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	<title>San Fernando Valley Audubon Society &#187; Conservation</title>
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		<title>Birdathon Results Announced!</title>
		<link>http://www.sfvaudubon.org/2010/05/06/birdathon-results-announced/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 01:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The results of our annual Birdathon are now in! You have probably received your pledge letter for this annual fundraiser, a sponsored birding event, and returned it with your pledge. Please review the results below and return your pledged amount as indicated on the pledge form.
If you did not receive a pledge form and would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FREE Gardening for Wildlife Workshop</title>
		<link>http://www.sfvaudubon.org/2010/04/09/free-gardening-for-wildlife-workshop/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Apr 2010 07:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jaybirder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ April 17, 2010; 9:00 am; ] A limited number of Phainopepla readers are invited to attend a slide show/lecture on “Restoring Habitat, One Yard at a Time,” given by Alan Pollack, Audubon-at-Home Chair, followed by a tour of his garden.

Art Langton will also present a slide show/lecture on the birds one might expect to see in a San  Fernando Valley [...]]]></description>
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		<title>General Membership Meeting &#8211; Feenstra on Tricolored Blackbirds</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 00:39:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jaybirder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ April 22, 2010; 7:00 pm; ] Everyone welcome. Come early for social hour.

Encino Community Center, 4935 Balboa Blvd., Encino. Located between Moorpark and Ventura Blvd., on the west side of Balboa, just south of the Presbyterian Church.

Our speaker, Jonathan S. Feenstra Ph.D., will talk about Tricolored Blackbirds in Southern California.

The Tricolored Blackbird is North America’s only colonial nesting landbird and is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wildlife Area Cleanup Scheduled &#8211; Volunteers Wanted</title>
		<link>http://www.sfvaudubon.org/2010/03/24/wildlife-area-cleanup-scheduled-volunteers-wanted/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sfvaudubon.org/2010/03/24/wildlife-area-cleanup-scheduled-volunteers-wanted/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 23:44:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jaybirder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saturday, April 10
8:30 AM &#8211; Noon


Photo by Rose Leibowitz, 2010
Come for the whole time or just a part of it.
Bring your friends and family.
Help us keep this lovely resource in prime condition
for the critters who rely on it for food and shelter.
Directions: Exit the San Diego Freeway (I-405) on Burbank Blvd. Go west about one-half [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sepulveda Dam Basin Master Plan Review Slated</title>
		<link>http://www.sfvaudubon.org/2010/02/04/sepulveda-dam-basin-master-plan-review-slated/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:58:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jaybirder</dc:creator>
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I encourage all to attend this community workshop on the updating of the Sepulveda Basin Master Plan on Saturday, February 20, 2010.  This is part of updating the master plan (land use plan) of the entire Sepulveda Basin for the first time in over 30 years and will be important in shaping changes to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oppose the Fairmont Butte Motorsports Park</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 06:59:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jaybirder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi All,
Here is a letter describing a proposed racetrack in the Antelope Valley followed by a letter from Kris Ohlenkamp, SFVAS Conservation Chair, stating the opposition of SFVAS to the development. Contact Supervisor Michael Antonovich to make your view known.
*     *     *
Dear friends and colleagues,
As you start to mark your calendars for 2010, please set [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Carolyn Oppenheimer to Receive Conservation Award</title>
		<link>http://www.sfvaudubon.org/2010/01/21/carolyn-oppenheimer-to-receive-conservation-award/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 08:19:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jaybirder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Mission of the San Fernando Valley Audubon Society is to promote the conservation of resources, to preserve and enhance the natural habitat within our territory, to increase the public’s awareness and appreciation of bird life and the natural environment, and to create a social environment that encourages individual knowledge, development, and participation. No one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Links Added</title>
		<link>http://www.sfvaudubon.org/2010/01/06/new-links-added/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:24:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jaybirder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two of our partner organizations have developed websites. Links to those sites have been added to the list in the sidebar on the right.
The first of these is Antelope Valley Audubon, organized by a group of dedicated volunteers with some support from SFVAS.
The other is the website of the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Area, established by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SFVAS Annual Awards Banquet</title>
		<link>http://www.sfvaudubon.org/2010/01/02/sfvas-annual-awards-banquet/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sfvaudubon.org/2010/01/02/sfvas-annual-awards-banquet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 00:53:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jaybirder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Friday, March 5, 2010, Airtel Plaza Hotel, 6:00 p.m.
Featured speaker:
Richard W. Halsey
Richard W. Halsey is the director of the California Chaparral Institute, a non-profit research and educational organization focusing on the ecology of California’s shrubland plant communities, wildland fire, and how Mediterranean-type ecosystems have helped shape human culture. He has given more than 300 presentations over [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2009 Christmas Bird Count Information</title>
		<link>http://www.sfvaudubon.org/2009/12/16/2009-christmas-bird-count-information/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sfvaudubon.org/2009/12/16/2009-christmas-bird-count-information/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:16:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jaybirder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saturday, December 26, 2009
 
In place of the Chapter’s usual monthly field trip, the San Fernando Valley Audubon Society will once again join chapters across the country and take part in National Audubon’s 110th annual Christmas Bird Count. The count is part of the world’s largest cooperative wildlife survey with over 50,000 participants in North [...]]]></description>
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