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5/22/2007
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Association of Avian Veterinarians Request for 'Notes from the Field' Manuscript Submissions ($250 Honorarium)
The Association of Avian Veterinarians is welcoming submissions for Notes from the Field. Notes from the Field is a subsection of the Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery (JAMS) dedicated to stories from veterinarians, researchers, and support staff who are engaged in avian conservation, field research, or other field activities. JAMS is published on a quarterly basis. The goal of this section is to inspire others to get involved with avian conservation efforts. We are offering an honorarium of $250 for each accepted manuscript (one per issue) for publishing in the journal. Please make submissions to Scott Ford, DVM, ABVP-Avian by e-mail at akeaglevet@yahoo.com.
Selection Criteria:
- Submissions should be made by individuals of any education level who are directly involved in avian conservation or field research efforts. Those that highlight the use or advancement of medical sciences will be preferred.
- Submissions must not condone activities that violate the policies (e.g., AAV or AVMA statements) or laws (national or international) that pertain to the ethical treatment and international movement of animals.
- Submissions should conform to the “Instructions to Authors” guidelines that appear in each issue of the Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery.
- Preference will be given to submissions that encourage participation or illustrate methods by which the “average person” can get involved in conservation efforts.
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5/22/2007
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Online Survey Tracks Predators Impact on Wild Birds
(Washington, DC) -- American Bird Conservancy (ABC) is today launching "*Project PredatorWatch*," a new citizen-science project to investigate the impact of free-ranging cats and other predators on wild birds in the U.S. and Canada. The PredatorWatch survey can be found at www.abcbirds.org/cats.
"Any citizen can participate in Project PredatorWatch and provide valuable information needed to conserve birds and other wildlife by clicking a few buttons on their computer," said George Fenwick, President of American Bird Conservancy.
Participants will provide important information to scientists and conservationists such as: 1) helping to identify birds and other wildlife species that are most likely affected by interactions with cats and other predators; 2) determining whether predator/wildlife interactions are affected by season or climate; 3) and determining whether certain wildlife species, age or sex classes are more vulnerable to interactions with predators.
"Scientists estimate that free-roaming cats and other predators kill hundreds of millions of birds, small mammals, reptiles and amphibians each year," said Fenwick. "Cat predation is an added stress to wildlife populations already struggling to survive habitat loss, pollution, pesticides, and other human impacts."
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Anyone who observes a predator/wildlife interaction in their yard can simply complete a brief on-line survey accessible through ABC's /Cats Indoors!/ website at www.abcbirds.org/cats (on the top left side under Quick Links). Results of this project may be reported in the media and ABC newsletter articles, and may help further identify future wildlife conservation projects.
In 1997, ABC launched the Cats Indoors! Campaign for Safer Birds and Cats to educate cat owners, decision makers, and the general public that cats, wildlife and people all benefit when cats are kept indoors, in an outdoor enclosure, or trained to go outside on a harness and leash. ABC has available education materials, including fact sheets, a guide
What to do About Your Neighbor's Cats in Your Yard, the popular brochure Keeping Cats Indoors Isn't Just For The Birds, an Educator's Guide for Grades K-6, and print and radio Public Service Announcements
Public Service Announcements.
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12/7/2006
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Avian Influenza Update
See NWRA's Avian Influeza FAQ and it's March and November (2006) updates.
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8/29/2006
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Disease mapping services
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are pleased to announce an expansion of their disease mapping services. The new web site, http://diseasemaps.usgs.gov, in
addition to showing West Nile virus (WNV) activity, maps cases of 5 other
arboviruses: St. Louis encephalitis (SLE), eastern equine encephalitis
(EEE), western equine encephalitis (WEE), La Crosse encephalitis (LAC), and Powassan virus (POW).
Data on these diseases are provided by state health departments to CDC using CDC's ArboNet surveillance system. Every Tuesday at 3 a.m. a summary
report is generated from the ArboNet database and transmitted to USGS.
These data are used to create the more than 700 maps contained on the web site.
Anyone who uses the http://westnilemaps.usgs.gov address will be redirected to the new homepage at http://diseasemaps.usgs.gov.
Stephen C. Guptill, Ph.D.
Senior Research Physical Scientist
U. S. Geological Survey
810 National Center
Reston, VA 20192 USA
sguptill@usgs.gov
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1/12/2006
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2004 Annual Report
Click here to view the PDF file (315KB).
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9/1/2005
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Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita updates
Click here for the September 1, 2005 update on the impact of Hurricane Katrina.
Click here for the September 7, 2005 update on the impact of Hurricane Katrina.
Click here for the September 17, 2005 update on the impact of Hurricane Katrina.
Click here for the September 26, 2005 update on the impact of Hurricane Rita.
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4/1/2005
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NWRA has moved!
As of April 1, 2005, NWRA has a new home!
Our new address is:
2625 Clearwater Rd, Suite 110
St. Cloud, MN 56301
And our new phone number is 320-230-9920
Be sure to update your files!
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9/6/2002
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West Nile Virus
For the fourth year in a row, West Nile Virus has been detected in the United
States in 2002. The range of WNV has expanded each year since the initial
outbreak, and has expanded considerably in 2002. Cornell University has an
excellent site
regarding the latest information about WNV.
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1/24/2002
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Update on the new USF&WS regulations regarding Migratory Bird Permits
On 6 December 2001, the US F&WS issued the draft of a new permit specifically for the purpose of rehabilitating sick, injure and orphaned migratory birds. Find out more here.
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