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  • Wednesday, January 15, 7:30 pm – The Recovery of Bald Eagles and Peregrine Falcons in Massachusetts

    Andrew Vitz, DFW State Ornithologist, will present to the Menotomy Bird Club at 7:30 pm on Wednesday, January 15 at the Fox Library community room in Arlington. Fox Library is located at 175 Massachusetts Avenue on the corner of Cleveland Street. Take the side entrance on Cleveland Street; the community room is downstairs. The meeting is open to the public; however, the location is not handicapped accessible.  The Menotomy Bird Club is dedicated to making birding accessible to everyone in the Mystic Valley Watershed. They have no dues, and all activities are free and open to members and non members alike. All activities are posted on the web page, but they encourage people to join the Arlington Birds Listserve to get reminders of events as well as discussion of birds and birding in the area (subscribe by sending message). Birding trips are planned throughout the year with a concentration during Spring and Fall migrations.  Email Marj@mrines.com for more information.

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  • Remember Endangered Species on Your State Tax Form

    Help protect Box Turtles, Peregrine Falcons and other endangered wildlife by supporting the Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Fund when you file your state income tax this year. Since 1983, Massachusetts tax filers of Form 1 have had the option of donating to this effort through the Division of Fisheries and Wildlife’s Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Fund when filing their state income tax (Line 32a: “Endangered Wildlife Conservation”), and tens of thousands of people have done so over the years.

    All contributions go directly into the Fund, an important portion of the annual operating budget of DFW’s Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program (NHESP), which conserves and protects endangered species and their habitats in Massachusetts. Over 20,000 tax filers support the program with over $200,000 in critically-important donations each year. Won’t you join them? With your contributions to the Fund, you directly help to study, protect, and restore endangered animals and plants and their habitats. Donations help restore populations and conserve and maintain habitat for many vulnerable kinds of wildlife, from raptors to reptiles.

    Contribute directly to the Fund by writing a check payable to: “Comm. of Mass-NHESP Fund” and sending it to: NHESP, Massachusetts Division of Fisheries & Wildlife, 100 Hartwell Street, Suite 230, West Boylston, 01583.

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