[Posted by Chuck Almdale]

This survey request comes to us from the friendly folks at Audubon California, a division of National Audubon Society.

The survey takes about five minutes and is asking about planned as well as potential visits by folks in order to determine their preferences for access and use at the sea. The more respondents, the better.

Thank you in advance for your time on this conservation matter.

Survey in English: https://www.proprofs.com/survey/t/?title=2vqhs
Survey in Spanish: https://www.proprofs.com/survey/t/?title=bs8w
Please note that you can put a check in both columns B and C for any item.

If you have any questions about the survey, please contact:
Camila Bautista camila.bautistia@audubon.org
and/or Tammah Watts tammahwatts4socalaudubon@gmail.com

The following is a message from Audubon California’s Salton Sea Program Manager Frank Ruiz, and Salton Sea NAS-Senior Program Coordinator Camila Bautista:

We are seeking Chapter input related to Public Access at the Bombay Beach Wetlands. Here is a message from our landscape architect, Hans Baumann, as well as the survey link, for you both to look at and share with your Chapter networks.

As part of our ongoing efforts at the Salton Sea, we would like to receive input from Audubon members to better understand what amenities are most important to them when they travel outside their region to go bird-watching. Our goal is to use this information to inform public access and landscape design at the Bombay Beach Wetlands alongside a broader public outreach strategy aimed at local communities. A link to the brief, 8-question survey is below. Thanks so much for all of your help – we deeply value your feedback!

Consider this as an opportunity for you to contribute to bird conservation, community engagement and education, and community science. The birds need your help at the Salton Sea and your voice can help shape the future and the ways that you can have access when visiting.

This is an ongoing effort on our part as chapters and members council to actively engage with, highlight, and underscore the importance of the Salton Sea in our region and beyond. This is in partnership with Audubon CA, the residents of the surrounding communities of the Salton Sea, and of course, the many species of birds who are in need both in our chapter’s region and at the Salton Sea.