 What 'cha doin' Monday?
Our apologies for the late notice but things are already hopping here! Come eat pizza on this Monday, March 7th, and help save a bird !
Click on the link below, print out the
flyer, and bring it to Papa's Pizza at W. 11th & Chambers, in
Eugene, any time on Monday, March 7th. Make it a party!
Bring friends and family! Help us raise funds for the spring rush
of babies. Papa's Pizza generously will donate to Cascades
Raptor Center 50% of the value of your order, if you bring the flyer. But we cannot hand them out there. So - click on the link, print out the flyer, and come have a pizza!
Thank you! We hope to see you there.
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 Lifetime Achievement Award
We are delighted to announce that our very own Louise, Executive
Director and founder of Cascades Raptor Center, has been given the
Lifetime Achievement Award by the National Wildlife Rehabilitators
Association! The award was announced at NWRA's annual conference
in Albany NY on February 25, 2011.
Louise founded CRC in 1987 and has been its heart and soul ever
since. She treats injured raptors, designs and delivers education
programs, trains staff and volunteers, works with CRC’s board members on
fundraising and community awareness projects, and provides invaluable
consultation and expertise to wildlife professionals and rehabilitators
not only in Oregon and the rest of the United States but in other
countries. Louise is recognized internationally as a raptor expert and
has served for seven years on the board of directors (two as president)
of the International Wildlife Rehabilitation Council (IWRC), for over
twelve years on the editorial staff of The Journal of Wildlife Rehabilitation,
and for five years as an instructor of IWRC’s Basic Skills class. For
ten years, Louise has hosted an internet e-mail list-serv on raptor
rehabilitation and care that has nearly 500 participants from 23
countries. She has presented conference papers and authored
articles on emaciation protocol for raptors, blood transfusions,
treatment of poisoned eagles, and other topics, and authored a chapter
on raising diurnal raptors for the book Hand-Rearing Birds, edited by
Laurie Gage DVM and Rebecca Duerr DVM.
Louise has been a state and federally licensed wildlife rehabilitator
since 1985. She was co-founder and first president of Oregon Wildlife
Rehabilitation Association, assisted the Oregon Department of Fish &
Wildlife to improve standards for wildlife care by re-writing the state
licensing exam, and has served on a task force to review and revise
state wildlife rehabilitation regulations. Her professional memberships
include IWRC, NWRA, IAATE (International Association of Avian Trainers
and Educators), AZA (American Zoological Association), the Raptor
Research Foundation, ANCA (Association of Nature Center Administrators),
and EEAO (Environmental Educators Association of Oregon). Louise
received her Bachelor’s degree from Stanford University and her Masters
of Business Administration from the University of Chicago Graduate
School of Business.
The National Wildlife Rehabilitators
Association (NWRA) is a professional organization respected worldwide
for its dedication to improving and promoting the profession of wildlife
rehabilitation and its contribution to preserving natural
ecosystems. Wildlife rehabilitation is the treatment and temporary
care of injured, diseased and displaced indigenous wildlife and the
subsequent release of healthy animals into appropriate wild habitats.
For over 28 years, NWRA has fostered the development of high ethical
standards in the field, encouraged the dissemination of knowledge, and
cooperation, and fostered a respect for wildlife and natural ecosystems.
The NWRA Lifetime Achievement Award is given to an individual whose
primary identification is with wildlife rehabilitation and who has
contributed to the field in a major way for many years.
The staff and board of CRC are proud to be part of what Louise has
accomplished during her career. We are also very grateful to CRC's
members and supporters for sharing in the dream of creating a high
quality rehabilitation facility for our native birds, along with
outstanding nature education opportunities to enhance appreciation of
all wildlife.
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 Save the Dates!
Calling all members! Plan ahead now and save the evening of Saturday, April 23rd, for our 2011 Members' Earth Day Celebration.
Watch for your invitation in the mail and plan to come for food, wine,
beer, music and great activities! And, of course, spectacular
BIRDS! Bring along anyone interested in joining the CRC Family of
members - this is a great time to share with like-minded friends and
family the important work you are supporting.
Plan ahead also for this year's Family Nature Discovery Days:
the last Sunday of every month from May through September. Family
activities from the great Mouse Hunt, to Passport to Nature scavenger
hunt, pine cone owls, and more. Stay tuned for more details and we hope
to see you here!
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 Staff Promotion
CRC is happy to announce that our Assistant Director, Laurin
Huse, has been promoted to Rehabilitation Director! Laurin wears
many hats already - she's our amazing graphic designer, grant writer,
and event coordinator and in her more than ten years with CRC, she has
always assisted with bird training and education. But she has always
been deeply involved in the clinic and has now developed such excellent
rehabilitation skills here, at the BP oil spill response in the Gulf of
Mexico (a very intensive 5 weeks of 15 hr days!), and in trainings, that
turning over responsibility to her for all the birds in our care became
a no-brainer! Please join us in congratulating Laurin ... now all
she needs is a few more hours in a day or a couple of extra days in a
week! (All three staff consider juggling a high art form ....)
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