Presque Isle Bay - © Michele Franz
Arial view of Presque Isle - © Bob Grubbs
Red House Lake - Allegany State Park, NY
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Presque Isle Audubon Society
PIAS is a chapter of the National Audubon Society and a member of Audubon Pennsylvania serving northwestern Pennsylvania including Erie, Crawford and Warren counties. It is named after Presque Isle, a peninsula on the shores of Lake Erie near the city of Erie. The Presque Isle Audubon Society provides educational and recreational activities throughout the year which are centered around the natural world and open to the public. PIAS holds meetings on the third Friday of the month in September, October, November, February, March, April, May and June. A wide variety of field trips are offered throughout the year. PIAS publishes a newsletter, Tern of Events, every month except January and July.
In addition to field trips and monthly programs, the Presque Isle Audubon Society is involved in other nature-related activities. PIAS conducts the Erie, PA Christmas Bird Count and hosts the "Festival of the Birds" in May. PIAS owns and maintains the 50-acre Laura Olsen Memorial Sanctuary in Crawford County, the 33-acre Fern Wood Sanctuary near Fairview, and is co-owner (with the Botanical Society of Western Pennsylvania) of the 89-acre Titus Bog Sanctuary in Erie County. The Society is also a member of the annual Allegany Nature Pilgrimage held at Allegany State Park, NY in June.
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Board of Directors
President - Sue Murawski Vice-President - Paul Burroughs Secretary - Mary Ann Daniels Treasurer - Julie Dell Past President - Drew Mortenson Board of Trustees 2021-2024 Dave Gustafson 2021-2024 Lisa Danko 2020-2023 TBA 2020-2023 TBA 2019-2022 2019-2022 Thomas Frank |
Executive Board Meetings
Executive Board Meetings are held the third Tuesday of every other month. All members are encouraged to attend at 6pm at the TREC, Room 212, 301 Peninsula Drive, Erie. Chairs of Standing Committees
Conservation - Paul Burroughs Education - Andrew Sipple Field Trips - Michele Franz Membership - Ron Intrieri Publications - Janet Price Publicity - TBA Programs - Mary Birdsong Sales and Marketing - Jennifer Ferrick Sanctuaries - Sue Murawski |
Presque Isle Audubon Records Finding Aid
If you are interested in the history of the Presque Isle Audubon Society, you can use this finding aid as a guide to the content and organization of the Society's records. The finding aid also includes a brief history of PIAS. The Society's physical records, such as Executive Board minutes and newsletters, are housed in the PIAS office at the Tom Ridge Environmental Center. |