In response to Mr. Petruschke's complaint: Having just spent the last 16 hours doing bird conservation work and fighting a 1000 helium balloon release in Van Wert County, I find this kind of blast particularly offensive. I speak only on behalf of myself and my thoughts do NOT represent any of our other nonprofit partners called on the carpet here, but...Give me a break! The story was broadcast far and wide on Facebook by many of us. And in fact, Ann Oliver just posted a link to the story on Birding Ohio. Back to work. My day isn't over. Kim Kaufman ---------------------------------------- From: "Haans Petruschke" <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, September 07, 2012 8:04 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [Ohio-birds] Scotts Miracle grow settlement Hi, Today the Scotts Miracle Grow company of Marysville Ohio settled with the US EPA for a pittance of a criminal fine of $12.5 million for applying pesticides, which killed Ohio birds, to its brand of bird seed. This story first broke more than 2 years ago, and while the sale of this seed undoubtedly killed countless birds in Ohio, it got nary a mention from the Ohio Ornithological Society, Black Swamp Bird Observatory, the Ohio Audubon Society and Chapters, nor national organizations supposedly concerned with bird conservation like: the American Bird Conservancy, National Audubon Society, or Cornell Ornithology Laboratory. This lack of attention to this issue is absolutely stunning. Are these organizations truly concerned with bird conservation? As I did 2 years ago on Facebook, I again call for a boycott of all Scotts Miracle Grow products. It doubt any of the aforementioned organizations will have the courage to do the same. Haans Petruschke Kirtland ______________________________________________________________________ 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] ______________________________________________________________________ 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]