"Water Water Everywhere And Not A Drop To Drink"

This line from The Rime of The Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, first published in 1798, seems somehow strangely prophetic in this day and age, when there are so many concerns about our water systems becoming contaminated.

The eastern coastline of New Zealand's South Island

Water is everywhere, but there is a shortage of fresh water.  Much of our world is covered by water, but most of it is full of salt.  Only about 2.5% of the water on our planet is fresh, and about half of that is in the form of ice.  This only leaves about 1% or so for mankind, animals, fish, plants -- for life forms as we know them.

A Great Blue Heron devouring a catfish caught in the shallow waters of the Audubon Swamp Garden near Charleston, S.C. 

Come join us on May 1, 2010 from 11 am - 2 pm when the World Bird Sanctuary and Missouri American Water kick off Drinking Water Week by releasing our new CD, "All Along the Watershed".

A Snowy Egret hunts along the waters edge in the Audubon Swamp Garden outside Charleston, S.C.

Mark your calendars for this special concert that celebrates water and the creatures that live in it, on it and around it.