Kate Orff

Hi everyone. I’m going dark here. Last post via @NYTimes nytimes.com/interactive/20…

The new 31-acre Tom Lee Park in Memphis by SCAPE and Studio Gang activates a riverfront site with playgrounds, a pavilion, native plantings, and new walking paths. ow.ly/Hvkv50Q49gh

Architectural crime scene ⁦@McCormick_Place⁩ ⁦@chicago⁩ ⁦@archpaper⁩ ⁦@ArchRecord⁩ nytimes.com/2023/10/08/us/…

In 1990, an Army Corps engineer warned that deepening the Mississippi for ships would trigger a drinking water crisis in Louisiana. 33 years later, he says the Corps' dredging - more than drought - brought salt water to New Orleans’ doorstep #tncms-source=featured-3" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">nola.com/news/environme…

Nearly 1,000 birds died after striking the windows at McCormick Place convention center on October 5: the most Field collecting efforts have documented in the past 40 years. 📸: Lauren Nassef

A moment of truth ⁦@NewYorker⁩

Window collisions are preventable, and contrary to popular belief, they are not a skyscraper problem. Birds collide on lower floors where trees and foliage are reflected in the glass. If birds are hitting your windows, please mark them! 📷: @tristanahigg

There was a big movement of woodpeckers last night, and the yellow-bellied sapsuckers have arrived in force. We've received 7 so far today, among our 25 window-collision victims. It's always hard to see these beautiful birds hurt and killed so needlessly. 📷 @tristanahigg

Flushing Meadow Park #NYC

Today’s Daily Cartoon, by @PaulNoth. #NewYorkerCartoons

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Corps to barge 36M gallons of freshwater daily to fight salt | Environment | nola.com nola.com/news/environme…

The web of life : Red knot numbers have declined by 94% over the past 40 years, npr.org/2023/09/23/120…

Ahem @NYTimes @nytimesbusiness REWRITE this headline. How can you have decades of climate reporting confirming fossil fuel consumption = ongoing global collapse of livelihoods & ecosystems & promulgate false narrative of “growth.” Get someone new on this beat like @amywestervelt

This magnolia warbler was also among the lucky, if unhappy, few yesterday. If you see a window-struck bird stunned or lying on the sidewalk, you have been chosen to help! Please place the bird in a paper bag (ideally) and bring it to WBF or a rehabber near you. 📷: Phyllis Tseng