2010 Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival - May 6-9
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Mark your calendar for
the 19th Annual event on May 5-8, 2011, and our big
20th celebration in 2012. Keynote Speaker for
the 19th Annual Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival will
be Carl Safina.
Christina M Whiting, Festival Coordinator
c/o the Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival Committee
For more information, call 907-235-7740 or e-mail
shorebirdster@gmail.com
Carl
Safina grew up fascinated by the ocean and its
creatures. His childhood by the shore led to
scientific studies of seabirds and fish, and to his
doctorate in Ecology from Rutgers University.
For twenty-five years Carl has studied the ocean as
a scientist, stood for it as an advocate and
conveyed his travels among sea creatures and fishing
people in lyrical non-fiction writing. He has great
empathy for the plight of both animals and
people but he knows that each is served by
maintaining abundance and neither by creating
scarcity. He strives to convey a Sea Ethic to
complement Aldo Leopold's Land Ethic, wherein our
sense of community extends beyond humanity to
encompass the wider living world. Carl believe in
using the oceans, but not using them up. His current
work explores and communicates how the ocean is
changing and what it means for animals and people.
His organization Blue Ocean Institute seeks to
inspire people with hope and the knowledge that all
current problems are solvable using what we already
know.
Carl is the author of over one hundred
publications, including the books Songs for the
Blue Ocean, Eye of the Albatross, and Voyage
of the Turtle, his writing has been featured in
the National Geographic. His conservation
work has been profiled in the New York Times, on
Nightline, and in the Bill Moyers television special
"Earth on Edge". He is a recipient of the Pew
Scholar's Award in Conservation and the Environment,
a World Wildlife Fund Senior Fellowship, the Lannan
Literary Award for non-fiction, the John Burroughs
Medal for literature, National Academies
Communications Award, Chicago's Brookfield Zoo's
Rabb Medal, and a MacArthur Prize. Carl is an
adjunct professor at Long Island University and
State University of New York at Stony Brook. He is
president of Blue Ocean Institute, a non-profit that
he co-founded in 2003, which seeks to inspire a
closer relationship with the sea.
Thanks to everyone who participated in the 18th Annual Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival,
Alaska's largest wildlife viewing Festival. Check
out the Festival Highlights page for comments and
photos. Please complete and return your Festival
survey so we can continue to grow the Festival as
YOU would like to see it.
Magnificent Godwit Supporters
Bay Excursions, Chevron, Eagle Optics, Era Aviation, Homer News,
Taiga Communications, World Wildlife Fund
Awesome Nest Providers
Beluga Lake Lodge, Best
Western Bidarka Inn, Chocolate Drop Inn/B&B, Holland Days
B&B, Homer Hostel, Maria's Majestic View B&B,
Ocean Shores Motel, Spruce Acres Cabins, The Spyglass Inn, Welcome
Friends B&B
Awesome Nest Providers
Aaron Lang, Arts and Education Fair Vendors,
Alaska Department of Fish & Game, Alaska Geographic,
Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge staff and
volunteers, Alaska's Halo Bay Bear Camp, Alice's
Champagne Palace, Ann Greer, Art Shop Gallery, Art
Sowls, Aurora Firth, Barb Brodowski, Barbara
Kennedy, Bear Creek Winery, Ben Lizdas, Beth
Trowbridge, Betty Siegel, Bill Keener, Bill Shuster,
Bird Treatment & Learning Center in Anchorage, Bob
Gill, Brad Josephs, Bunnell Street Arts Center, Buzz
Scher, Captain's Coffee, Carey Restino, Carla
Stanley, Cathy Wilmeth, Center for Alaskan Coastal
Studies, Cindy Bolognani, City of Homer, Clay and
Jackie Norvell, Cook Inletkeeper, Conrad Field,
Curtis Kelly, Daisy Lee Bitter, Dale Chorman, Dan
Pascucci, Dave Alpin, Dave Erikson, Debbie
Dauphinais, Dee Macy, Diane Borgman, Don Dragoo,
Donna Hinkle, Emilie Otis, Fat Olive's Restaurant,
Fireweed Galley, Fresh Sourdough Express, Friends of
Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, Friends of
Kachemak Bay State Park, Gary Ivey, Gary Lyon, Gay
Pendleton, George Matz, Homer Bookstore, Homer
Chamber of Commerce staff and volunteers, Homer
Council on the Arts, Homer High School, Homer High
School Cross Country Team, Homer Ocean Charters,
Homer Public Library, Homer Senior Center, Homer
Tours, Homer Vet Clinic, Homer Jeans, Homer Theatre,
Jack Wiles, Jan Peyton, Janet Higley, Janice Coker,
Jason Sodergren, Jeanne Walker, Jen Martin, Jimmy
Fox, Joanne Roll, John Wenger, KBBI Radio, KWVE
Radio, Kachemak Bay Birders, Kachemak Bay
Conservation Society, Kachemak Bay Crane Watch,
Kachemak Bay Ferry, Kachemak Bay Research Reserve
staff and volunteers, Kachemak Heritage Land Trust,
Karl Stoltzfus, Kathy Hernstein, Lake Clark National
Park, Lani Raymond, LeeAnne Lawson, Lia Schofield,
Lynn Beatty, Mako's Water Taxi, Margaret Williams,
Marvin Baur, Mason Rivers, Matt Kirchhoff, Mavis
Mueller, Michelle Michaud, Michelle Miller, Mike
Schantz & Family, Mossy Kilcher, NOMAR Canvas
Products, Nancy Langer, Nancy Lord, Pam
Breckenridge, Pam Rivers, Pat Melone, Patty Lekanoff-Gregory,
Paula Riley, Picture Alaska Art Gallery, Pratt
Museum, Priscilla Manalisay, Ptarmigan Arts, Rachel
Bilbo, Rainbow Tours, Randi Somers, Rich Kleinleder,
Roger Hernstein, Roy Hoyt, Safeway, Robb Kaler,
Salty Dawg Saloon, Save-U-More, Scott Hatch,
Seaman's Adventures, Shannon McBride, Sharon Baur,
Sharon Minsch, Spenard Builder's Supply, Tamara
Zeller, Taz Tally, The Gear Shed, Tim Schantz
Memorial Fund, Toby Burke, Tony DeGange, True North
Kayak Adventures, Try My Thai, Two Sisters Bakery,
Victoria Wilson Winne, Wayne Stanley, Wayne
Thompson, Wild North Photography
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Festival photos courtesy of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife
Service, unless otherwise noted.
