THE AUDUBON
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What Future Do We Want?
Critical Choices to Get on to the Path
of Global Sustainability
Free Public Program
What: Jon Foley on the dynamics
of global environmental systems
When: Tuesday, October 16, 2001
7:00 p.m. - Refreshments
7:30 p.m. - Program
Where: Bolz Auditorium, Meriter
Hospital, 124 S. Brooks St.
Madison
Parking: Meriter Hospital paid
parking ramp across the street,
on the street, or Lot 51 north of
Regent and Mills St.
How will we provide adequate
food and fiber supply in the years to
come? How will we maintain fresh-
water supplies and deal with infec-
tious diseases? Societies around the
world face critical environmental
problems that affect the quality of
human life. To solve these problems,
we must better understand how the
Earth’s complex environmental sys-
tems function and how they respond
to human activity. We must inte-
grate research results more fully into
decision making and public policy.
Our ultimate goal must be to man-
age the natural resources– the air,
water, land and biological diversity–
upon which all life depends sustain-
ably into the future.
Professor Foley will discuss recent
advances in linking ecological sci-
ence to fundamental human con-
cerns. Examples of recent studies
will be drawn from all over the
world, including northern Africa, the
Amazon and southern Wisconsin.
He will also discuss how to translate
these findings into everyday practi-
cal actions, including household
choices — ranging from energy use
to transportation choices.
Professor Foley’s work focuses on
the dynamics of global environmen-
tal systems and their interactions
with human societies. Recently, he
has focused on the impacts of land
use activities on ecosystems, climates
and water resources across the plan-
et. He has developed a strong inter-
est in energy conservation and
renewable energy technologies. In
particular, he is working with scien-
tists, engineers, policy makers and
entrepreneurs to develop real-world
solutions for reducing greenhouse
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AUDUBON
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OCTOBER 2001
gas emissions. In addition, Foley’s
family has been demonstrating how
households can dramatically reduce
their greenhouse gas emissions.
Professor Foley, who hails from
Bangor, Maine, was featured in an
article in the March/April 2001
Audubon Magazine. He earned his
doctoral degree in Atmospheric
Sciences at the University of
Wisconsin. He was awarded a
Presidential Early Career Award for
Scientists and Engineers by the
White House and a Faculty Career
Development Award by the
National Science Foundation.
This program is co-sponsored by
the University of Wisconsin-
Madison Department of Wildlife
Ecology.
You are invited to meet with
Madison Audubon board members
and friends at the pre-program din-
ner at Paisan’s Restaurant beginning
at 5:15 pm. Please call the office at
608/255-BIRD (255-2473) if you have
questions.
Next meeting: November 20.

Directions to Goose Pond: From the
east — Take Hwy. 51 north into
Columbia County, turn left (west) on
County Hwy. K; after two miles turn
right on (north) on Goose Pond Road,
then turn left on Prairie Road, which is
the driveway into the Sanctuary. From
the west — Take County Hwy. Q north
to Waunakee, then continue straight
north to County Hwy. V; turn right
(east) on V; after four miles go north
(left) on County Hwy. I for about four
miles and turn right (east) on County
Hwy. K. After one mile turn left (north)
on Goose Pond Road.
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Autumn Field Trip
Adventures
Sundays, October 7, 14, 21 & 28:
Scope Days at Goose Pond
Scope viewing days at Goose Pond
will be held during the peak of the
fall migration season. Spotting
scopes will be set up along the drive
for visitor use on Sunday afternoons
from 2:00 to 5:00 pm. Members will
be on hand to help visitors locate
and identify waterfowl. If the weath-
er is inclement, the scopes will not be
set up. Please see map to Goose
Pond. Volunteers are needed to help
focus, spot and visit with guests. If
you have questions, call Dorothy
Haines at 221-1948 or the MAS
office, 255-BIRD.
Saturday, October 13 (Note Date
Change): Mushroom Meander
Join trip leaders Tom Volk, Dan
Lindner Czederpiltz, and Diane
Derouen for a mushroom walk at
Black Hawk Ridge, part of the Lower
Wisconsin River State Riverway.
Black Hawk’s mixture of conifer and
deciduous woodlands with some
prairie remnants provides good
habitat for a variety of fungi. Tom is
a mycologist teaching at the
MADISON AUDUBON SOCIETY
President: Joanne Herfel, 241-8009
Vice-president: Debra Weitzel, 836-4051
Goose Pond Resident Naturalists:
Mark and Sue Martin, 635-4160
Editor: Abbie Kurtz, 245-1758
abbiejkurtz@yahoo.com
Graphic design: Pat Ready
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The mission of the Madison Audubon
Society is to educate our members and the
public about the natural world and the
threats that natural systems are facing, to
engage in advocacy to preserve and protect
these systems, and to develop and maintain
sanctuaries to save and restore natural
habitat.
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I am not a member of National Audubon, but am interested in receiving
The Audubon CAWS newsletter to stay informed of chapter activities. I’ve
enclosed $10.00 payable to Madison Audubon Society to cover printing and
mailing for one annual year.
Mail to: Madison Audubon Soc., 222 S. Hamilton St. Suite #1, Madison,
WI 53703
University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse,
Dan works with fungi as a graduate
student at UW-Madison, and Diane
is a lab coordinator for the UW-
Madison fungi course. You can
check out a great collection of fungi
images and other resources on
Tom’s website:
http://www.TomVolkFungi.net
Meet to car pool at the parking lot
of Kohl’s supermarket in Middleton
at the intersection of Allen
Boulevard and Century Avenue
(County HWY M) at 10:00 am.
Alternatively, meet at 10:30 am at
Black Hawk (18 miles northwest of
Madison: Take State Hwy 12 north
to Cty Hwy Y, west to State Hwy 78,
south about one-half mile to parking
area on left, located just north of
Wachter Road). Bring binoculars (we
won’t always be looking down), a
hand lens if you have one, and all
those fungi questions that have been
puzzling you. Please dress appropri-
ately for the weather. If fungi are
fruiting abundantly, we may contin-
ue into the early afternoon, so you
might like to bring a sac lunch. If
you have questions, contact Diane at
258-9140 or dcderouen@tds.net
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Saturday, October 20: Geological
Walk through the Upper Narrows
of the Baraboo River
Geology Professor (emeritus)
Robert Dott, who has worked and
taught in the Baraboo Hills for over
40 years, will lead a walk through
the Upper Narrows gorge of the
Baraboo River in the northwest part
of the Baraboo Hills. This gorge pro-
vides a fine capsule of the geological
structure and history of the entire
Hills. On our walk through DNR
and Nature Conservancy properties,
we shall see clear evidence for the
deposition of the 1700 million year
old Baraboo Quartzite and its later
upheaval within an ancient moun-
tain range. Deep erosion of that
range left a hill of quartzite here,
which then became an island in a
shallow tropical sea that flooded
Wisconsin 515 million years ago. The
Narrows provides a cross section
through that old quartzite island and
exposes ancient sea cliffs, which
were pounded by tropical storm
waves as coarse gravel and sand
gradually buried the island around
500 million years ago. This same his-
tory was duplicated all around the
Hills. Part of the walk will be in a
lovely mixed hardwood and conifer
woods. We shall also stop at Van
Hise Rock, which was declared a
National Historical Landmark just
two years ago. Its significance will be
explained.
Those who wish to share rides
from Madison should meet at Kohls
food store on the north side of
Middleton at 9:00 am. The simplest
route there is to drive north on US 12
to West Baraboo, then west on
Wisconsin Highway 136 for 9 miles
to Rock Springs. After crossing the
Baraboo River in Rock Springs, turn
north (right) still following 136 for
about one quarter mile to a spring
and water bottling company. Park
just beyond the spring and assemble
in front of a gate and dirt track lead-
ing into an abandoned quarry.
Bring a lunch and wear sturdy
shoes for scrambling over downed
trees and rocks. There is one moder-
ately steep, rocky slope to climb for a
spectacular view of the gorge. If this
little scramble is not your cup of tea,
most of the highlights will have
already been seen, so you could
return on your own to the cars. The
round trip walk will be about 1.5
miles and should take about 3 hours,
including lunch. If you have ques-
tions, call Bob Dott at 238-2500.
Sunday, October 21 (Note Date
Change): Fall Birding Tour of
Northwest Jefferson County
Join Karen Etter Hale, who lives in
Lake Mills, on a bird tour of north-
west Jefferson County. There should to Milwaukee and then hop north to
be a good variety of waterfowl, various spots along the lakeshore.
including loons, on Rock Lake at this Bring a lunch and dress for possible
time (bring a scope), and/or we may damp and cool weather. It can be
hike parts of the Waterloo or Lake much cooler along the lake, especial-
Mills Wildlife Areas to find other ly if there is an east wind. You may
interesting migrants. also want to bring a lawnchair or
Meet at 1:00 pm at Commons Park stool since we may spend consider-
in downtown Lake Mills across from able time at each location scoping
the Public Library. From I-94, go the lake.
about 1/2 mile south on Hwy. 89 We will meet to carpool in the
(N. Main St.) to the first 4-way stop middle of the parking lot of the east
sign corner downtown and turn left. side Cub Foods. From Hwy. 30 take
If you take Hwy. BB (B in Jefferson 51 (Stoughton Road) north and then
County), this turns into Madison St. turn right onto Nakoosa Trail and
in Lake Mills and goes right past the proceed east to Cub Foods. We will
library and park. If you have ques- carpool and leave at 6:30 am. We
tions or want to try to carpool from will return to Cub foods between
the Madison area, please call Karen 4:30 and 6:00 pm. If you have ques-
at the MAS office, 255-BIRD. tions, call Aaron at 232-1756.
Saturday,
October 27:
Birding the
Lake Michigan COSTA RICA
Shoreline February 13-23, 2002
Trip leader
Aaron Stutz, an
experience bird-
er, has frequent-
ly birded the
Lake Michigan
shore and is very
familiar with the
trip’s terrain.
The third week
of October is
usually the peak
of migration for
scoters and other
waterfowl along
Lake Michigan.
We will also be
looking for late
migrant shore-
birds, landbirds
and whatever
else we can find.
The trip will go
In honor of those people killed or injured in our national tragedy, and to help Although this poem is about Aldo
heal our spirits… Leopold’s death, surprisingly it is
about our national tragedy as well:
The following script for Laura Erickson’s 9/13 radio program “For the Birds,”
which airs in Duluth, is printed with permission of the Author.
Leaving Sand County:
Thinking about Birds in the Face of Tragedy April 21, 1948
by Laura Erickson, Journey North science writer
by Christianne Balk
Suddenly America is a small town, and everyone, everywhere, is pulling
together in shock and horror. How can I even be thinking about birds in the Under the roughleg
face of New York and Washington? I was listening to chickadees at my win- hawk who hovers like a smooth-
dow feeder as I worked on my computer when my phone rang Tuesday. I feathered bomb waiting
turned on the radio, and my world was changed, probably forever. I ran to the To drop on the marsh,
TV and watched, trying to keep my eyes on the panicked pigeons fluttering bare dogwood stems stand exposed
madly in the sky as smoke billowed, so I wouldn’t see the human beings against the hill. I
falling or leaping from the building, nor imagine the ones inside burning to
see men run back and
death at that moment before my eyes. And I froze in horror at the unspeakable
forth, trying to fight the grass
images of a building I have admired from afar and actually been inside, as first
fire - burning, burning.
one, and then the second tower collapsed, with thousands of human beings
still inside. Snipe winnow, coots cluck
It’s impossible to make sense of any of this. Impossible not to be over- white pinions beat the water.
whelmed with sadness and anger, hatred and fear. That night I fell asleep to The geese are leaving.
the roar of military jets, and woke Wednesday to grim news reports of just If only I could
how few survivors were found in the rubble. And then at 8:00 am, my phone stand up now like the others.
rang, and a man identifying himself from Northwest Airlines maintenance Something pulls me up,
asked to speak to me. I was shaken, my thoughts of airplanes inextricably
blended with the tragedy. But this call turned out to be about a bird. Some of flies me north, drops me
the people at the airbus maintenance facility in Duluth had found a wounded above cold, spring-fed streams hemmed-
pigeon being attacked by crows, and were asking me to help it. in by alder. I
Imagine that. Numbed as they must have been by the horrifying evil com- pay out more line. Cast
mitted using passenger planes, here was an airplane maintenance crew taking out as the wind swirls the stream,
time to help a bird. And giving me something constructive to do. Donating shaking like a brown
blood and money seem necessary but not sufficient when people in our com-
miller. I wade waist
munity are suffering, even people a thousand miles away. Deep inside us we
deep through the green cave of tree
need to do more-something to directly help SOMEONE right here right now,
branches and the white
even if that someone is only a racing pigeon wearing leg bands, missing her
tail and bearing a gaping wound under her right wing-possibly hit by a hawk throat rolls lazily
or falcon while rushing home in a race. She’s been well tended by her owner-I in the dark pool as he sucks
can tell by the confiding way she burrows her head under my arm when I hold feathers down his throat.
her. I couldn’t help but think of the many pigeons that have carried messages The line straightens. I
during wartime, like Cher Ami, who saved a battalion, staying on course even ease him upstream around each
after her leg was shot off. Somehow even that feat seems diminished in the face bend in the river,
of the heroic people resisting the hijackers on United Airlines Flight 93, the
slowly, as if I
New York firefighters heading into the burning towers and climbing up the
were the current. I gently
stairs to do what they could knowing the building could collapse at any
pull him in. Twisting,
moment, the flight attendant who overcame unimaginable terror to call her air-
line on her cell phone and lucidly tell them what was happening and give as if still swimming,
them the seat numbers of the terrorists. I witnessed overwhelming, heartbreak- the trout twists in the wet alder
ing goodness over and over on television, and witnessed it live in the eyes of leaves lining my creel.
these compassionate Airbus people helping a hurt pigeon. If only I could
Over the next few days and weeks we’ll be increasingly horrified as Rescue stay. Here, where only woodcocks
workers sift through debris for bits and pieces of human bodies to place in spiral down like stalled
orange plastic bag after orange plastic bag. Unbearable sights and sounds and
smells will be borne, because we are strong. Our species’ horrific capacity for planes. Here, where burn marks
evil will be more than matched by our capacity for compassion and heroism, in the grass are covered by
courage and gentleness, strength of will and wisdom. The humaneness that the wide-sweeping arc
somehow impels us to care for a wounded pigeon also gives us the strength of an owl’s wings.
and compassion to care for thousands of burned and injured people, and
respectfully and tenderly handle the remains of unbearable numbers of dead.
What a piece of work is man.
Help Audubon Grow
by Paul Noeldner,
Membership Chair
Madison Audubon is looking for
members and volunteers who are
interested in helping Audubon grow!
The Madison Audubon GOOSE has
laid some golden eggs and is hoping
some will hatch soon.
* NEW GOSLINGS - While all
Audubon members help on both
national and local levels, signing up
through the local Madison Audubon
chapter helps direct more funds into
local projects and environmental
habitat restoration in the Madison
Audubon 4-county region. To be a
GOSLING, all you have to do is hand
the membership form in this
newsletter to a new member! You
can also be a GOSLING by renewing
your own membership through the
local Madison Audubon office by
using the form in this newsletter,
rather than sending in the magazine
reminder. Besides keeping more
funds for local projects, this helps
reduce costs for printing and pro-
cessing so your investment goes fur-
ther. Madison Audubon would like
to hatch 300 GOSLINGS this fall - 1
for every 10 current members! If
you’re shy about recruiting, perhaps
you can think of someone young, old
or in between who would enjoy a $15
gift membership.
* WOODPECKERS - Madison
Audubon is looking for volunteers to
Adopt-A-Post. This is similar to
Adopt-A-Mile highway cleanup, but
much easier! The goal is to help edu-
cate the public about Audubon mem-
bership, activities, and environmen-
tal issues by arranging to post an
Audubon information folder. This
can be in your place of work or
another public place that permits
such postings - such as a building
lobby or your dentist’s office. The
materials are provided once a month,
and all you have to do is drop them
off at your selected location.
Madison Audubon would like to
sign up 100 WOODPECKERS to each
Adopt-A-Post, so here’s your chance
to help a lot, with very little effort on
your part.
* HERONS AND OWLS - Are you
interested in helping to tend the
nest? Madison Audubon is looking
for two or three interested individu-
als with creative ideas for reaching
out to people, who would like to be
helpful HERONS on the member-
ship committee. We meet once a
month or so (the pizza’s on me)! We
also need a few OWLS who can
occasionally fly out and perch wisely
at the Audubon membership dis-
play, at fun and interesting local
educational and environmental
events. All you need is a friendly
face - you don’t even have to know
any birds. Usually you can just say
it’s a TV (Turkey Vulture) or LBJ
(Little Brown Job)! All questions can
be directed to our great staff at the
Madison Audubon office, of course!
To learn more about being a
WOODPECKER, HERON, or OWL,
please email Paul_Noeldner@hot-
mail.com or phone 608-249-3711.
Thanks to those who have helped in
the past, and in advance to those
who sign up!
Autumn Offerings
ACRE MAKER
In Memory of Elizabeth Ann Bird
John & Barbara Bird
In Memory of John Caldwell
James & Joan Johnson
Susan & Chris Martin
Sally & John Miller
Janet & Terril Taft
Sue & Rev. Colin Webster
Jerry & Jill Martin
Sin L. Tang
HALF-ACRE MAKER
Lola G. Hickey
MY OWN VISION
Loraine & William Adkins
In Memory of Susan Bergquist
Pat Trochlell
Margaret L. Demuth & Steve Bower
James Hale & Karen Etter Hale
Sarah Hole
In Memory of Harriett Gustason
Margaret Majors
In Memory of Former Leopold Students
at Faville Grove
Mark & Sue Martin
Roger Packard
Suzanne Brockman Zeigler
YES, I want to make the
Goose Pond vision a reali-
ty. Here is my contribution
to the Goose Pond
Campaign.
[ ] Acre Maker. $1,000 or more to
buy and restore another acre of
land at Goose Pond.
[ ] Half-Acre Maker. $500-$999 to
buy and restore another half-
acre of land at Goose Pond.
[ ] Adopt An Acre. I pledge $100
a year for three years ($300
total) toward Goose Pond
restoration. Here is my first
installment.
[ ] Nest Egg. I pledge $50 a year
for three years($150 total).
Here is my first installment.
[ ] My Own Vision. $ to
help as much as possible.
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Muskrats Return to Goose Pond MAS Calendar
by Mark and Sue Martin at a Glance
On April 4, 2001, we saw the first muskrat at Goose Pond since 1999. With the
dry conditions in the fall of 1999, no muskrat houses were built. We assume the (See pages 2&3 for details)
muskrats left or where taken by predators when water levels dropped. Suns., Oct. 7, 14, 21 & 28: Scope
Water levels rose in June 2001, but no muskrats or houses were seen last year. Days at Goose Pond
The closest muskrat populations are at Schoeneberg’s Marsh (3 miles to north- Sat., Oct. 13: Mushroom Meander
east), Morrisonville wetlands (3 miles to south) and a large wetland on Highway Sat., Oct. 20: Geological Walk
K (5 miles to east). through the Upper Narrows of the
We were glad this spring to see one muskrat survive the trek from one of those Baraboo River
wetlands and wondered if others also would travel overland to Goose Pond. Sun., Oct. 21: Fall Birding Tour of
Later we saw two muskrats at the same time and wondered if we had a pair or Northwest Jefferson County
two of the same sex. Sat., Oct. 27: Birding the Lake
In the second week of September we saw a newly constructed muskrat house Michigan Shoreline
not far from the observation area on Prairie Lane. Maybe the muskrats wanted to
let us know that they found ideal habitat, survived the mink that Sue frequently
saw this past summer, and are multiplying. Water conditions are below normal
and it will be interesting to monitor the water levels and see how muskrat popu-
lations increase or decrease in the next couple of years.
Fall was in the air on September 13 when Canada geese migrated back to
Goose Pond from the north, and were joined by hundreds of blue-winged teal
that were already present here. Arrowhead tubers and seed will provide food for
a variety of waterfowl. This may be another year when over 1,000 tundra swans
can be seen at Goose Pond in November.
We hope you will spend some time viewing the migration of birds and the fall 1321 E. Mifflin St.
season at Goose Pond, and focus on the wondrous rituals of nature. Madison, WI 53703
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