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togethergreentoyota and Audubon team up to support emergingconservation leaders and jump-start innovativeprojects in communities all across the country.An old minegets new lifeA century ago, a mine siteoutside pittsburgh teemedwith men digging for coal. In1948, when the operationshut down for good, it left ascarred landscape. now thepittsburgh botanic Gardenand the Audubon Society ofWestern pennsylvania areusing a toyota together-Green grant to turn this oldmine into a conservationist’sdream—a botanic gardencomplete with woodedridges, burbling streams,and abundant birds, includingwoodpeckers and Indigobuntings. Kids from Auberle,an organization thathelps struggling childrenand families, have pitchedin, removing invasive speciesand helping preparethe site for an acid minedrainage treatment system.the young people havealso enjoyed learning aboutbirds and native plants inan outdoors education program.“they were enthusiasticas soon as we put thebinoculars in their hands,”says Gabi Hughes, an educatorwith the Chapter.Audubon CenterHelps CommunityHeal After tornadoIn May 2011 a tornadostruck Joplin, Missouri, killing160 people, destroying8,000 homes, and leavingbehind a mile-wide bandof debris. Joplin’s WildcatGlades Conservationand Audubon Center hadsomething special to offer acommunity in need: a beautifulplace where kids couldnot only stay out of harm’sway during the cleanup butwhere they could also explorecreeks, plant flowers,dig in the soil, and discoverthe healing power of nature.With an emergency grantfrom Toyota TogetherGreen,the Wildcat Glades Centerwas able to offer freesummer camps and natureprograms. the Centeralso provided educationalprograms on water qualityand conservation to kidsfrom high-poverty schools.Students and communityvolunteers installed arain garden and plantedthousands of trees aroundJoplin as the city recovered—proofthat even aftermulticulturalism and Birding in FargoYou might not mention Fargo, North Dakota,when you name diverse u.S. cities. And that’s ashame, says Marshall Johnson of Audubon NorthDakota, because “it’s a very diverse city and growingmore and more so.” Bosnians and Africansfrom various nations, for example, have movedhere from war-torn areas. With a toyota together-Green fellowship, Johnson is helping his newneighbors feel at home by introducing them to thelocal birdlife. this fall he launched the dakotalarkYouth Leadership Program, which teaches birdingto fourth and fifth graders in two city schools. Onfield trips to places like Audubon’s own EdwardM. Brigham III Sanctuary, students get to usetheir new knowledge. Johnson also spearheadsa restoration project in the city’s most diverseneighborhood, where adults and kids are helpingto transform a neglected site into native prairie.a tragedy, communities cancome together to createbeauty and make change.‘Birds mean Business’shows Birding’seconomic Valuebirdwatching can meanbig business for the localeconomy. An Audubon newYork initiative, “Birds MeanBusiness,” builds supportfor protecting open spaceand IBAs, demonstratesto businesses and municipalitiesthat birdwatchersbolster local economies,and inspires collaborationwith state and local governments.The campaign,created by Audubon newYork’s Sean Mahar througha toyota togetherGreenFellowship, has visiting birdersleave calling cards withlocal businesses, tourismagencies, and governmentofficials. To date, 100,000cards have been distributedthrough the state’s Centers,27 Chapters, bird clubs, andWild birds unlimited stores.48 Audubon 2012 AnnuA l RepoR t
our partnersNo organization can, by itself, meet all the environmentalchallenges facing birds, habitat, and people.that’s why Audubon collaborates with partners tohelp shape a healthy, vibrant future for all of us andthe planet we share. the following are only some ofthe many organizations we partnered with this year.nonprofitsAlaska Wilderness leagueAlianza para las ArasSilvestresAmerican bird AssociationAmerican bird ConservancyAmerican Farmland trustAmerican Wind WildlifeInstituteAppalachian Mountain Clubbat ConservationInternationalbirdlife International and19 partners:ArmoniaAves & ConservaciónAves ArgentinasAves uruguaybahamas national trustbelize Audubon Societybird Studies CanadaCentro nacional deÁreas protegidasCodeFFFalklands ConservationFoundation for natureConservation inSurinameGrupo JaraguaGuyra paraguaynature Canadapanama Audubon SocietypronaturaSalva naturaSAVe brazilSociedad ornitológicaPuertorriqueña, Inc.California Rice CommissionCentro de estudios yConservación del patrimonionatural (CeCpAn)Clean Water/Jobs CoalitionConservAmericaConservation MeasurespartnershipCornell lab of ornithologydefenders of Wildlifeducks unlimitedearth JusticeearthShareel Jaguarenvironmental defense FundFauna and FloraInternationalFundación CosibolcaGarden Club of AmericaGulf Renewal projectIsland Conservationland trust Alliancenational Fish and WildlifeFoundationnational Geographicnational Wildlife Federationnational Wildlife RefugeAssociationnatural Resourcesdefense Counciloceanaocean Conservancypoint Reyes birdobservatoryRainey Conservation AllianceRAReSierra ClubSouthern environmentallaw Centertejon Ranch Conservancythe nature Conservancythe Wilderness Societytrout unlimitedtrust for public landWestern ResourcesAdvocatesWorld Wildlife FundlicenseesAbbeville pressAlfred A. KnopfAndrew Stewart publishingAvis Rent A Car Systems, Inc.bank of Internetbarton Cottonbrooks brothersbuffalo GamesCapital oneCoinstarCorporate CasualsCustom Direct, LLCdanbury MintdK publishingduke university pressebsco publishingexhartGreen Mountain digitalHeyday booksK&M InternationalMark Feldstein &Associates, Inc.MastervisionMessage! Products, Inc.Michaelian HomeMystic Stamp Companynationwide Insuranceorganic bouquetppG Architectural CoatingspomegranateCommunications, Inc.puraVida braceletsRed River CommoditiesRogers Family CompanySecond nature SoftwareSterling publishingtilbury HouseVoyageur pressWoodlinkWorkman publishingAudubon 2012 AnnuA l RepoR t 49
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