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Will post this in case of interest to anyone:
Kate Sutherland will be speaking to a North Carolina bird club this coming Monday evening (April 24, 7:15pm) about “The Fabled Cahow: Saving a Lazarus Species from Extinction” — the Cahow (a seabird, the Bermuda Petrel) was thought extinct for over 300 years before being re-discovered:
https://www.meetup.com/New-Hope-Audubon-Society/events/292750277/
This will be a Zoom meeting you can register for in advance (instructions at bottom of above page).
I wouldn’t expect the talk to have too much pertinence to the IBWO situation, other than to be interesting in its own right, and perhaps inspiring:
"Kate Sutherland will share the remarkable story of how a handful of dedicated individuals pulled the Cahow back from the brink of extinction and have turned the species into a conservation success story like no other."
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2 comments:
I doubt from all my connections that USFW is going to make an announcement. I have already heard that they are not delisting the IB.
Can’t imagine that by law (as well as by common courtesy to taxpayers and birders) they aren’t obliged to enter their decision into an accessible public record, including some reason behind any decision. Basically their last pronounced stance was of their intent to de-list the species, delayed simply by an extension to consider any new evidence — in short, thus far, they’ve announced no decision to reverse their original intention, which by the way, is stiiiiill being cited widely (and wrongly) all over the internet as if true and current. :(
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