EVENTS
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Bonnie Raitt Donates Concert Tickets to Help
Center for Biological Diversity Stop Uranium Mining Near Grand Canyon National Park
4/24/2008 UPDATE: Only 18 special tickets left to benefit the Center for Biological Diversity!
Get your tickets today
at www.guacfund.org.
TUCSON, Ariz.— Nine-time Grammy winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member Bonnie Raitt and her band will be at the AVA Amphitheatre at Casino del Sol on May 16 in Tucson. Robert Cray is the opening artist.
Ms. Raitt has generously made available some great seats to benefit the Center for Biological Diversity, a Tucson-headquartered national nonprofit conservation group with more than 40,000 members dedicated to the protection of endangered species and wild places.
These Gold and Silver Circle VIP tickets are located in the front center section (201) in Rows D & H.
Golden Circle tickets cost $300 and include a backstage visit with Ms. Raitt; Silver Circle tickets are great seats for a great cause and are $200. These tickets are available through the nonprofit Guacamole Fund and are partially tax deductible. This is a special internet sale only, at www.guacfund.org.
Money raised by the sale of these benefit tickets will help the Center continue its fight against exploratory uranium mining on national forest land near Grand Canyon National Park. In a recent victory, we convinced a federal judge to stop a British firm from drilling test holes for new uranium mines on the banks of this national treasure.
Bonnie Raitt is known for her lifelong commitment to social activism as well as for her music. She has long been involved with the environmental movement, doing concerts for forest and water conservation and oil and mining activism since the mid-1970s. She was a founding member of MUSE (Musicians United for Safe Energy), which produced the historic concerts, album, and movie No Nukes in 1979. She has been especially active in the fight to preserve ancient forests, performing numerous concerts, lobbying in Washington, and even getting arrested twice in support of a change in forest policy.
For more information contact Kevin Dahl by e-mail or at (520) 396.1126.
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2008 Golden Gate National Parks Endangered Species Big Year
A race against time to see and save the 33 endangered species of San Francisco’s Golden Gate National Parks.
Events throughout 2008 in San Francisco
San Francisco ’s Golden Gate National Parks — aka the GGNRA — contain more endangered species than any other national park in continental North America, including Yosemite, Yellowstone, Kings Canyon, and Sequoia national parks combined. The GGNRA’s astounding diversity is cause for celebration but also for concern, as many of the plants and animals depending on this urban oasis are in dire danger of extinction.
That concern inspired organizers to launch an event that would reconnect the region’s residents with the recreation area’s natural wonders, especially its imperiled wildlife. Big Year is both an educational and a competitive event, culminating in a Big Year Award for the park visitor who sees and helps the largest number of the 33 listed species — through individual exploration or guided expedition — between January 1 and December 31, 2008. More than six dozen guided field trips are planned for the year.
Participants are encouraged to take part in conservation actions for the species, from restoring California least tern habitat to reducing their carbon footprint to ensure survival of the Bay checkerspot butterfly. Every action counts, and everyone is invited to participate.
To sign up, visit the Big Year Web site.
For more information, contact Kelli Shields at (415) 436.9682 ext. 300 or by e-mail.
Read the Center’s Big Year press release.
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