This is the famous National Geographic map, used by the US District Court, to try to give some familiar context to the distances in Alaska. The Yukon Kuskokwim delta is about western Kansas / eastern Colorado.
You can call the CDC Flu Information Hotline (English and Spanish) at: http://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic/
800-CDC-INFO (800-232-4636)
888-232-6348 (TTY)
cdcinfo@cdc.gov
In Alaska, if you see a group of dead or sick birds, especially if something you notice seems unusual, call 1-866-5-BRDFLU, (1-866-527-3358). 14apr2006 revised state alert notice To report dead or sick birds, where no obvious cause is apparent, call the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service hotline at 1-866-5-BRDFLU (1-866-527-3358). Do not handle birds found sick or dead!
14apr2006—
For public health questions, human health concerns or planning for pandemic flu, call 1-888-9Panflu (1-888-972-6358) or Anchorage residents can call the local line: (907) 334-2292.
Safe food preparation by calling the USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline at 1-888-MPHotline (1-888-674-6854).
The bartailed godwit will be sampled this spring.
The East Asian-Australasian Flyway (EAAF) stretches from central Siberia to Alaska, down through Asia and across the Pacific to Australia and New Zealand. Holding around 7 million shorebirds, it is one of the smaller of the world’s major flyways, but is poorly known and highly threatened through reclamation on the staging grounds. This site highlights the research into the biology of migratory shorebirds being undertaken at the southern end of the flyway, in New Zealand….
