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f reetingsrom our resident.eare\J undergoingotnetructuralhangeshisyear.Wehopeo better romoteheobjec-tives f heNationaludubonocietyhosemissions: To onservend estorecosys-tems,ocusingnbirds nd ther i ldl i feorthebenefitf humanitynd heearth'sio-logicaliversity."ur oalnnortheasternWisconsins o protect isconsin'saturallandscapesndhabitatsysupport ingnvi-ronmentalducation,andrusts,nd onser-vation rojectsor hebenefit f peoplendthestate's iologicaliversity.

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\At. have specialreator heannualanquethis ear: cotty V R.Craven,i ldl i fepecialist,requentuest nWisconsinPublic adio.ehas PhD egreenWildl i fecologyromheUniversityfWisconsin-Madisonnd as een faculty emberthere ince 975. e sa knowledgeable,t imulatingpeaker.lanto attend.Oncegain, ewil lbeholdingurannuali lent uctionsafundraisert hebanquet.veryonesencouragedo bring ome-thingo besold. n hepast, embersave roughtrtwork, ec-orativewords,inoculars,ooks,andleticks,icturerames,nd

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ffi.;ohnJacobs,hair f he ed-shoulderedawk

J researchommittee,ompletednextensiveeport"ConservationssessmentorRed-shoulderedawks(Buteoineatus)n Nationalorestsf North entralStates"for heUSDA orestervice.andmanagers,foresters,iologistsnd aptoresearchersil luseJohn'seporto better rotectest i tes nd ncreasereproductiveuccessn hardwoodorest abitatsnWisconsinnd everalther tates.ed-shoulderedhawks re threatenedpeciesnourstate nd redecliningrexistn ownumbersnother orth en-tralstates.Our hapterontinuedts ong-termupportfJohn'sf ieldwork,ow n ts31st ea;witha $1,'100rantn2002. ohn nd is rotherugeneearched15 his-toric est i tesncentralnd ortheastisconsinastyear nd ound 9active ests. nly45%of henestswere uccessfulfledgedt east ne oung).Reproductionas ery oodncentral isconsin76%nest uccess)nd heNicolet ationalorest42%)bu twas ery oor 8%)n Oconto,oor ndothernortheasternounties.cold pringnd ate eaf utmay ave ausedeavyredationnadults ndnestl inos.

f ach earNEW udubon,nc. artnersithothersndLissues mall rantso supportr:ojectshatprotectWisconsin'si ldl i fend aturalreas.urclub sesinterestrom nendowmentor tsannualrants.Profitsrom heWeatherriendhenologyalendargrowheendowment,hichsmanagedy heGreaterGreen ayCommunityoundation.he 004 henologycalendars he25th nniversarydit ion.

After eviewing any xcellentroposalsheboard fdirectorsnd heendowmentommittee,onsist ingfDennisrusik,hair,aul artman,nd ohn acobsawardedver 5,000ngrantsn2002o:BairdCreek arkway reservationoundation.Continueffortso protecthis aluable reen avurban ark. 800DoorCounty and rust. rganizebodyo manage160-acreiverseorestecentlyut nto rust nWashingtonsland.300Natural eritage and rust,Madison. rotect3acres longGarfoot reek,tributaryf Black arthCreeknsouthernisconsin,ecognizedne f he op100 rout treamsn heU.S.yTrout nlimited.300Northeasternisconsinudubon.Red-shoulderedhawk esearchf memberohn acobs.1,100.Northeast isconsinand rust.Niagarascarpmenconservationrojectn Brown, alumet,ndFond uLaccounties.850Universityf Wisconsin xtensionn Brown ndDoorCountiesndNortheast isconsin asterGardeners,nc. Invasivepeciesemonstrationroj-ectshatprovidenformationorotherWisconsinoun-t i es .1 ,100WisconsinNR-Bureauf Endangeredpecies.Publishook nWisconsin'surt lesnd izards.ealsosupportedheDNR'sook namphibiansn200i.Also receiving smilt grants:AldoLeopold oundation-Baraboo.andownerlass-es. 1 0BrownCounty ibrary-Southwestranch.ieldrip.s1 0Heritage lementarychool-Deere. nvironmentaeducationenter.50LastWildernessonservationssociation,nc. andTrust-Presquesle. 50WisconsinNR.Wetland it igationite, hiocton.100Woodland ducationenter, toughton.utterf lycensus.1 0

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fhe amphibianonservationI committee,hairedyRandyKorb,roducednd sdistribut-ing uniqueook nd ompactdisk et, Wisconsinrogs:Placeso Hear rogsnd oadsNear urUrbanreas". rantsand onationsrom heGreatLakesquatic abitatund, al-Mart, nc.,NEWAudubon,nc.,NEWPlastics,nc . ndHumanaelpedcover roduction

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species.aps uide eopteinMadison,ilwaukee,reen ay nd heFox itieso "frog otspots",local etlandshereesidentsan earrogs. ethanyatula,youngstudentromKimberly,lnarratesheCD f rog alls.The ooks nover 00 ublicnd thoolibraries.t salso vailablein100 ookstoresnd iftshopst museums,atureenters,otani-calgardens,isitorentersnd therWisconsinetail ut lets."This rojectas xceededurexpectations,ccordingo Korb.Famil ieslloverhe tate owusehebooko earn boutrogs eartheir omesnd acationpots. ur ommitteeshavingunwiththis.We're orking n newprojectshatwe hinkwillcreatevengreaternowledgend upportor rogs ndwetlandshis ear."

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