A new
video from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation shows how birding
festivals across the nation are generating tremendous economic activity
for local communities, while helping promote wildlife conservation and
education at the same time.
Birding
Festivals: An Economic Force for Conservation is a 15-minute video
that promotes the use of birding festivals and other birding-related
activities as valid, profitable tourism events to local communities.
By helping local communities recognize the value of their bird habitats
and populations, and even to feel protective of them, the video helps
communities to conserve these priceless resources.
For those
wanting to start a local birding festival, the video will provide ideas
and tips from those who have been there. Using case studies of festivals
in various regions of the country, the video gives examples of the entire
spectrum of festivals—from simple, 1-day events to week-long celebrations;
from events sponsored by single organizations to events that boast dozens
of sponsors. It shows how the festivals got started, what the economic
impacts are, and how other communities can take advantage of this tremendous
opportunity.
For both
novice and experienced festival organizers, Birding Festivals
will serve as a tool for raising funds and gathering support. By showing
this video to the tourism, conservation, and community interests in
the local area, festival organizers can convey to them that birding
activities can be quite profitable.
The production
of this video was generously sponsored by a broad array of partners:
- National
Fish and Wildlife Foundation
- Virginia
Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
- Cinergy
Corp
- Indiana
Department of Natural Resources
- New
Jersey Division of Fish, Game and Wildlife
- Colorado
Division of Wildlife
- California
Fish and Game Department
- Michigan
Department of Natural Resources Nongame Fish and Wildlife Fund
- USDA
Forest Service, Nature Watch Program
- Pinellas
County, Florida
- Texas
Parks and Wildlife Department
To
order copies of the video ($15 each):
call
1-574-258-0100 or e-mail
birdingfestivals@djcase.com
