HYDE PARK — Birders are getting worried that new developments in Jackson Park could be harmful to migrating birds.
The Chicago Audubon Society is hosting a 7 p.m. April 13 meeting with Field Museum Conservation Ecologist and local birding guru Doug Stotzat at the North Park Village Nature Center in building D, 5801 N. Pulaski Road, to talk about why Jackson Park is considered the sixth best birding spot in the state and how it should be protected.
Stotzat will talk about the role the park plays in the migration paths along the shores of Lake Michigan, one of the reasons the Army Corps of Engineers and the Chicago Park District have invested $8.1 million in habitat restoration in the park.
But new buildings are also coming to the park, including Barack Obama’s presidential library and a proposed visitors center.
The group has invited the leaders of Jackson Park Watch to talk about these developments. The group has opposed some of the proposed buildings for the park and has consistently argued there should be more transparency and community involvement with so many changes happening in the park at once.
The event is free and open to the public.
