{"id":38864,"date":"2019-03-31T11:53:59","date_gmt":"2019-03-31T15:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/?p=38864"},"modified":"2023-12-11T14:21:26","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T19:21:26","slug":"tom-cade-the-passing-of-a-conservation-legend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/tom-cade-the-passing-of-a-conservation-legend\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Cade: The Passing of a Conservation Legend"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/TomCade.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/TomCade-720x532.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/TomCade-768x567.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/TomCade-1280x945.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/TomCade-480x354.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/TomCade.jpg 1384w\" sizes=\"\" alt=\"Tom Cade by Sol Goldberg.\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><figcaption>Cornell University ornithology professor Tom Cade holds an immature female Peregrine Falcon in this photo from the late 1960s, a time when the falcons were disappearing in North America. Dr. Cade\u2019s pioneering work on captive-rearing raptors fueled efforts to breed and release more than 6,000 Peregrine Falcons across the United States. In 1999, thanks in large part to Cade\u2019s research and hard work, Peregrine Falcons were declared recovered and delisted as an endangered species. <em>Photo by Sol Goldberg.<\/em><\/figcaption>\n              <\/figure><\/div>\n<p><small><em>From the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/living-bird-spring-2019-table-of-contents\/\">Spring 2019<\/a> issue of <\/em>Living Bird<em> magazine. <a href=\"https:\/\/join.birds.cornell.edu\/ea-action\/action?ea.client.id=1806&amp;ea.campaign.id=24577&amp;ea.tracking.id=LBO\">Subscribe now<\/a>.<\/em><\/small><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group sidebar-alignright sidebar-space order-bottom\"><div class=\"article-list list-style alignright\"><h2 class=\"article-list-header\">More From Living Bird<\/h2><ul><li class=\"article-item\"><div class=\"article-item-container\"><div class=\"article-item-media  content-living-bird-toc\"><figure class=\"article-item-media-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/McKBunting-FI-TOC.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/McKBunting-FI-TOC-720x405.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/McKBunting-FI-TOC-240x135.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/McKBunting-FI-TOC-480x270.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/McKBunting-FI-TOC.jpg 745w\" sizes=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"article-item-body\"><span class=\"article-item-header\">Living Bird Spring 2019\u2014Table of Contents<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"article-item\"><div class=\"article-item-container\"><div class=\"article-item-media  content-living-bird-toc\"><figure class=\"article-item-media-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/living-bird-latest.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/living-bird-latest.png 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/living-bird-latest-240x180.png 240w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/living-bird-latest-480x360.png 480w\" sizes=\"\" alt=\"Living Bird-latest issue\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"article-item-body\"><span class=\"article-item-header\">Living Bird Magazine\u2014Latest Issue<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"article-item\"><div class=\"article-item-container\"><div class=\"article-item-media  content-article\"><figure class=\"article-item-media-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/living-bird-acrhive.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/living-bird-acrhive.png 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/living-bird-acrhive-240x180.png 240w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/living-bird-acrhive-480x360.png 480w\" sizes=\"\" alt=\"Living Bird archives\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"article-item-body\"><span class=\"article-item-header\">Living Bird Magazine Archives<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n<p>Former Cornell University ornithology professor and legendary conservation hero Dr. Tom Cade passed away in February at age 91. Cade\u2019s conviction, endless energy, and creativity made Peregrine Falcons a common raptor once again across North America, after they almost disappeared about 50 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Cade was the founding chairman of The Peregrine Fund, a nonprofit organization launched in 1970 as he established the Peregrine Falcon recovery program at Cornell University. His captive-rearing facility for the falcons was located on the grounds of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in Ithaca, New York. In 1984, Cade moved the foundation and his breeding facilities to Boise, Idaho, where he established The Peregrine Fund\u2019s World Center for Birds of Prey.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout his career, Cade was an outspoken advocate for all birds of prey, for science-based solutions in conservation biology, and for tenacious, hands-on conservation actions that produced results. In his later years, Cade was also a crusader for the wholesale removal of lead from all recreational uses, given its well-documented threats to the health of all wildlife as well as to humans.<\/p>\n<p>Cade received the Cornell Lab\u2019s prestigious Arthur A. Allen Award in 1989 in recognition of his enormous contributions to conservation and ornithology. In 2015 the Cornell Lab, with the help of a generous endowment gift from the Bobolink Foundation, established the Tom J. Cade Fund for Youth Education to support youth programs in learning about birds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTom\u2019s no-nonsense character and strong conservation convictions were accompanied by an extremely warm personality and a big, trademark smile,\u201d said Cornell Lab director John W. Fitzpatrick in remembering Cade. \u201cWe will miss him very much. A great tree has fallen.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Spring 2019 issue of Living Bird magazine. Subscribe now. Former Cornell University ornithology professor and legendary conservation hero Dr. Tom Cade passed away in February at age 91.<a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/tom-cade-the-passing-of-a-conservation-legend\/\" title=\"ReadTom Cade: The Passing of a Conservation Legend\">&#8230; Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":38866,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_tec_requires_first_save":true,"_birdpress_living_bird_toc":0,"_birdpress_living_bird_toc_title":"","_birdpress_featured_image":false,"_birdpress_hero_toggle":false,"_birdpress_hero_type":"image","_birdpress_hero_image_type":"image","_birdpress_hero_style":"default","_birdpress_hero_ratio":"","_birdpress_hero_h1":"","_birdpress_hero_media_id":0,"_birdpress_hero_media_array_id":[],"_birdpress_hero_media_array":[],"_birdpress_hero_media":0,"_birdpress_hero_video_id":0,"_birdpress_hero_video":0,"_birdpress_hero_youtube":"","_birdpress_hero_content":true,"_birdpress_hero_byline":"","_birdpress_hero_byline_bottom":"","_birdpress_hero_button_link":"","_birdpress_hero_button_text":"","_birdpress_hero_button_color":"","_birdpress_hero_date":false,"original_guid":"","_birdpress_hide_search":false,"_birdpress_page_width":"","_birdpress_global_cta":false,"_birdpress_widget_sidebar":"","_birdpress_next_article":0,"_birdpress_next_article_title":"","_birdpress_prev_article":0,"_birdpress_prev_article_title":"","_birdpress_sub_navigation_id":0,"_birdpress_sub_navigation":"","_birdpress_sub_navigation_title":false,"_birdpress_anchor_navigation_id":0,"_birdpress_anchor_navigation":"","_birdpress_postType":"both","_birdpress_categoryID":0,"_birdpress_tagID":0,"_birdpress_parentPostID":0,"_birdpress_parentPostTitle":"","_birdpress_menuID":0,"_birdpress_menuName":"","_birdpress_listHeader":"","_birdpress_listLayout":"card-display","_birdpress_listColumns":"","_birdpress_maxItems":12,"_birdpress_listPaginate":true,"_birdpress_displaySort":true,"_birdpress_sortOrder":"DESC","_birdpress_sortBy":"date","_birdpress_listID":"","_birdpress_listClass":"","_birdpress_displayImages":true,"_birdpress_displayCaptions":false,"_birdpress_displayExcerpts":false,"_birdpress_attTop":"","_birdpress_attBottom":"","_birdpress_showLogos":false,"_birdpress_post_logo":0,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_tribe_blocks_recurrence_rules":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_description":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_exclusions":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_topic":0,"wds_primary_content-format":0,"wds_primary_cornell-lab-project":0,"wds_primary_host-project":0,"wds_primary_read-more-tag":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"topic":[1103,998],"content-format":[1055],"cornell-lab-project":[1069],"host-project":[],"read-more-tag":[],"class_list":["post-38864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","topic-news","topic-news-and-features","content-format-article","cornell-lab-project-living-bird-magazine"],"metadata":{"associated-posts":[""],"wpa_off":[""],"_edit_lock":["1702322487:2"],"_edit_last":["2"],"_thumbnail_id":["38866"],"wdsi_message_id":[""],"wdsi_do_not_show":[""],"custom-byline":["<h5>By Hugh Powell<\/h5>"],"banner-video":[""],"banner-image":[""],"fallback-videobanner-image":[""],"original_guid":[""],"banner-text-style":["light"],"banner-style":["default"],"featured-image-display":["no"],"hide-from-search":["no"],"_birdpress_next_article":[""],"_birdpress_prev_article":[""],"_webdados_fb_open_graph_specific_image":[""],"_webdados_fb_open_graph_specific_description":[""],"_wds_focus-keywords":[""],"_wp_old_date":["2019-03-28"],"_wds_trimmed_excerpt":["From the Spring 2019 issue of Living Bird magazine. 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