Hello all, I am forwarding this information FYI. Please feel free to send this notice on to others. If you would like to receive the attachments mentioned in the message, please email me privately and I will forward the original message to you. [log in to unmask] ODNR, Div. of Wildlife, Columbus -----Original Message----- From: Kristen Harrison [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 2:20 PM Subject: Bird Studies Canada, Marsh Monitoring Program - Ohio Areas of Concern Kathy Jones, our volunteer coordinator, provided your contact information as an individual who has had contact with the Marsh Monitoring Program (MMP) in the past. I am the Aquatic Programs Biologist with the MMP. As a unique binational marsh bird and amphibian population monitoring initiative of Bird Studies Canada, the MMP has successfully engaged hundreds of volunteer Citizen Scientists since 1995 to measure the status and trends of wetland-dependent birds and amphibians, and has provided valuable information about the health and ecological integrity of Great Lakes coastal and inland wetlands. Since its inception, the MMP has worked with AOC RAP committees to provide wildlife and habitat-related data toward those RAP's BUI delisting criteria information needs. The MMP has recently been awarded funding by the U.S. National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to recruit, train and support local MMP volunteer coordinators to help oversee MMP monitoring activities in the Black River and Maumee AOC regions, as well as other AOC regions in the U.S. These volunteer MMP regional coordinators will help to expand the presence of the MMP in the Black River and Maumee River AOC regions by helping to promote the program locally, recruit new volunteers, provide them appropriate survey training, and mentor and assist their MMP monitoring activities during the survey season. Coordinators will work closely with MMP staff to complete their tasks and responsibilities. We are currently looking to recruit one or more volunteer MMP regional coordinators for your area, and I am contacting you in hopes that you might know of people who would be interested in the position, or you might be willing to help pass on information about this coordinator recruitment initiative. I have attached an electronic copy of our MMP coordinator recruitment brochure, as well as an accompanying document describing the position in more detail. As an alternative to the brochure, I have also provided a 1-page MMP coordinator recruitment advertisement. This document and the brochure include a registration form for anyone who is interested in applying for the position. We are hoping to have our coordinators secured by November 15th. For reference, I have also included a fact sheet describing the Marsh Monitoring Program itself in more detail. If you know of any individuals that might be interested in helping to coordinate MMP monitoring in the Black River and Maumee River AOC regions, or if you had an opportunity to distribute these materials in any way, it would be greatly appreciated. Also, if you have any comments or questions about our plans to establish local MMP coordinators, please let me know. I can provide further information about this Marsh Monitoring Program AOC project if requested. Thanks very much, Kristen Harrison Aquatic Survey Programs Biologist, Bird Studies Canada P.O. Box 160, 115 Front St. Port Rowan, ON N0E 1M0 Ph. 519-586-3531 ext. 222 Fax. 519-586-3532 email: [log in to unmask] website: www.bsc-eoc.org ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]