November 3, 2006

Guten Tag!

Thank you to everyone who came to our Bimonthly Meeting last night at the College Hill Library. We’re excited to be bringing in lots of new faces, discussing the events and successes of 2006, and preparing for 2007, which promises to be a big year for RMAD. Our next Bimonthly Meeting with take place roughly two months from now.

A duck rescue will be taking place this Saturday. Seems that someone abandoned a pair of the domesticated birds in a Thornton-area pond. The goal is to nab these fast-moving quackers before the ice freezes and to relocate them to Peaceful Prairie Sanctuary. The team will assemble at 4 p.m. at Bell Roth Park, across from Water World in Thornton. Please call Amanda at 303-887-0398 for more information or to help out.

Please remember to vote! Tuesday’s the day, though early voting is available. Contact your county clerk if you have questions. RMAD is encouraging Boulder voters to support Initiative 2A – that’s YES ON 2A! For more info on this important initiative, see http://www.boulderspeaksout.org/.

Many of you are curious what’s going on in Boulder with the intersection work at Arapahoe and Foothills. A colony of prairie dogs is being impacted by the work. RMAD is teaming with Keep Boulder Wild to ensure a good outcome for the affected animals. We have been working these past two weeks to get the animals out of danger and onto the adjoining property, which is owned by the Boulder Community Hospital. The city manages a conservation easement on the hospital site. We are negotiating with both the city and the hospital. To our knowledge, no animals have been killed as of yet. We will keep you posted. We are not at this point encouraging a lot of calls to Boulder’s city manager, but if you are the type who takes initiative, well, go for it. We believe the city has the power to determine the fate of these animals.

Fur-Free Friday is fast approaching. We want *you* to help us make this our best event yet. The foxes and minx and coyotes and – yes, cats and dogs – are relying on us. If you want to help out, shoot Dave an email.

I’ve created an online ticket-purchasing function so you can get your tickets to our upcoming holiday party with our friends Southern Plains Land Trust. You can also call us or purchase tickets through the mail. More information on the event, below.

This is indeed the busiest time of year for the animal advocacy community. We appreciate your continuing involvement and support. Please don’t hesitate to contact us for any reason.

– Have a good weekend –

- Chris