January 27, 2010

Oppose the Fairmont Butte Motorsports Park

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…
January 21, 2010

Carolyn Oppenheimer to Receive Conservation Award

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…
January 6, 2010

New Links Added

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,…
January 2, 2010

SFVAS Annual Awards Banquet

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…
December 4, 2009

Bosque del Apache—Special Field Trip

Monday, December 28 — Thursday, December 31. Join me on my annual winter pilgrimage to my favorite birding spot. We’ll spend two days at Bosque del Apache, near Socorro, New Mexico, meeting at 6:30 AM both mornings to take in the magnificent liftoff of snow geese and a continuous train of thousands of Sandhill Cranes.…
November 30, 2009

SBWA Master Plan Update – Public Meeting

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is updating the Sepulveda Basin Master Plan. We want your input on current and future operations. Please join us: Saturday, December 5, 2009 10:00 am – 2:00 pm Sepulveda Basin Garden Center 16633 Magnolia Blvd. Encino CA 91406

Sepulveda Basin Master Plan Update Public Meeting

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is updating the Sepulveda Basin Master Plan. We want your input on current and future operations. Please join us: Saturday, December 5, 2009 10:00 am – 2:00 pm Sepulveda Basin Garden Center 16633 Magnolia Blvd. Encino CA 91406
November 20, 2009

General Membership Meeting

NOTE: In lieu of the regular November and December General Membership meetings, there will be a single meeting on Thursday, December 3 at 7 PM at the Encino Community Center. 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. …
November 7, 2009

Stay in Touch with Audubon Chapter Issues in California

Two active blog sites initiated by Audubon California are very helpful and informative to those wishing to keep up with local and statewide conservation issues, legislative efforts and chapter stories. The broader, more general site is Audublog, subtitled Conservation News and Notes, may be found at http://www.audublog.org/. Information more specific to and about chapters in…
October 8, 2009

Beginners and Family Bird Walk

Come on out for a fun bird walk at Sepulveda Basin! The White Pelicans are starting to return why don’t you? These popular walks, designed for beginning birders and school-age children, are resuming for the current cool season. Directions: Exit the San Diego Freeway (I-405) on Burbank Blvd. Go west about one-half mile to Woodley…