Nature Sounds Society: NSS Newsletter

The Nature Sounds Newsletter was published in print twice a year. We are in the process of replacing it with blogs and email newsletters. Articles are drawn from the community of people interested in hearing and recording the sounds of nature.

Membership in the NSS entitles you to a subscription to the Newsletter.

Following are the tables of contents from the issues of NSS Newsletter, from Spring 1998 back to Spring 1985. Many of the articles are also available for your reading pleasure.

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Winter 2001 Spring 1998 Winter 1997 Spring 1997 Fall 1996	Winter 1995 Spring 1995 Winter 1994 Spring 1994	Fall 1992 Spring 1992 Spring 1991 Winter 1990	Summer 1990 Winter 1989 Summer 1989 Summer 1988	Spring 1988 Fall 1987 Spring 1987 Winter 1986	Fall 1986 Spring 1986 Fall 1985 Spring 1985
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	Winter 2001 Entire Newsletter (13 MB pdf)
	Spring 1998 Letter From the Chair Recording Possibilities for the Spring, Summer and Fall Sound Recording Adventures in Antarctica (3): Recording at the Sea-Ice Edge The Recording Club at the Sacramento NWR
	Winter 1997 Letter From The Chair Editor's Note: The NSS Website Sound Recording Adventures in Antarctica (2): Sounds of Antarctic Glaciers & Rock Earprints on the Air: New Radio Show Gives Air Time to Nature Sounds Spring Tech Talk & the Sounds Of Antarctica Lucky 13! - 13th Annual Field Recording Workshop Review The Niche Hypothesis: Creature Vocalizations and the Relationship Between Natural Sound and Music Long Live Analog! Great Deals in Used Nagras
	Spring 1997 Bioacoustics: A New Journal Dawn Songs of the Flycatcher Poetic Expression Letter From the Chair 5/97 Editor's Note: The NSS Website The Gathering Place Why Do We Sound Record? - A View From Kathy Turco
	Fall 1996 Letter From The Chairman Grand Canyon Air Raid Alert Etymotic Research ER-4 Earphones A Naturalist in the Rainforest Sound Recording Adventures in Antarctica (1): A Morning With the Emperors Newsletter Changes NSS Recording Club Firsts National Watchable Wildlife Conference '96
	Winter 1995 The Human Nature Of Birds by Theodore Xenophon Barber, Ph.D., Review A New Source of Sounds... Sounds of Sumatra Introduction From The Chair Recording Club Soundculture '96 Audio Editing Programs Watchable Wildlife Conference In Memorium: Fred Trumbull Join the Recording Club! Spare Equipment Collecting Dust? National Parks As "Bowling Alleys"? Is the Ocean Getting Noisier?
	Spring 1995 Fellowship Grant Awarded to NSS Member Conservation Notes Field Workshop Equipment Review Ambisonic Sound Technology Pt. 2
	Winter 1994 Reflections on the Tenth Anniversary of the NSS Ambisonics: The Art Of "Being There" Editor's Note - Conservation AAAS Concert Tenth Annual Field Workshop The Oakland Museum Concert: Music With Birds, Frogs and Other Creatures The Greening of the Industry
	Spring 1994 Memorial Note [Don Linsdale] AAAS/NSS Symposium AAAS/NSS Itinerary Interfusion-An Installation
	Fall 1992 Review - Fall '92 Events: A Day Of Nature Sounds Conservation Issues Events: A New Sound Lab at California Library Of Natural Sounds Technical: Choosing A Recorder - Part I: Cassette Machines Last Stand - Using Rare Spotted Owl Recordings Recording The Spotted Owl
	Spring 1992 Review - Spring '92 Technical: MS Stereo Recording A Day Of Nature Sounds Events: A Member of the Chorus Birding: What is the Avian Dawn Chorus? Travel: Recording the Total Eclipse
	Spring 1991 Spring '91 - Point Reyes National Seashore - Thundering Skies Birding In Texas Seventh Annual Field Workshop - June 21-23 Quiet Places: Aircraft Overflight Study Travel: A Global Dawn Chorus
	Winter 1990 Resources: California Library Of Natural Sounds Technical - Winter '90 To Dolby Or Not To Dolby Amplified Ears
	Summer 1990 Review - Summer '90 Annual Field Workshop Features New Activities & Demonstrations Recording the San Francisco Wave Organ Birdsong Course For the Blind Paul Covel: A Tribute Quiet Places Telluride Composer to Composer Festival Conservation Issues - Summer '90 Why Learn Bird Song? Organization Educates on Dangers of Hearing Loss Rainforest Conference Recording With R-DAT and M-S Stereo Microphones
	Winter 1989 Album Releases - Winter '89 Let Nature Sing New Music With Birds, Frogs & Other Creatures Recording The Sounds That Remain St. Louis & The News
	Summer 1989 Profile: Gordon Hempton Birding By Ear Diet's Relationship To Hearing The State Of Wilderness Sound One Square Inch For Peace & Quiet The Focal Point Parabolic Reflector Quiet Places Committee Sounds Of Washington's Natural History Nature Sound Recording Resources
	Summer 1988 Quiet Places - An Endangered Habitat Chairwoman's Statement Recording Nature Sounds For Film A Sound Celebration Recording Tips For Beginners Hypothesis: New Perspectives For The Role Of Biological Habitat Ambience Fourth Annual Spring Recording Workshop Tuning In to the Sounds of Nature Metering A Search For Musical Compositions With Nature Sounds
	Spring 1988 A Sound Celebration Chairwoman's Statement Recording Tips For Beginners Tuning In to the Sounds of Nature
	Fall 1987 New Nature Sounds Cassettes From Eleanor Pugh Nature/Arts Column I Have Never Seen A Sound Notes From Eleanor Pugh Third Annual Field Workshop Chairman's Statement Fourth International Wildlife Film-maker's Symposium One Hundred Fifth Meeting of the American Ornithologist's Union (AOU) Techniques Of Nature Sound Recording Field Recording Trip, December 5th & 6th Letter From Africa Networking
	Spring 1987 New Sounds in the Natural Sciences Gallery (Spring '87) Paul Matzner Demonstrates How a Gallery Sound Tape is Made Annual Field Workshop, June 1987 Mid-Winter Recording at the Sacramento Wildlife Refuge Bird Sounds At The Alviso Refuge Children's Corner: Sound Activities Tuning in to Bird Sounds: A Workshop Berkeley Rep's Next Production & Nature Company's Next Album Use Natural Sound Sampling
	Winter 1986 Donation Of Records NSS Member Activity Do's & Don'ts Of Field Recording Red River Hog Study Whale Exhibit Second Annual Field Recording Workshop
	Fall 1986 Cassettes Of Recorded Songs By Eleanor A. Pugh & Catherine Thexton - Fall '86 Sound Designer James Le Brecht Helps Set the Mood in "The Night Of the Iguana" International Conference Of Ornithology At Ottawa, June 23-28 An Early Summer Gathering At Yuba Pass Territorial Flight Of The Common Snipe Singing Sand Vocalizations of the Nigerian Red River - Hog Visit To Cornell Laboratory Of Ornithology Sounds Enrich San Francisco's Zoo Monkey Environment Primate Center Nocternal Gallery Sound Track Equator: A Report Of Wilderness Sounds Museum Docents Use Sound Tapes Raptor Sounds Will Fill Oakland Museum Gallery NSS Newsletter Editorship Changes Hands
	Spring 1986 Book: Discovering Sierra Birds - Spring '86 Gallery Sounds NSS Logo Second Annual Field Recording Workshop Recording On International Wildlife Tours General Meeting Geographical Song Variation In Birds Elephants Can Call Long Distance Earthwatch Galapagos Research Project
	Fall 1985 Bird Song Tapes Nature/Arts Column Sounds of the Bottlenose Dolphin Singing Sequences, the "Unknown Avian Language" Northwest Chapter of NSS Nature Sounds in the News Field Recording Parabolic Reflector: Making An Inexpensive One Northwest Retreat
	Spring 1985 Nature/Arts Column Chairman's Message Bird Identification By Sound Workshop Northwest Chapter of NSS

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