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• Identified more than 200 new IBAs in 2005 bringing the total number of IBAs to 1900 in 39 states. States adding IBAs to the list include, but are not limited to, 13 in Indiana, 14 in Maryland, five in Minnesota, six in Nebraska, 20 in New Jersey, roughly nine in New York, one in Pennsylvania, and 37 in Wisconsin.
• The IBA Adoption network continued to grow in 2005 with IBAs being adopted in Colorado, North Carolina, and Ohio.
• Audubon’s online IBA database was released to all staff in 2005 and approximately a quarter of all states are taking full advantage of the new application
• New IBA coordinators or Bird Conservation Directors were hired in Arkansas, Arizona, Indiana, Virginia, and a staff member added at the national IBA program level.
• IBA programs have been part of the foundation for the newly emerging Mississippi River Campaign and IBA staff from throughout the region have participated in the development of this conservation effort.
• The IBA Program was a key component of the first ever Audubon Chapter Leadership retreat at the Hog Island Camp in Maine and a featured symposium at the Audubon Ohio Assembly. Additionally, IBAs were recognized through public events in Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Minnesota, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, and Pennsylvania.
• Partnerships between Audubon and the Land Trust Alliance, the U.S. Shorebird Conservation Initiative, the Waterbird Conservation for the Americas Initiative, the U.S National Ramsar Committee, and the Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network have all been strengthened in 2005 with a focus on IBAs.

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