Last Updated:
26 April 2012
You are invited to join the Audubon
Society of Kalamazoo (ASK). While we are a local chapter
of Michigan Audubon, membership in Michigan or National
Audubon does not automatically make you a member
of Kalamazoo Audubon. All three organizations are
dedicated to enjoyment, research, conservation of and
education about birds and our natural environment. We
encourage you to become a member at all levels.
By becoming a member of ASK, you
will be joining our nearly 350 members in our
area who share an interest in and care about our natural
environment. Your membership not only entitles you to
participate in the activities listed below, but also
helps us support our many programs and activities
throughout the year.
What we do:
- Offer informative monthly nature programs (September through April).
- Lead over 20 birding field trips to local and regional natural areas (September-May).
- Publish an interesting and informative monthly newsletter (September-June).
- Host a potluck at a specially chosen site for the Annual Meeting in May.
- Organize a Christmas Bird Count and a Kalamazoo County Spring Migration Count.
- Monitor several bluebird trails during spring and summer.
- Perform stewardship on the two Michigan Audubon Sanctuaries in our area.
- Actively work on environmental issues, particularly on the local level.
- Give over 60 presentations annually on birds or butterflies to area schools.
- Purchase and distribute 50-70 of the National Audubon Society's Audubon Adventures Program to area schools each year.
- Sponsor a Junior Audubon program for children.
- Maintain a local Rare Bird Alert phone network.
- Maintain a lending library of over 100 bird related books, videos and CDs available to members.
- Provide deserving local, national and international organizations with significant donations to help protect birds and their habitats.