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Press Release - Fall 2005
LIGHTS OUT NEW YORK AT
MIDNIGHT DURING FALL MIGRATION
This fall marks the
beginning of the Lights Out NY, an initiative that encourages
owners of tall buildings to save the lives of night-migrating
birds while reducing energy costs. Lights can distract birds from
their migration path and cause them to collide with buildings
during bad weather. According to NYC Audubon, the New York City
Department of Parks & Recreation, the New York City Department of
Buildings, Buildings Owners' and Managers' Association, Associated
Builders and Owners, and the Real Estate Board of New York, all
partners in this initiative, turning off lights and drawing the
blinds can help save thousands of birds from over 100 species
every year.
For more information, contact NYC Audubon at 212-691-7483.
To
find out what other cities are doing, visit Toronto at
www.flap.org/new/diurnalfr.htm and Chicago at
www.lightsout.audubon.org
February 2005: Highlands Conservation Act Signed Into Law
(Washington)
President Bush signed the Highlands Conservation Act into law on
December 1, 2004 bringing federal recognition to the Highlands as
a national conservation priority area.
Read more...
January 2005: Rutherford Platt Updates Classic "Land Use
and Society" Book
Land Use and Society is a unique and
compelling exploration of interactions among law, geography,
history, and culture and their joint influence on the evolution of
land use and urban form in the United States. Originally published
in 1996, this completely revised, expanded, and updated edition
retains the strengths of the earlier version while introducing a
host of new topics and insights on the twenty-first century
metropolis.
Read more at Island Press
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