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We are joined in the studio by two staffers from the City of Ann Arbor’s Natural Area Preservation (NAP) unit: the Volunteer & Outreach Coördinator, Jason Frenzel-Wright, and City Ornithologist, Deaver Armstrong respec­tively.
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But first the news…
Some exam­ples of new man­u­fac­turing and busi­ness inno­va­tion ideas in Michigan: WindTronics 760 wind tur­bines out of Muskegon, Affordable Green Energy LLC out of Essexville. Plus, our watch con­tinues on the brewing fights over new coal-fired power plants.

And the Sustainable Fish of the Week!

Back talking with our guests we dis­cuss the details of the Natural Area Preservation unit which is a nation­ally unique city pro­gram that employs folks like ornithol­o­gists while reaching out to the com­mu­nity to vol­un­teer to help inven­tory and main­tain the ecology of the city’s nat­ural areas. Lean much more and get involved here:

Natural Area Preservation — www.a2gov.org/nap
Adopt-a-Park — www.a2gov.org/adopt-a-park
NAP Blog — a2nap.blogspot.com

And lots of good links regarding bird vol­un­teering, birds, bird safe-passage, birding, and more:
NAP Volunteering with Bird Inventory
http://www.terrain.org/articles/15/kousky.htm
http://www.cityofchicago.org/Environment/BirdMigration/sub/lights_out_chicago.html
http://www.nycaudubon.org/home/BirdSafeBuildingGuidelines.pdf
http://www.detroitaudubon.org/safe_passage.html
http://washtenawaudubon.org
More about fatal light attrac­tion for birds from night lighting:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtb8WcZBT5I
Video Regarding Light Attraction at the 9/11 Memorial

Finally, some tips via grist.org for Drinking Green and/or Green Drinking
How-To Get Wasted and Waste Less

And since we are dis­cussing Green Drinks, check out the Green Drinks mixer this Wednesday at ABC at 7pm and other local food events listed at the Washtenaw Local Food Portal cal­endar.