7.14.06

Friends:

It has been an extremely busy past two weeks in the RMAD office. While a great deal of our time and energy has been geared toward Keep Boulder Wild (www.KeepBoulderWild.org), a campaign to prevent the slaughter of thousands of prairie dogs in Boulder, we’ve also been diligent in attending to our ongoing projects and assisting the public with a variety of situations.

Two RMAD websites have recently been redesigned for ease of use and better aesthetics: www.WildlifeKillings.org and www.PrairieWatch.org. Wildlife Killings is a site for bringing public attention to the continued killing of Colorado’s wildlife; Prairie Watch is a map-based colony-tracking tool that will allow prairie wildlife advocates to have a better sense of the health of prairie dogs in the Boulder/Denver area. We’re still working out a few kinks, but overall they’re running smoothly and ready for public interaction. Let us know what you think!

Our vegetarian work is also really coming together with two publications and a new website, VegColorado.com, debuting soon. World-famous artist Dan Piraro, creator of the nationally syndicated “Bizarro” comic strip (www.Bizarro.com) has contributed artwork for the cover of our youth-targeted vegetarian publication and it’s looking really great. Monstrous thanks to Dan! Dan is also highly active with a farm animal sanctuary in Woodstock, New York. Check it out at www.woodstockfas.org.

Keep Boulder Wild (www.KeepBoulderWild.org) still needs volunteers! This campaign is more important than ever, with numerous municipalities killing prairie dogs. Any questions, or if you're interested, contact Paula Lewis at paulal@rmad.org or see KeepBoulderWild.org for more information.

Kudos to Gabe Coffman-Lee and his mom, Kelley, for creating an excellent and informative vegetarian display at the Smoky Hill Public Library (5430 S. Biscay Circle, Centennial). Check out pictures of it here (www.health.rmad.org) or in person. Better yet, contact your local library about doing a similar display. Thanks, Gabe and Kelley!

ACTION ALERT: Westminster recently poisoned 400-600 prairie dogs on open space located on the north side of Big Dry Creek. Please write to Westminster staff and local media and simply let them know you do not support habitat destruction and poisoning of our wildlife! More information below the calendar.

Lastly but not leastly, Julie Marshall, author of Making Burros Fly, will be giving her talk in Denver on Monday. More details in the calendar.

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