Briefs

Reprinted From Audubon Newswire

Internships Available for Bird Monitoring in Costa Rica
The USDA Forest Service has openings for Volunteer Bird Banding Interns at a bird monitoring station in the coastal Caribbean town of Tortuguero, Costa Rica. Positions are available throughout the year with the minimum length of stay around 2 months. Participants are expected to have experience in identifying birds, and to have removed from mist nets and processed at least 200 landbirds. Positions will be open until filled. For more information on the internship and applications, please visit:
http://www.fs.fed.us/psw/topics/wildlife/birdmon/landbird/tortuguero/crintern.shtml

Audubon Global Warming PowerPoint Available
Audubon's latest education tool for global warming is a PowerPoint presentation! Two versions are available-a longer version that focuses on impacts and science and a shorter version with a strong focus on solutions. A presenters' guide is also included, with tips for giving an effective presentation. Please write to audubonaction@audubon.org, if you want to receive a copy of the presentation on CD.

Audubon Receives Energy Foundation Grants
The Energy Foundation has awarded Audubon two grants for global warming and energy work in North Carolina, Florida, and Arkansas. The first grant, totaling $209,000, will help Audubon build support in those states for federal and regional cap and trade programs, and state climate action plans that would gradually lower greenhouse gas emissions. This grant also includes funding for chapters that want to work on climate change. The second grant, totaling $65,000, will help Audubon Arkansas improve energy efficiency programs in the state. Future interest in Energy Foundation funding should be coordinated through Audubon's Global Warming Campaign Director, Julia Levin. To learn more about the Energy Foundation, please visit: http://www.ef.org/home.cfm