"Bird Town" may soon be everywhere in Salisbury Township.

Placement of Bird Town signs and other projects were discussed at a recent meeting of the Salisbury Township Environmental Advisory Council.

STEAC Chairperson Kreg Ulery mentioned several possible locations for the signs for "Bird Town," an Audubon Pennsylvania program in which Salisbury participates.

Main thoroughfares in the township being considered include Emmaus Avenue, Lehigh Street, Cedar Crest Boulevard, South Fourth Street and Broadway.

The signs may be located at, on or near "Welcome To Salisbury" signs. The STEAC is to check with Salisbury Township Director of Public Works John Andreas concerning further guidance and installation plans.

There are 22 "Bird Towns" in Pennsylvania. There are four in the Lehigh Valley. These, in addition to Salisbury, include Lower Macungie, Allentown and Bethlehem.

"What we want to do is teach that 'Bird Town' is phenomenal. I don't know that people understand it," Commissioner Joanne Ackerman, township board of commissioners STEAC representative said.

"We should encourage people to plant trees," Ackerman offered.

"Bird Town" is a designation awarded by the Audubon Society.

One of the "Bird Town" programs is the "Healthy Yard Pledge," whereby homeowners and garden centers are encouraged to use native plants.

The Lehigh Valley Bird Town Coalition workshop on rare native plants May 3 at the Unitarian Universalist Church of the Lehigh Valley, 424 Center St., Bethlehem, was lauded.

STEAC member Jane Benning, who attends the Unitarian church, said approximately 1,500 native plants were sold. "That was spectacular," Salisbury Township Director of Planning and Zoning Cynthia Sopka said of the event.

At the May 21 meeting, STEAC members discussed "Earth Fair," held April 26 in Lindberg Park.

"Either we should change the date or talk about doing a different event," Ackerman said.

"Everywhere there's always something going on," Ulery said.

"If you could, coordinate it [Earth Fair] with someone else," Sopka said, mentioning Wildlands Conservancy.

"It was definitely an improvement over last year," STEAC Vice Chair Glenn Miller said of Earth Fair.

Sopka said STEAC could take the lead in planting native plants at the township municipal building complex.

Sopka said one project STEAC could consider is Walking Purchase Park, noting, "I would advocate getting a cleanup going."

Miller asked about the progress of placing surveillance cameras in Walking Purchase Park.

"Walking Purchase Park is in bad shape. I hear complaints about it all the time," Sopka said.

The STEAC next meets 7 p.m. June 18 in the township municipal building meeting room.