President of The American Birders Association, Jeff Gordon, signed the petition and shared it on the ABA Facebook page. Jeff was also gracious in allowing an article from the coalition on the West Pond issue to be published on the ABA blog. The article which was written by coalition member, Douglas Futuyma, can be accessed here http://blog.aba.org/2014/03/birder-action-needed-to-restore-jamaica-bay-nwr-west-pond.html