[TN-Bird] Tennessee IBA website online

From: "Scott Somershoe" <Scott.Somershoe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "TN-Birds" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <IBA-PROGRAM-COORDINATORS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "SE PIF listserv" <SEPART-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 13:04:03 -0500
I am pleased to announce (finally) that the Tennessee Important Bird Areas =
website is now online!

The website is accessible through a link on the main page of the Tennessee =
Ornithological Society (www.tnbirds.org)=20
or directly at http://www.tnbirds.org/IBA/IBAindex.htm=20

The website is very comprehensive.  The site is chock full of valuable, =
interesting, and useful (and amazing) bird information.  I believe the =
site is user-friendly and that you will all find it an incredibly valuable =
tool for birding and conservation.  The site covers all 52 IBA's with =
oodles of information about the sites, including locations, directions, =
pictures, local contacts, links for Friends groups/land owners/managing =
organizations, and of course ample bird data.  Chuck Nicholson and a small =
core group of folks have gone over the website countless times checking =
links and information and we believe it is as accurate as possible; =
however there are likely still typos in there and some data needs to be =
updated.  The big first step for this program was to get the website =
online and it has finally happened.  The next step is to update it with =
more recent bird data, i.e. wading birds of Tennessee.

Please don't forget that a lot of people spent an incredible amount of =
time and energy collecting and compiling the bird data used in identifying =
and recognizing these sites.  These data will also be valuable as a tool =
in conservation down the road (i.e. long-term monitoring), so please keep =
in mind the effort of many people that helped make this IBA project happen =
(and thank them if you know who they are).  In addition, many people are =
continually collecting data to add to what you see on the site.  In the =
future, I'd like see these efforts continued and start new monitoring =
efforts at these and other sites (new IBA's??) to better document the =
birds of Tennessee.

Sorry for multiple cross-posts.  Please pass this link on to folks you =
know that were involved or would be interested.

Please send your comments (and any errors you find that need fixing) to me =
by replying to me specifically at scott.somershoe@xxxxxxxxxxx=20

Many thanks and enjoy!!
Scott Somershoe=20




State Ornithologist
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
P.O. Box 40747
Nashville, TN 37204
615-781-6653 (o)
601-868-0101 (cell)
615-781-6654 (fax)
Shipping addresses for packages:
UPS:
TWRA, 440 Hogan Rd
Nashville, TN 37220
=20
FedEx:
TWRA 5107 Edmondson Pike
Nashville, TN 37211
"Real men ride bicycles"=20


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