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Noted Author Robert Michael Pyle Begins the First Butterfly Big Year
On the first day of January 2008, award-winning author and lepidopterist=
Robert Michael Pyle began a grand year-long adventure to find,
experience,=
and identify as many as possible of the 800 species of butterflies in
the=
United States and Canada. When Bob=92s journey is complete at the end of=
2008, Houghton Mifflin will publish his encounters with butterflies,=
people, and landscapes as a book entitled Swallowtail Seasons: The First=
Butterfly Big Year.
You can sup****t The Xerces Society=92s butterfly conservation efforts by=
making a pledge to the 2008 Butterfly-A-Thon. Individuals can pledge a=
certain amount for each butterfly species that Bob Pyle positively=
identifies, or may instead choose to pledge or donate a fixed amount.
All=
proceeds from the Butterfly-A-Thon will directly benefit the Xerces=
Society=92s efforts to protect endangered, threatened and rare=
butterflies. To make a pledge, or to track Bob=92s progress and read his=
stories from the road, please visit the Butterfly-A-Thon webpage at=
www.xerces.org/Butterfly_Conservation/butterflyathon.html.
Bob Pyle founded The Xerces Society in 1971 and has published fifteen=
books, including such butterfly classics as the Audubon Society Field=
Guide to North American Butterflies, The Handbook for Butterfly
Watchers,=
and The Butterflies of Cascadia, as well as award-winning literary works=
such as Wintergreen, The Thunder Tree, Where Bigfoot Walks, Walking the=
High Ridge, and Sky Time in Gray's River, which recently won the
National=
Outdoor Book Award for Natural History Literature. A lifelong
butterflier,=
Bob envisions this undertaking as a chance to aid butterfly conservation=
while gaining a broad perspective on the state of butterfly habitats=
across the continent and their response to climate change.
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The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation
The Xerces Society is an international nonprofit organization that
protects wildlife through the conservation of invertebrates and their
habitat. To join the Society, make a contribution, or read about our
work, please visit www.xerces.org.
Matthew Shepherd
Senior Conservation Associate
4828 SE Hawthorne Boulevard, ****tland, OR 97215, USA
Tel: 503-232 6639 Cell: 503-807 1577 Fax: 503-233 6794
Email: mdshepherd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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size=2><STRONG>Noted Author Robert Michael Pyle Begins the First Butterfly
Big
Year<BR></STRONG> <BR>On the first day of January 2008, award-winning
author and lepidopterist Robert Michael Pyle began a grand year-long
adventure
to find, experience, and identify as many as possible of the 800 species
of
butterflies in the United States and Canada. When Bob’s journey is
complete at
the end of 2008, Houghton Mifflin will publish his encounters with
butterflies,
people, and landscapes as a book entitled <I>Swallowtail Seasons: The
First
Butterfly Big Year</I>.<BR> <BR>You can sup****t The Xerces Society’s
butterfly conservation efforts by making a pledge to the <B>2008
Butterfly-A-Thon</B>. Individuals can pledge a certain amount for each
butterfly
species that Bob Pyle positively identifies, or may instead choose to
pledge or
donate a fixed amount. <B>All proceeds from the Butterfly-A-Thon will
directly
benefit the Xerces Society’s efforts to protect endangered, threatened and
rare
butterflies.</B> To make a pledge, or to track Bob’s progress and read his
stories from the road, please visit the Butterfly-A-Thon webpage at
</FONT><A
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size=2>www.xerces.org/Butterfly_Conservation/butterflyathon.html</FONT></A><FONT
size=2>. <BR> <BR>Bob Pyle founded The Xerces Society in 1971 and has
published fifteen books, including such butterfly classics as the Audubon
Society <I>Field Guide to North American Butterflies</I>, <I>The Handbook
for
Butterfly Watchers</I>, and <I>The Butterflies of Cascadia</I>, as well as
award-winning literary works such as <I>Wintergreen</I>, <I>The Thunder
Tree</I>, <I>Where Bigfoot Walks</I>, <I>Walking the High Ridge</I>, and
<I>Sky
Time in Gray's River</I>, which recently won the National Outdoor Book
Award for
Natural History Literature. A lifelong butterflier, Bob envisions this
undertaking as a chance to aid butterfly conservation while gaining a
broad
perspective on the state of butterfly habitats across the continent and
their
response to climate change.</FONT></BODY></HTML>
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<DIV><FONT size=2><STRONG>The Xerces Society for Invertebrate
Conservation</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=1>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=1>The Xerces Society is an international
nonprofit organization that </FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=1>protects wildlife through the
conservation of
invertebrates and their </FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=1>habitat. </FONT></FONT><FONT
face=Arial><FONT
size=1>To </FONT></FONT><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=1>join the Society,
make a
</FONT></FONT><FONT size=1>contribution</FONT><FONT size=1>, </FONT><FONT
size=1>or read about our </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=1>work, </FONT><FONT size=1>please visit </FONT><FONT
size=1><A
href="http://www.xerces.org/">www.xerces.org</A>.</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=1></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=1>Matthew Shepherd</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=1>Senior Conservation Associate</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=1>4828 SE Hawthorne Boulevard, ****tland, OR 97215,
USA</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=1>Tel: 503-232 6639 Cell: 503-807 1577 Fax: 503-233
6794</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=1>Email: </FONT><A
href="mailto:mdshepherd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"><FONT
size=1>mdshepherd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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