by Liberty Bird Alliance | Dec 10, 2019 | Advocacy, Conservation
We have a short time to act before Congress signs off on the fiscal year 2020 budget! Congress will vote by December 20 on the Interior Appropriations bill, which contains funding for the Delaware River Basin Restoration Program.The Delaware River Basin Restoration...
by Liberty Bird Alliance | Oct 21, 2019 | Conservation
From the Weaver’s Way Coop Shuttle Online By Margaret Rohde, Conservation Manager, Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association Since 2016, the Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association (WVWA) has been working to create and protect habitat for chimney swifts, a bird...
by Liberty Bird Alliance | Oct 4, 2019 | Advocacy, Conservation
Today, there are three hundred million fewer seabirds in the world than there were in 1950, a population decline of seventy percent. These magnificent birds such as Atlantic Puffins, Least Terns, and Bald Eagles rely on fish as their primary food source, but they...
by Liberty Bird Alliance | Oct 4, 2019 | Advocacy, Conservation
The dire results in recent reports of scientific studies tell us that birds and wildlife have been in dramatic and precipitous decline. This is the result of several critical factors that include catastrophic loss of habitat exacerbated by the effects of climate...
by Liberty Bird Alliance | Jul 29, 2019 | Advocacy, Audubon News, Conservation
Please attend the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC) Hearings in Philadelphia on August 14, 2019“River Herring and Shad Update and Cap Review” from 2:30-4:00 pmThe Notary Hotel, Autograph Collection The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC) is...
by Liberty Bird Alliance | Mar 22, 2019 | Conservation, WAS News
Reposted from Montgomery News – article by Mike Weilbacher On St. Patrick’s Day afternoon, while scores of revelers wearing green top hats and shamrocks were passing by, Judy Stepenaskie and I were in front of St. John the Baptist Church in Manayunk, the church...