areas program is an international site-based program built on the premise that loss and fragmentation of suitable habitat are two of the major links to declines of birds. Sites that are important to populations of birds are identified, prioritized and then monitored and worked on to help conserve birds within them. However, in Louisiana, large landscapes still exist with fairly low levels of fragmentation-causing the unusual but happy problem of too much habitat for a site-based program. Melanie will discuss how site identification in Louisiana was dealt with and show details of the sties that have been identified and nominated. She will also highlight conservation actions that have begun to occur on IBAs and detail some of the next steps in Audubon’s bird conservation efforts. Accommodations: Cameron: Cameron Motel. 337-775-5442. The Cameron Motel also has sites available for RV campers. Hackberry: Babe's Motel and Grill aka "La Maison d’Acadiens"; they also have RV hookups. 337-762-4167. Hackberry: Spicer's Marina. Owner's name is Roxanne. 331-762-3170 or 337-762-4418 Sulphur and Lake Charles have most of the major chains of motels such as Days Inn, Super 8, Hampton Inn, LaQuinta Inn & Suites, Econo Lodge, and Holiday Inn Express. Directions to the Creole Community Center: The Creole Community Center/Fire Station is approximately 15-20 minutes from the Cameron Motel. It is ¼ mile east of the only traffic light in Creole (Parish Road 1143). It is on the right hand side of the road with a big fenced parking lot. Submitted by Joelle Finley, Secretary printable registration form Pre-registration Form 2008 Spring MeetingLOS 2006 Spring Meeting April 25-26, 2008Cameron/Creole, LAName(s)_____________________________________________________________Address ________________________________________________________________ Email: ____________________________________ Phone: ______________________ Number registering for meeting: _____at $10.00/person = $________ Number for dinner: ______at $10.00/person = $________ Dues $__________ enclosed Total $__________ enclosed Please make check payable to LOS, and mail to: LOS Spring Meeting, Judith O’Neale, 504 Whitebark Drive, Lafayette LA 70508, phone 337-981-1011, jloneale@aol.com printable registration form |
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