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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span class=s3><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>One of the world’s foremost experts on bird-glass collisions, Dr. Daniel Klem Jr., will be visiting Minnesota to speak on the effects on bird mortality of glass in buildings, in particular in </span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>the Vikings’ U.S. Bank Stadium. Dr. Klem will address methods of successfully preventing collisions by retrofitting existing structures and using bird-safe panes in remodeling and new construction, and will offer recommendations on retrofitting the stadium to make it safer for birds. Dr. <span class=s3>Klem is Sarkis Acopian Professor of Ornithology and Conservation Biology at Muhlenberg College in Pennsylvania </span>and has studied bird-window collisions for more than 40 years. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span class=s3><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>His presentation will </span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>be held at <span class=s3>Springbrook Nature Center, 100 85th Avenue NW, Fridley, MN, </span>on Wednesday, March 21, 2018, at 6:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public, with a suggested donation of $5. <span class=s3>The presentation is sponsored by a coalition of bird conservation groups including Audubon Chapter of Minneapolis, Minnesota Citizens for the Protection of Migratory Birds, and Friends of Roberts Bird Sanctuary.</span></span><span class=s3><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Here is a link to the event on the Audubon Chapter of Minneapolis Facebook page: it: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/170027750296209/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/events/170027750296209/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Please let me know if you have any questions. We hope to see you on March 21! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Stephen Greenfield<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Minneapolis<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>