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Save the Birds – Rally against the Constitution Pipeline

HELP MAKE SURE OUR BIRDS HAVE HABITAT

tanagerPlease mark your calendars for the ‘Rally to Save NY From FERC‘ in Albany, April 5th.

The NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has to make a decision about the Constitution pipeline by April 26, 2016, and whatever DEC decides will determine what happens in NYS – and beyond – for years to come.  If DEC denies the 401 water quality certificate, we win.  If DEC grants the 401 water quality certificate, we lose.If you want to save our birds, trees, streams, and wetlands, and if you want to keep pipelines, compressor stations, and power plants out of your community, then come to Albany on April 5th.

Tuesday, April 5
11:30 am – 2:30 pm
East Capitol Park, Albany, NY
March to DEC headquarters
In case of rain: Million Dollar Staircase, inside Capitol Building
Please sign up for a low-cost bus:
Oneonta Bus: $15 round trip
Book a seat by email: admin@otsego2000.org

Book a seat by phone: 607-547-8881

Oneonta Bus #1:  9 am from Oneonta > Cooperstown > Sharon Springs > Albany
Oneonta Bus #2:  9 am from Oneonta > Richmondville > Cobleskill > Albany

Binghamton Bus: $0 – $27 round trip
Book a seat: https://goo.gl/2AUERw

Speakers at East Capitol Park:
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. – Waterkeeper Alliance – PELC
Wenona Hauter – Food & Water Watch
Karenna Gore – Center for Earth Ethics
Maya van Rossum – Delaware Riverkeeper Network
Rosemary Wessel – No Fracked Gas in Mass
Anne Marie Garti – Stop the Pipeline – PELC

Actions and March:
Wes Gillingham – Catskill Mountainkeeper (Capitol Building)
Kim Fraczek – Sane Energy Project (March Leader)

Speakers at DEC Headquarters:
Roger Downs – Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter
Kanerahtiio Jock – (Mohawk) Bear Clan – Waterfall Unity Alliance
Doug Couchon – We Are Seneca Lake
Jim Cutler – Sugar Shack Alliance (MA) and co-founder of Hilltown Community Rights (MA)
(Plus representatives of other participating organizations)

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Why Birds Matter...

Birds are important because of the role they play in the natural world as pollinators and seed disbursers, assisting with the balance of nature by eating insects. They also clean up things that would go unattended otherwise. Birds are important TO ME because of the kinship that I feel with another living species, and the joy that they bring to me year around. Encountering spring migrants feels brand new every time! I feel responsibility for their well-being and take care not to disturb their nesting with unnecessary sounds, disturbance or habitat destruction. I respect the incredible work they do to bring about future generations.
Becky Gretton
Becky GrettonDOAS Co-President
Birds have always been an early warning system for our environment–the “canary in the coal mine.” It was the decline in bird species high on the food chain that tipped us off to the dangers of DDT and other chemicals. More recently, high altitude and high latitude birds are demonstrating the first definitive effects of global change. If science had been more advanced in the 1800s, the extinction of the Passenger Pigeon could have served as a warning about habitat destruction. This not just about protecting the birds–although that is a worthy goal–but all of these threats will ultimately reach the human race.
Andy Mason
Andy MasonDOAS Co-President
In addition to being indicators for environmental health, birds matter because they allow people all over the world to enjoy and appreciate nature. Caring about birds often leads to caring about their habitats and creates a stewardship ethic to protect our natural resources. Birds connect communities.
Susan O'Handley
Susan O'HandleyDOAS Co-President
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