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Date: 4/16/24 1:19 pm From: Evelyn Weinstein <myisland3...> Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Taughannock Falls light show?
I LOVE feeling good about public agencies for once in a while! They really heard out letters. Now we need to step up the education part, absolutely. Thanks for all the energy from everyone! Evie Weinstein On Mon, Apr 15, 2024 at 5:16 PM Rachel Hogancamp < <rachelhogancamp810...> wrote: > That's fabulous news!! It's a wonderful comment on our community. > > If you want a direct contact for Visit Ithaca, Peggy Coleman is the head > of that side of the organization. > Peggy Coleman - <peggy...> > > > > On Mon, Apr 15, 2024 at 4:57 PM <tess...> wrote: > >> Yay!!! Thank you Tim & Geo for getting this the attention it deserved, >> and Rachel and others for using their contacts! Several people have been >> mentioned as possibly having had some influence on the light show. The >> emails I've seen on other list messages are below for anyone who wants to >> send them thanks for doing a 180 on such short notice. >> >> Jennifer Tavares, Chamber of Commerce <jtavares...> >> <jtavares...> >> Fred Bonn, Regional Director State Parks <Fred.Bonn...> >> <Fred.Bonn...> >> Josh Teeter, State Parks <josh.teeter...> >> <josh.teeter...> >> Visit Ithaca - see no email address, but all the usual social media spots >> are linked to their webpage https://www.visitithaca.com/ if you want to >> comment that way >> >> >> >> On 4/15/2024 4:29 PM, Tim Gallagher wrote: >> >> Here’s some great news. The Taughannock light show has been cancelled. >> They’re rescheduling it for the fall. >> [image: new-york-state-parks-recreation-and-historic-preservation-1.jpg] >> >> Update: Hike and illumination at Taughannock Falls canceled >> <https://www.mytwintiers.com/news-cat/regional-news/go-for-a-hike-and-view-the-lights-to-celebrate-100-years-of-nys-parks-at-taughannock-falls/> >> mytwintiers.com >> <https://www.mytwintiers.com/news-cat/regional-news/go-for-a-hike-and-view-the-lights-to-celebrate-100-years-of-nys-parks-at-taughannock-falls/> >> >> <https://www.mytwintiers.com/news-cat/regional-news/go-for-a-hike-and-view-the-lights-to-celebrate-100-years-of-nys-parks-at-taughannock-falls/> >> >> >> On Apr 15, 2024, at 1:47 PM, sarah fern <fernsarah21...> >> <fernsarah21...> wrote: >> >> >> My understanding is that all NYS park rangers have degrees in forestry. >> So I think they should know better about protecting wildlife. (Although I >> did watch a park ranger carry a mushroom-laden log out of a wildlife >> preserve and haul it away in his truck.) >> >> On Mon, Apr 15, 2024, 1:24 PM Richard Guthrie <richardpguthrie...> >> wrote: >> >>> Parks and Recreation - and DEC - are concerned about the resources that >>> they are charged with protecting - if it is not inconvenient and/or if they >>> can get some good publicity. Otherwise they will find a way around whatever >>> the “problem” is. Look at Upland Sandpipers v. solar farms, or Cerulean >>> Warblers v. parking lot. The enablers have a thesaurus full of workaround >>> words to justify their schemes. >>> >>> On Apr 15, 2024, at 12:33 PM, Deb Grantham <dgg3...> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> I’ve sent a message to Visit Ithaca so far. >>> >>> >>> >>> Deb >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> From: <bounce-128145756-83565122...> < >>> <bounce-128145756-83565122...> On Behalf Of Dave Nutter >>> Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2024 4:20 PM >>> To: Geo Kloppel <geokloppel...> >>> Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L <CAYUGABIRDS-L...> >>> Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Taughannock Falls light show? >>> >>> >>> >>> I went to the websites for State Parks (NYSOPRHP), Tompkins County >>> Chamber of Commerce, and Visit Ithaca, used the Contact Us feature of each, >>> and briefly asked them to please not do a light show in the gorge due to >>> potential disturbance of the Peregrines and Ravens nesting there. >>> >>> - - Dave Nutter >>> >>> >>> On Apr 14, 2024, at 12:06 PM, Geo Kloppel <geokloppel...> wrote: >>> >>> Below is the press release for the evening light shows at the great >>> falls in Taughannock Falls State Park later this week, which have potential >>> to disturb the Peregrine Falcons and Ravens that are currently on nests >>> there). >>> >>> >>> >>> Note that the event is jointly hosted by NYS Parks, Visit Ithaca, and >>> also the Tompkins Chamber, which is handling online registration for >>> after-dark hikes up the gorge trail to the lighted falls. >>> >>> >>> >>> <new-york-state-parks-recreation-and-historic-preservation-1.jpg> >>> >>> Go for a hike and view the lights to celebrate 100 years of NYS Parks at >>> Taughannock Falls >>> <https://www.mytwintiers.com/news-cat/regional-news/go-for-a-hike-and-view-the-lights-to-celebrate-100-years-of-nys-parks-at-taughannock-falls/> >>> >>> mytwintiers.com >>> <https://www.mytwintiers.com/news-cat/regional-news/go-for-a-hike-and-view-the-lights-to-celebrate-100-years-of-nys-parks-at-taughannock-falls/> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Apr 14, 2024, at 10:16 AM, Tim Gallagher <twg3...> wrote: >>> >>> I heard some disturbing news last night. Apparently Taughannock Falls >>> will be brightly illuminated from 8:30 to 10:00 this coming Thursday, >>> Friday, and Saturday night (April 18, 19, and 20). I guess it’s some kind >>> of PR stunt to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the New York State Park >>> Service, but it couldn’t possibly come at a worse time, with the eggs just >>> about to hatch in the Peregrine Falcon eyrie and a pair of Ravens nesting >>> right beside the falls—not mention all the other wildlife in the park. >>> There certainly should be other, less potentially harmful, ways to >>> celebrate the Park Service. You can contact the Taughannock Park office at >>> (607) 387-7041. (Photo by Arthur A. 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