WHSRNews: Newsletter Archive

Grand Opening of Bahia Lomas Center in southern Chile; Partners Celebrate Shorebird Week at Bahia San Antonio Oeste WHSRN Site, Argentina; Site Assessment Completed by Great Salt Lake WHSRN Partners;          WHSRN Launches Facebook Page

Official Dedication of Bahía Samborombón WHSRN Site, Argentina; Grand Opening of Rio Gallegos Environmental Center, Argentina; First Migratory Bird Festival on Chiloé Island, Chile; Coordinated Shorebird Monitoring in Northwest Mexico; Delaware Bayshore, USA, Receives Globally Significant IBA Designation; Site Assessment Workshop at Bay of Fundy WHSRN Site, Canada; WHSRN Participates in Meeting in South Korea

Chilean Ministry and Manomet Center Sign Shorebird Agreement; WHSRN Honors Paul Schmidt for Council Service; New Coordinator for NW Mexico Shorebird Conservation; Highlights from 4th WHSG Meeting, Canada; NMBCA Grant Proposal Deadline: 30 November 2011; Charadriiformephiles: There’s a Place Online for People Like Us; Lagoa de Peixe Migratory Bird Festival, Brazil; First Meeting of Southern Cone Shorebird Scientists; In Memoriam: David L. Widell, California Grasslands

25th Anniversary of Delaware Bay’s WHSRN Designation; New WHSRN Site: Bahía Samborombón; WHSRN Designation Helps Communities in Colombia; New Law for Shorebirds in Argentina; Social Marketing Workshop at Chiloe WHSRN Site; Sharper Declines for Red Knots; Highlights from WHSRN Council Meeting; Highlights from Red Knot Working Group Meeting; Manomet Receives Funding for U.S. Gulf Shorebird Recovery; NMBCA Grants: Making a Difference for Shorebirds; Brad Winn, Welcome to Manomet; Best Wishes to Paul Schmidt, Council Member

New WHSRN Site: Pastizales de Janos y Ascensión; Argentina Declares WHSRN in the National Interest; Uruguay: Laguna de Rocha Management Plan; Chile: Proposed Bahía Lomas Nature Center Receives Major Support; Chile: Manomet Receives Funding for Chiloé Island; Request for Resightings of Color-banded Shorebirds; Four Shorebird Species Receive Federal Protection in Mexico; Post-disaster Update: Manomet Scientists Lead Shorebird Surveys in U.S. Gulf; Updates Made to Key Features on WHSRN Webpage

Gulf Coast Oil Disaster; Best Wishes to Xico Vega; WHSRN Species Plan Executive Summaries in Spanish; Mexican WHSRN Site a Biosphere Reserve; Argentine WHSRN Council Hosts 2nd Workshop; Management Plan for Bahía Lomas; Argentine WHSRN Site Inaugurates Interpretative Trail; Shorebird Conservation at Peruvian WHSRN Sites; Birding for Banded Shorebirds: Updated; Climate Change: New Assessment Tool; Manomet Receives Funding for Shorebird Conservation (3 articles); Travel with Scientists via Arctic Blog; CRIMBI Expands Partnerships; 2010 Canevari Award winner; “Pride Campaigns” a Success in Argentina.

New WHSRN Site Designated – the First in Uruguay;WHSRN Partners Receive Funding from “Wetlands for the Future” and CRIMBI; Birding for Banded Shorebirds: The Basics; WHSRN Council Meeting Highlights

New WHSRN Species Conservation Plan Available: Buff-breasted Sandpiper; Panama Hosts WHSRN Hemispheric Council Meeting; Four New WHSRN Sites Designated; Government and Business Collaborate Internationally for Red Knot Surveys in Chile; Shorebird Conservation Planning for Chiloé Island, Chile; PRISM Guidance on Effective Shorebird Monitoring; Reminder: Pablo Canevari Award Nominations due 15 March 2010