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McCormick Place: Keep the Lights Out

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Chapter/Sponsoring Organization: 
Bird Friendly Chicago: Chicago Bird Collision Monitors, Chicago Ornithological Society, Chicago Audubon Society
Target: 

Board of the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority

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We demand that the Governor of Illinois, the Mayor of Chicago and those managing the McCormick Place Lakeside facility take immediate and urgent action to require that interior lights at McCormick Place East be extinguished or shades drawn every night of migration. This means requiring exhibitors to agree to these conditions. These protections have been shown to result in an 80% reduction in bird strikes at this location.

We demand that the Governor of Illinois, the Mayor of Chicago and those managing the McCormick Place Lakeside facility take immediate and urgent action to require that interior lights at McCormick Place East be extinguished or shades drawn every night of migration. This means requiring exhibitors to agree to these conditions. These protections have been shown to result in an 80% reduction in bird strikes at this location.

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The tragic death of nearly a thousand birds at the McCormick Lakeside facility on October 5 is a strong wakeup call about the potential for mass casualties if lights are not extinguished. McCormick Place has been told many times that simply requiring their exhibitors to draw curtains or turn off lights at the end of the day would prevent 80% of bird deaths. This they refuse to do.

The Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority manages McCormick Place. (The Mayor and Governor each appoint 4 of the board's 8 members.) You can send a message to their board of  directors here:
Maria E. Calderon
mpeaboard@mpea.com
312-791-6331

This petition will be delivered MPEA at their next meeting on Monday, October 30th (moved from the 24th), if possible. Copies will also be delivered to the Mayor and Governor. Please share widely. We will post more details when we have them.

This petition was created by Bird Friendly Chicago: Chicago Bird Collision Monitors, Chicago Audubon Society, Chicago Ornithological Society

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We signed: McCormick Place: Keep the Lights Out

Sara
Monee, IL
Sun, 2023-11-26 19:27
#10612
Lauren
San Jose, CA
Sun, 2023-11-26 15:05
#10611
John
Grayslake, IL
Sun, 2023-11-26 14:34
#10610
Marcia
Campbell, CA
Sat, 2023-11-25 23:31
#10609
Ronnie
San Mateo, CA
Sat, 2023-11-25 18:00
#10608
Charmaine
Leakey, TX
Sat, 2023-11-25 17:25
#10607
Marcia
Los Altos, CA
Sat, 2023-11-25 15:42
#10606
Eleanor
Cupertino, CA
Sat, 2023-11-25 13:07
#10605
Sharon
Eagan, MN
Fri, 2023-11-24 15:54
#10604
Leslie
Atlanta, GA
Fri, 2023-11-24 15:51
#10603
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