October 1999, Volume 33, Number 2

October 1999, Volume 33, Number 2

Chapter Year Report General Meeting Russian River Water Wrangling October Birding Bird Walk Reports Observations Backyard Birding: Water Gardening for Birds, Part One Pee Wee Update Related Activites Eagle Feathers-a Legal Flap North Coast Birds on Tape British Birders for Corks Protecting Coastal Rocks, Islets New Edition of Field Guide Magazines Benefit Audubon

Protecting Coastal Rocks, Islets California's thousands of off-shore rocks and islets would gain wilderness status under a law proposed by Congressman Sam Farr (D-Monterey). The protection would cover rocks and islands within 3 miles of the coast-about 7,000 square acres of land. These rocks shelter about 200,000 nesting marine birds of at least 13 species. Two of them, the brown pelican and the least tern, are listed under the federal Endangered Species Act. Secretary of Interior Bruce Babbitt, who attended Farr's announcement of the California Rocks and Islands Wilderness Act, said permanent, ironclad protections are needed. Oregon's coastal rocks and islands already are protected by federal wilderness status. (based on a story in the San Francisco Chronicle, 1 September 1999)

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