Putnam Highlands Audubon Society

by **Robotic Autoposter** » Thu May 17, 2012 8:23 am

Please note the Proxy Voting Form for the PHAS Annual Meeting on p. 9 of the Newsletter.

Pat Grove

Membership Chair

by **Robotic Autoposter** » Sat Apr 28, 2012 10:44 pm

Come join Putnam Highlands Audubon Society and the Friends of Clarence Fahnestock Memorial State Park in celebrating I Love My Park Day.

I Love My Park Day is a new exciting statewide event to improve and enhance New York's parks and historic sites and bring visibility to the entire park's system and its needs.

A volunteer event will take place on Saturday, May 5, 2012 at 10 AM and last until 1 PM. The Ann Odell Memorial Butterfly Garden is nestled in a valley behind the historic Hubbard Lodge in Clarence Fahnestock Memorial State Park. Friends of Fahnestock and Hudson Highlands State Parks is hosting a volunteer event to ready the garden for spring and summer. Come help us clean up, prune, plant, weed, and fix—there is something for everyone! Please sign up in advance and come prepared with garden gloves and tools, snacks and water, and lunch if you wish to picnic afterwards. The Ann Odell Memorial Butterfly Garden is located at Hubbard Perkins Lodge, Fahnestock State Park, Route 9, Cold Spring, NY (1/4 north of Routes 9 and 301) Ages 8 and up welcome! Please bring water, lunch, gloves and garden tools if available.

Local sponsors: Audubon New York (Audubon in Parks), Putnam Highlands Audubon Society

To Register: I Love My Park Day

Phone: (914) 276-2618

Contact: Paul Elconin, pastaelco@optonline.net

Registration: Required

by **Robotic Autoposter** » Sat Mar 03, 2012 10:47 pm

11th Annual Dinner

Putnam Highlands Audubon Society

March 31, 2012

PHAS Community Award to Stephanie Impelliteire, Principal, Garrison Union Free School

Social Hour — 5 pm

Dinner — 6 pm

Presentation — 7 pm Tom Sarro and John Thompson “From Duck Hawks to Peregrine Falcons”

Tickets: $35

RSVP to Paul Kuznia: swixblue@verizon.net or phone: P. Kuznia (845) 265-3773

Send checks to : PHAS, PO Box 292, Cold Spring, NY 10516-0292 by 3/16/12

by **Robotic Autoposter** » Sat Jan 28, 2012 8:48 pm

In this issue...

PHAS awarded a $500 grant
Polar bears, eagles and bluebirds, oh my!
57th Annual Christmas Bird Count
Books, websites and newsletters to keep you busy
A new blog in the neighborhood
Wise Old Owls by Dan North
FrogWatch USA
Save the Date! March 31st
Eagle Fest
Photography contest
and more!

by **Robotic Autoposter** » Sat Jan 28, 2012 8:37 pm

Polar Bears of Churchill, Manitoba

Sunday, January 29th 2pm Free of charge

Family program - North Highlands Fire House, Fishkill Road, Cold Spring. PARK IN THE BACK.

Presented by Pete Salmansohn, former eco-tourism guide in Churchill

Sponsored by the Putnam Highlands Audubon Society

by **Robotic Autoposter** » Thu Nov 17, 2011 6:44 am

Fracking Seminar

Saturday Nov. 19th from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

at North Highlands Fire Deptartment,

Fishkill Road (near Rt. 9) in Cold Spring

This informational seminar featuring speaker Wes Gillingham, hydro-fracking expert,

is jointly sponsored by Philipstown Garden Club's Conservation Committee and

Putnam Highlands Audubon Society.

Understanding the issues, concerns, and results of fracking

are important to secure our environment for future generations.

Come to PGC’s Fracking Seminar this Saturday, Nov. 19, from 11 a.m. – 1p.m. at the North Highlands Fire Dept., 504 Fishkill Ave. near Rt. 9 in Cold Spring (where we had our plant sale.) This informational seminar is jointly sponsored by the Philipstown Garden Club’s Conservation Committee and the Putnam Highlands Audubon Society (PHAS).

The speaker is hydro-fracking expert Wes Gillingham, program and founding director of Catskill Mountainkeeper. Gillingham has been a voice for the environment for the past 30 years and has become an expert on the issue of drilling for natural gas in the Marcellus Shale. He is an organic farmer and has worked for the National Audubon Society and the National Park Service where he was a park ranger based in the Upper Delaware River.

Our NYS representatives are currently debating whether or not to permit the process of hydro-fracking in much of NYS to extract natural gas from shale. The NY Dept. of Environmental Conservation (DEC) will determine the safety of fracking and is accepting public input only until Dec. 12.

Hydro-fracking, also known as fracking, is a process that extracts natural gas from shale rock formations. Fracking injects highly pressurized fluids: water, sand and a mixture of unidentified chemicals into the ground to create cracks and fissures in shale formations thereby releasing the oil and gas contained inside. During the fracking process, these fluids, along with naturally occurring radioactive materials like radium, are brought to the surface and run off into our streams, lakes, rivers, and oceans. Though fracking creates jobs and is a lucrative business for natural gas companies, it has the potential to contaminate aquifers, drinking water, animal and plant life, and destroy the natural environment.

Come this Saturday, Nov. 19, 11 a.m. at the North Highlands Fire Department in Cold Spring!

For more information contact Elise LaRocco eformich@aol.com.

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Pat Grove

Membership Chair and Board Member

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by **Robotic Autoposter** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 9:45 pm

Due to the coming winter (autumn?) storm we have postponed our Saturday's festivities and bird seed sale until Saturday Nov 12, same time, same place with the same speaker and same great food.

See you then!

Pat Grove

Membership Chair and Board Member

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by **Robotic Autoposter** » Fri Oct 21, 2011 8:14 am

Dear PHAS member,

The Hawk watch field trip that had been scheduled for tomorrow, Oct 22 has been cancelled.

And a few reminders ... Don't forget about the bird seed sale (orders due NOW) and the Chili Party and Program next week. (Information below)

Pat Grove

Board Member and Membership Chair

by **Robotic Autoposter** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 12:03 am

The latest Putnam Highlands Audubon Society newsletter is attached.

by **Robotic Autoposter** » Sat Jul 02, 2011 11:33 am

The latest Putnam Highlands Audubon Society newsletter is attached.

Putnam Highlands Audubon Society

PHAS Spring 2012 Newsletter

May 5th -- I Love My Park Day

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PHAS Winter 2012 Newsletter

Polar Bear Program, Jan 29th

PHAS event: Fracking Seminar Nov. 19th

PHAS Seed Pick Up and Chili Party POSTPONED to Nov 12

Information from PHAS

PHAS Newsletter

July-August PHAS Newsletter