Alisa Opar

Features Editor, Audubon magazine
About

Alisa Opar is the features editor at Audubon magazine.

Articles by Alisa Opar

Hey, Nature Lovers, Looking for a Good Book to Read?
April 24, 2020 — Margaret Atwood, Omar El Akkad, Delia Owens, and five other authors are here to help.
News
Cryptic Seabirds Can Hide From This Scientist, But Not From Her Spy Network
March 25, 2019 — Acoustic monitoring combined with powerful machine learning is giving researchers new insights into the elusive Ashy Storm-Petrel. It's just one way that artificial intelligence can tackle pressing conservation challenges.
News
Minnesota's Newest Sports Stadiums Take Very Different Approaches to Bird Safety
October 23, 2018 — The homes of the Vikings and the Loons stand in stark contrast when it comes to preventing avian collisions. They’re both also about to be tested.
News
Meet Liron Gertsman, the Talented Teen Who Swept the 2018 Audubon Photography Awards' Youth Category
July 30, 2018 — At 17 years old, the Vancouver native already has more than a decade of experience photographing birds. His winning shots show it.
Audubon Photography Awards
Montana Landowners Are Hooked on Luring Eagles with Deer Carcasses
May 04, 2018 — Carrion is key to studying the abundance of Bald and Golden Eagles—and a bevy of other wildlife—overwintering in the Bitterroot Valley.
Conservation News
Lasers, Drones, and Air Cannons: Inside the Effort to Save Migrating Waterfowl From a Toxic Death
December 18, 2017 — Last year thousands of geese died after being poisoned by the waters of Montana's Berkeley Pit. To prevent future such disasters at the former copper mine, a variety of new tools and warning systems are being tested.
News
Want to Spice Up Your Birding Life? Go Camping
July 28, 2017 — Get to know unfamiliar bird behaviors, sounds, and species by spending entire days and nights with them. Here are a few of your options.
Gear
Proposed Budget Cuts Signal First Attack on Current Sage-Grouse Protection Plan
May 31, 2017 — Sweeping land-use plans kept the Greater Sage-Grouse off the endangered species list. What happens if the Trump administration rolls them back?
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Is That Legal? Department of the Interior Considers Resizing or Rescinding National Monuments Under the Antiquities Act
April 26, 2017 — The law that authorizes the president to create national monuments is at risk. Here's a definitive guide to the act and how it—and the lands it protects—could be in trouble.
News
Want to Shoot Intimate Bird Portraits? Try a Portable Blind
March 24, 2017 — Disappear in plain sight with one of these four types of camouflaged hides.
Gear