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November 2009

• Explore Important Bird Areas and the Sagebrush Initiative through Google Earth
  158 Important Bird Areas have been identified across the focal region of Audubon’s Sagebrush Initiative. Explore these Important Bird Areas and learn more about the initiative here...

October 2009

• Important Bird Area Helps Curb Sprawl in Maryland!
  Recent IBA success was met when Wicomico County's Planning and Zoning Appeals Board denied development within the heart of the 180,000-acre Pocomoke-Nassawango IBA. Read more...

September 2009

• Become Important to an Important Bird Area!
  Check out conservation tips from Audubon in The Daily Green, including a highlight of the Important Bird Areas Program and a success story at a Connecticut Important Bird Area. Read more ...

April 2009

• Senior Scientist receives TogetherGreen fellowship.
  With this fellowship, Dr. Iain Stenhouse will focus on engaging stakeholders in site assessment and learn more about the best ways to engage the community in conservation. Read more...

February 2009

• Major Victory for Birds
  Efforts to develop a Navy landing field near Pocosin Lakes NWR, a Global Important Bird Area, have been dropped, thanks to the efforts of Audubon North Carolina staff and volunteers. Click here for more details on the decision.

• Oil spill threatens IBAs in the San Francisco Bay Area
  Click here to see the immediate impacts of the November oil spill to birds and their critical habitats, and learn more about what you can do to help. Click here to see other IBAs in California.
  

January 2008

• Learn more about the IBAs on Lake Champlain!
  Five IBAs in VT and NY are highlighted in videos, as part of a project funded by the Lake Champlain Basin Program and the Lucy D. Nisbet Foundation. Watch Now
• Green Island
  Richard Moore, an outdoor writer, photographer, and reporter, documents Audubon’s long-term conservation work at Green Island Rookery, a Texas IBA for Reddish Egret and other species! Watch Now

October 2007

• Louisiana IBA Program
  Louisiana Public Broadcasting Highlights the Important Bird Areas Program! Click Here to watch the video.

June 2007

• IBAs Within Driving Distance of Las Vegas
  Click Here to read about several NV Important Bird Areas highlighted in an Audubon Magazine web exclusive.
• Mountaintop Mining
  Click Here to read about a critical threat to Appalachia in the latest issue of Audubon Magazine.

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Updated November 2009