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PLANTING THE IDEA OF DEAN WITH AUDUBON

Last Saturday five members of our Environmentalists for Dean group drove north of Marana to the Tucson Audubon Society's Habitat Restoration Site along the Santa Cruz River. Adele, Judy, Marilyn, Steve and I all wore our Dean shirts and buttons as we helped plant trees and other desert plants along with other volunteers and the Audubon project directors, Ann, Kevin and Rodd.

The goal of the Audubon Society is to turn this former farm into the kind of bird habitat that will attract resident as well as migrating birds. It's amazing how transformed this tract land (owned by the City of Tucson) is after just two years of work. We saw several raptors and numerous song birds as we worked.

It was a great day to be outside, the work was not difficult, and we raised the profile of Gov. Dean with another group of people.

Please join our effort. If you want to make an impact on local conservation groups and help spread Dean's message, E-mail me at , and I'll add you to our E-mail update list. Even if you are not able to do physical labor, many opportunities exist to influence people concerned with the environment. Just attending the meetings of these groups wearing Dean buttons can start a conversation that brings another Dean convert into the fold.



Posted on behalf of Jim Nelson, AZ Co-ordinator, Environmentalists for Dean

posted by Michael Bryan @ 11/11/2003 08:19:00 AM