Organizations Filed Purposes:
TO FOSTER APPRECIATION AND CONSERVATION OF BIRDS AND THE ENVIRONMENT WE SHARE THROUGH EDUCATION, RESEARCH, AND ACTION.
EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR MEMBERS AND PUBLIC: REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMS SUCH AS CLASSROOM PRESENTATIONS & FIELD TRIPS, BELLE ISLE MONTHLY PROGRAM & SUMMER CAMPS, FIELD TRIPS TO REGIONAL CONSERVANCY LANDS, LEADERSHIP OF YOUNG BIRDERS, SWIFT NIGHT OUT, PERIODIC OWL PROWLS, OVERNIGHT BIRDING EVENTS, AND AWARD EVENTS TO RECOGNIZE AND ENCOURAGE AREA INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS IN CONSERVATION EFFORTS. PARTNERS / RECIPIENTS INCLUDE BELLE ISLE NATURE CENTER; AREA LIBRARIES, GARDEN CLUBS, AUDUBON CHAPTERS; MI TECH UNIV, AUDUBON GREAT LAKES; SCHOOLS IN DETROIT, AND GENERAL PUBLIC.
ADVOCACY & CONSERVATION: PARTNER WITH OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL AND EDUCATION GROUPS TO DEVELOP SERVICES, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, AND RESEARCH PROJECTS WITH END GOAL OF ADVOCACY AND CONSERVATION. PARTNERS INCLUDE NATIONAL AUDUBON, AUDUBON GREAT LAKES, BELLE ISLE NATURE CENTER, DETROIT ZOO, DETROIT RIVERFRONT CONSERVANCY, US FISH AND WILDLIFE, GREENING OF DETROIT, HURON CLINTON METROPARKS, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, METRO DETROIT NATURE NETWORK, AND MORE. JOINT CONSERVATION AND ADVOCACY PROJECTS INCLUDE DETROIT BIRD CITY, WILD INDIGO, URBAN BIRD TREATY AND OTHERS. DETROIT BIRD CITY IS A LONG-TERM MAJOR FOCUS PROJECT, PARTNERING WITH DETROIT CITY PARKS, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, NATIONAL AUDUBON, URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVES, MI STATE UNIVERSITY, AND OTHERS TO DEVELOP MULTIPLE VACANT CITY LOTS AS NATIVE GRASSLAND HABITATS FOR ENJOYMENT BY BIRDS AND RESIDENTS. ADDITIONAL GROWTH OF PROGRAM HAS COME IN FORD CORKTOWN PROJECT AND IN THE 1000 ACRE MEADOWS PROJECT.
RESEARCH PROGRAMS: CONDUCT MULTI-YEAR RESEARCH ON BLACK TERN AND OTHER AVIAN SPECIES OR GROUPS THAT ARE AT RISK OR PERTINENT TO THE REGION AS WELL AS OTHER RELATED HABITAT CHARACTERISTICS. RESEARCH ALSO INCLUDES SAFE PASSAGE PROGRAM AND VARIOUS BIRD COUNTS, INCLUDING WINTER WATERFOWL, CHRISTMAS COUNT, AND MULTIPLE GRASSLAND. ALL RESEARCH PROGRAMS ALSO INCLUDE INVOLVEMENT AND EDUCATION OF VOLUNTEERS AS CITIZEN SCIENTISTS, AS WELL AS PARTNERSHIPS WITH OTHER CONSERVATION, EDUCATION, AND RESEARCH ORGANIZATION. PARTNERS HAVE/DO INCLUDE MI STATE UNIV, UNIV OF MI, WAYNE STATE, IUPUI, MI DNR, USFW, NATIONAL AUDUBON AND OTHERS.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Margaret Lourdes | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Jill Noll | Secretary | 1 | $0 |
| Rosann Kovalcik | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Terra Weiland | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Tom Mckarns | Treasurer | 2 | $0 |
| Heidi Trudell | Director | 3 | $0 |
| Eric Stempien | Director | 2 | $0 |
| April Mccray | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Gisela Lendle-King | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Amy Greene | Vice President | 2 | $0 |
| Sara Cole Srinivasan | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Diane Cheklich | Director | 5 | $0 |
| Jack Smiley | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Rebecca Minardi | Director | 1 | $0 |
| James Bull | Director | 10 | $0 |
| Rochelle Breitenbach | President | 25 | $0 |
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