Date: 3/25/25 1:00 pm From: via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: [Tweeters] WOS Monthly Meeting, April 7, 2025
The Washington Ornithological Society (WOS) is pleased to announce our next Monthly Meeting: on Monday, April 7, Kim Thorburn will present, "Biodiversity Conservation and the Endangered Species Act"
At 50 years+, the Endangered Species Act is considered one of our most successful conservation policies.  More than 200 species’ extinctions have been prevented to date: which is 99% of species that have been listed as endangered.  Yet, as the earth faces the sixth great extinction, the Act’s imperfections require a shift in the approach to conservation and management with more focus on ecosystems than individual species.  In this presentation, Kim will draw from her experience with wildlife conservation work to discuss contemporary conservation strategies and challenges.
Kim Thorburn is a retired public health physician. Her love of animals and the outdoors dates from her childhood farm life in the Central Valley of California.  Upon retirement from medicine, she turned to these avocations full time.  Kim was drawn to birding by way of a class given by the Spokane Audubon Society, and by a certain Canyon Wren in the Santa Rosa mountains of Nevada.  She played an important role volunteering in Washington Fish and Wildlife Department Prairie Grouse recovery efforts, and served for eight years as a Fish and Wildlife Commissioner.  She has served on the Board of the WOS as Treasurer and for two terms, as Trustee.  Kim’s habitat is in Washington's sagebrush country.
This meeting will be conducted virtually, via Zoom (no in-person attendance).  Sign-in will begin at 7:15 pm, and the meeting commences at 7:30 pm.  Please go to the WOS Monthly Meetings page:  https://wos.org/monthly-meetings/  for instructions on participation and to get the Zoom link.
When joining the meeting, we ask that you mute your device and make certain that your camera is turned off.
This meeting is open to all as WOS invites everyone in the wider birding community to attend.  Thanks to the generosity of our presenters, recordings of past programs are available at the following link to the WOS YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/@washingtonornithologicalso7839/videos
If you are not yet a member of WOS, we hope you will consider becoming one at  https://wos.org
