Garden State Audubon Council

November 2^nd - 4^th
Hilton, Woodcliff Lake, NJ

In Invitation to All Audubon Chapter Leaders

** Friday Evening Presentation **
Atlantic Flyway - Strategies Adopted
in Audubon's New Strategic Plan

Francis Grant-Suttie, VP of Audubon's Atlantic Flyway, will present the overarching conservation strategies adopted in Audubon's new strategic plan that will allow the organization to better coordinate its extensive network around the delivery of life-cycle conservation of priority birds. The Atlantic Flyway consists of approximately 200 Audubon staff members, 8 state offices, 21 education centers, and 157 local Audubon chapters, as well as numerous other partner organizations and more than 20 BirdLife International partner organizations throughout the hemisphere. Conservation projects of the Atlantic Flyway include eastern forests, coastal stewardship, the Everglades ecosystem, Long Island Sound; grasslands and shrublands, and salt marshes.

** Saturday Morning Field trips **
The Celery Farm, Allendale NJ
This is a 107-acre freshwater wetland in Allendale, New Jersey, is open to the public during daylight hours every day of the year. Volunteers from Fyke Nature Association are responsible for creating and maintaining the footpaths around the preserve, the three observation platforms and the nesting boxes. Over 240 species of birds have been recorded here, and more than 50 are known to breed here. The wetlands and deciduous woods provide habitat for many mammals, fish, reptiles and insects.

Dekorte Park, Lyndhurst, NJ
This 110-acre park, an open wetland, teeming with wildlife and framed by urban New Jersey and New York, is the center of New Jersey Meadowland Commission's activities. It offers passive recreation and educational opportunities. DeKorte Park - like the entire Meadowlands District - is located along the Atlantic flyway, one of three major routes used by migratory birds in North America. More than 270 species of birds live in or visit the region.

** Saturday Afternoon Presentation **
Chapters from New York and New Jersey will present conservation initiatives they have undertaken that align with the vision of the Atlantic Flyway.

** Saturday Evening Dinner **
Untying the knot: understanding the hemisphere wide migration of red knots with new technology and its implications for conservation of an imperiled species. Larry Niles's presentation will be on the migration of Red Knots throughout the Atlantic Flyway, the connection to Horseshoe crabs in the Delaware Bay and the mid-Atlantic region, as well as the pressures that wildlife face from humans and development in the crowded space of NJ and beyond.

** Sunday Morning Presentation **
*Grassland and Forest Stewardship in NJ and NY