Great Egret and Double-crested Cormorant. Judylynn Malloch/Audubon Photography Awards

Jonathan Franzen’s Mighty Wind

A recent article by Jonathan Franzen in the New Yorker asks if the conservation community's efforts to fight climate change actually detract from more immediate actions to protect birds and wildlife today. 

Below, Audubon and others from around the web answer this misguided rhetorical question with a resounding no.

Friends Like These
Friends Like These

“Bird lover” Jonathan Franzen commits an act of extreme intellectual dishonesty.

Reality Check
Reality Check

Readers, activists, and conservationists from around the web respond to Jonathan Franzen’s recent essay.