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Video on BAS Energy Audit to Air on Cable TVLast fall, Bylane Farm, Bedford Audubon's 220 year-old headquarters underwent a home energy audit, which was filmed for a local television station. This audit was the first step in assessing how much energy the Bylane used and evaluating the measures that could be taken to make it more energy efficient, thus saving money and reducing greenhouse emissions. The video can be seen on Lewisboro Cable Channel 20 beginning on Saturday, February 13. Check your program schedules for the exact time and future showings. BAS and the Town of Bedford Climate Action PlanRead the BAS letter to the Bedford Town Council about Bedford’s Climate Action Plan Rusticus Environmental Grant for Bedford Audubon Summer ProgramThe Rusticus Garden Club is now accepting applications from enrolled college and graduate students for for the new environmental internship position available at Bedford Audubon. Application deadline is April 1, 2010. Internship Highlights:
Click here for more information and to download an application form. InterGenerate Community Garden NetworkLast summer, Bedford Audubon partnered with InterGenerate to hold an "Intergenerational Summer Camp: Children and Older Adults Join Hands in Gardening" at Bylane Farm. Now InterGenerate, BAS, and other local organizations will present a program on the Westchester Community Garden Network, an attempt to bring community gardeners in Westchester County together under one roof to discuss the best practices for local growing and encourage new gardens in the county. Subjects will include organizing, designing, and maintaining a community garden, securing land and funding, composting, irrigation, and many other topics. Click to download a pdf with more details. This event will be held on February 7 from noon to 3 p.m. at the County Center. Admission to the Westchester Community Garden Network is free, but advance registration is required as space is limited. To register for the event, go to www.intergenerateny.org, click on Community Gardens, then Network Meeting. For further information e-mail info@intergenerateny.org.
Upcoming Events
Saturday, February 6—Field Trip: The Great Hudson River Excursion
Thursday, February 25—Field Trip: Edith Read Sanctuary (Playland)
and Marshlands Conservancy, Rye
Please Help!The Development Committee is looking for the help of a Graphic Designer to create various brochures and flyers such as trail maps, checklist of birds, volunteer opportunities, etc. Please contact Jim Nordgren at jnordgren@bedfordaudubon.org. The Sanctuaries Committee has an immediate need for a committed group of individuals to build bridges, bird boxes, and signs for our sanctuaries’ trail systems and on a regular basis walk the trails and keep a log of their findings, and stock the kiosks with maps and newsletters. Please contact Walter Fowler at wfowler@bedfordaudubon.org or Jim Nordgren at jnordgren@bedfordaudubon.org. The Hawkwatch Committee is in need of good typists proficient with MS Excel to help enter historical hawk census data going back to 1979. Please contact Arthur Green at awgreen@bedfordaudubon.org for more information. Become an intern: Bedford Audubon runs an extensive internship program. For more information contact Jim Nordgren at jnordgren@bedfordaudubon.org. Click here for more ways you can help BAS
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experience the stories, adventures, sights and sounds of the Appalachian
Trail, as Dan Aitchison presents his slideshow on the 2,174 mile trek
north. Untamed wildlife, unpredictable weather, too much gear, and the
unique people along the way make for a humorous and interesting program.
