E L D = I B A

Say what??? Let's just say....Bring camera, not gun!!

We all know how special Eld Inlet and Mud Bay are, but did you know.......

The National Audubon Society has identified

Eld Inlet/Mud Bay as an Important Bird Area.

Per the National Audubon Society literature, to qualify as an IBA, a site must satisfy certain special criteria and  prove ESSENTIAL HABITAT for one or more species of bird. IBA's include sites for breeding, wintering, and/or migrating birds. They are discrete sites that stand out from the surrounding landscape.

Massacring migratory waterfowl in an IBA? Shooting  in an established neighborhood? Beaches littered with empty shell casings(that one duck hunter stated he was not interested in collecting)?

There's something wrong with this picture...

...and many of us are working very hard to correct it. We hope we are convincing our County Commissioners of the great need to protect us and our environment with a "no shooting/controlled shooting " ordinance over all of Eld Inlet and Inland.

If you would like to help in this effort to stop the shooting, please sign the online petition or email us to request a paper petition.

AND THANKS TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE ALREADY RESPONDED!

"It doesn't get any closer to home than this"