Pigeons Can Make a Difference.
This grant from the National Science Foundation's Informal Science Education Program is a collaborative effort between the Lab, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and KCET Community Television in Southern California. Its purpose is to use Project PigeonWatch and other scientific activities to enable children along with their parents and mentors to feel comfortable with science and achieve an understanding of the scientific process. See the cover story in the Summer 1999 issue of Birdscope for more information about the PIPE grant. I've gone from the bugling elk of the Rockies and mountain lions of the Badlands through the high-peak snows of Alaska and fires of the prairies, then south to the blues clubs of Beale Street in Memphis, TN to visit PIPE site coordinators. The majority of these sites are Big Brothers Big Sisters agencies and most will be working with birds for the first time.