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Spring 2006
Director Nominations
The Board of Directors recommends the Marty Gallagher has served on the board
following slate of Directors for fiscal year since the late 1989. She is a librarian with
2006-07, to be voted on at the Annual the Brown County Library since 1983. She
Banquet on May 10. owns a 40 acre farm in Pittsfield where
she and her partner raise sheep, chickens,
John Jacobs has served as a board member of ducks, geese and guinea hens. She has two
NEW Audubon for the last 25 years and is the grown daughters and she is the grandma-on-
current President. His day job is the Curator the-farm to five of her own and five of her
of Science at the Neville Public Museum, partner’s.
and he moonlights as a Red-shouldered hawk
researcher. Carl Scholz is a lifelong environmentalist
and member of Northeast Audubon since
Brian Ewart currently serves on the board 1967. He is a former school superintendent
as vice president. Brian is working on the and owner-manager of “The Farm” near
aquatic invasive species problem in Sturgeon Bay. He is active in many conser-
Wisconsin and the Great Lakes region. He vation groups and causes, and is a resident
represents the Wisconsin Audubon Council of the Town of Sevastopol, Door County.
on the Wolf Stakeholders Committee and
helps monitor wolf populations by Kristine Schuetze was born and raised in
participating in the DNR’s volunteer Door County. With a background in sales
mammal tracking program. He coordinates and marketing, she has worked in the non-
NEW Audubon’s eagle cam project profit world for the past seven years, while
in Appleton. also volunteering her time to help smaller
non-profits do fundraising activities and
Charlie Frisk has been an active member grant writing. Kristine became involved
of NEW Audubon for 25 years. He has with NEW Audubon about four years ago,
served on the board in the capacity of and has attended many of the children’s
Conservation Chair, President, Baird Creek events with her five year old son.
Chair and Secretary. He is a founding mem-
ber of the Baird Creek Parkway Preservation Janet Smith recently retired from a success-
Association. As a science teacher for the ful career as Field Supervisor for the Green
Luxemburg-Casco school system, he leads Bay Office of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
various environmental projects with Service. She has served as an officer and
his students. on the Board of Directors for the Brown
County Conservation Alliance and the
Kathy Frisk is a long time member of the Green Bay Chapter of Trout Unlimited.
Aldo Leopold chapter of Audubon,
serving on their board as Education Chair. Dorothy Summers has served on the board
She teaches environmental education classes of NEW Audubon for fifteen years in
for young students. Recently, she has been various capacities including: Newsletter
leading tracking field trips in the Baird Editor, Vice-President, and President. She is
Creek Parkway. presently serving as Treasurer. She
participates in many Audubon events
including the annual Green Bay Christmas
Bird Count.
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New Urban Eagle, continued from front page
trump both Appleton and their own Pale No Bird Left Behind – Reducing the
Male by stealing the urban eagle show? Risk of Bird Interactions with Tall Structures
Eagle cam project coordinator, Brian
Plan now to attend one or more days of the
Ewart, will provide a preview of Broadway’s
Upper Midwest Audubon Conference at
coming attraction after addressing the unique
Ho-Chunk Convention Center, Wisconsin
challenges of developing an eagle cam in
Dells! On Friday, October 13, the Wisconsin
an urban environment. Sharing an insider’s
Audubon Council will partner with the
perspective on a project that has not been
Wisconsin Bird Conservation Initiative,
officially released to the public, Brian will
Wisconsin DNR, and others to bring you the
describe our urban eagle cam’s genesis, our
latest information on how to reduce the risks
successes, our blunders and our future plans.
to migrating birds.
Telulah Park eagle photographer Jeff
Keynote speaker Noel Cutright will
Raflik will present some of the remarkable
discuss the many threats that migratory birds
photographs he took over the course of two
face, especially from tall structures. Three
years, and describe the unique community of
breakout tracks will focus on buildings,
Photo by Jeff Raflik. urban eagle watchers that emerged.
communication towers, and wind energy.
Jeff will donate Come prepared to discover, learn, share,
For each track, Session 1 will be the industry
10% of the sales of contribute and participate in our on-going
his photographs at perspective, Session 2 will be the wildlife
NEW Audubon eagle cam project.
the May banquet to perspective, and Session 3 will be a facilitated
NEW Audubon. A discussion on finding common ground. After
large eagle photo- Framed Eagle Photographs a light dinner, organizers are planning a
graph (16x20 print
matted in a 22x28 When Jeff Raflik stumbled onto the Telulah special talk on migration and technology.
frame) will be raffled Park eagles in 2004, he began a new hobby The conference continues Saturday and
at $2 per ticket. focusing on eagle photography. For the next Sunday, October 14-15, with workshops and
Smaller framed
photographs will two years, during the eagle breeding season, field trips on citizen science, birding, habitat
be given as second he spent his free time in the park. As his issues, and more. Jim Fitzpatrick will speak
and third prizes. See reputation grew, his hobby grew into a small at the banquet on Saturday about his experi-
Jeff’s work at:
www.jeffraflik.com
business. With the Telulah Park eagles AWOL, ences with the Ivory-billed Woodpecker.
Jeff is expanding his reach to birds in other More details, including complete
locations (e.g. Horicon Marsh). His work registration information, will be available
will be on display, with some available for soon at www.madisonaudubon.org.
purchase, at the May banquet.