Call for Agenda Items for the FAll BOD Meeting on Saturday, September 28th…

TOS President Michael Collins is requesting any items you would like placed on the agenda for the Fall TOS BOD Meeting be sent to him by Friday, August 30^th.

Please send to collinsm@rhodes.edu putting ‘agenda item for Fall TOS meeting’ in the subject line.

Thank you…

Colonial Waterbird Survey – We need your help!

David Hanni and Intern Maddy are collecting informaiton on their ongoing Colonial Waterbird Study.  If you know of an active Rookery in Tennessee, please send the latitude and longitude of said location to David at TWRA.  His address is David.Hanni@tn.gov.

The more eyes out there looking the more information we can gather.

Thank you!!

ACTION ALERTS…your attention is needed ASAP

Two bills of critical interest have been introduced in the US House of Representatives…

First – The Federal Safe Building Act of 2023 (HR 3781) was introduced in June months prior to the mass killing of migratory birds in Chicago.  This Act would permanently reduce bird deaths for a minimal cost.  The only member of the Tennessee delegation to sign on is Representative Steve Cohen.  Please write, email or call YOUR US House Representative and ask them to sign-on to the Bill.

Second – The Migratory Birds of The America’s Conservation Enhancement Act of 2023 (HR 4389).  This Act would fund and extend the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act for 5 years. NO member of the Tennessee delegation has yet signed to co-sponsor this Bill

All details about both can be found at: The American Bird Conservancy – www.abcbirds.org

PLEASE ACT TODAY…it’ll only take a few minutes but could potentially save thousands of birds.

Thank you.