Audubon California News

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Sandhill Cranes and Northern Pintails. Photo: Tom Barnwell/Audubon Photography Awards
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Volunteers are a driving force for conservation
April 05, 2018 — One Richardson Bay staff member talks about how important volunteers are to helping birds in San Francisco Bay.
Bobcat visits the Audubon Center at Debs Park
March 29, 2018 — Urban wildlife is amazing.
The ever-changing birds at the Salton Sea
March 27, 2018 — While fish-eating birds have nearly disappeared, suddenly waterfowl are appearing in numbers.
Audubon California mourns the passing Nancy McFadden
March 23, 2018 — As top advisor to Gov. Jerry Brown, McFadden helped chart California's recent political renaissance.
Administration should leave landmark desert conservation agreement alone
March 22, 2018 — Conservationists want the government to implement the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan, not undermine it
The decline of a key habitat site at the Salton Sea
March 21, 2018 — Nothing illustrates the decline of birds habitat at the Salton Sea more clearly than the story of Mullet Island.
Two important public hearings coming up on desert conservation plan
March 06, 2018 — If you're in Bakersfield or Palm Desert in the next couple of days, we could use your voice in defense of desert conservation.
Understanding the link between waterbirds and Pacific herring in San Francisco Bay
February 27, 2018 — Surveys verify that the small fish are an important food resource to a wide array of wintering waterbirds.
New legislation seeks to protect California’s birds from Trump Administration rollbacks
February 22, 2018 — Effort will give state power to maintain protections in light of administration’s gutting of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
State officials recommend endangered species protections for Tricolored Blackbird
February 21, 2018 — Fish and Game Commission is likely to decide by April whether to list the rare bird under the California Endangered Species Act.