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A Blue Jay hangs upside down on the bottom of a wreath tube feeder full of peanuts, with a peanut in its beak.
Winter Bird Feeding 101
February 01, 2024 — Learn how to safely attract Great Lakes winter birds to your space
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A group of several members of the Calumet Land Conservation Partnership gathered at the Celebration of Conservation event to accept the Force of Nature Award.
Audubon Great Lakes and Partners Recognized for Work Together to Restore and Conserve the Calumet Region
February 01, 2024 — Calumet Land Conservation Partnership Receives a Chicago Wilderness Alliance Force of Nature Award
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Indiana House of Representatives Passes HB 1383, Threatening Wetlands Protections
January 24, 2024 — Statement Attributable to Policy Director of Freshwater for Audubon Great Lakes, Brian Vigue
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Audubon staff and members pose for a portrait holding signs advocating for the protection of Indiana wetlands during advocacy day at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis.
Audubon flocks to Indiana Statehouse for Audubon Great Lakes Advocacy Day, calls for wetlands protections
January 22, 2024 — Hoosiers urge policy makers to protect wildlife and wetlands
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Birds Need Habitat. Urge State Lawmakers to Protect Indiana’s Wetlands
January 10, 2024 — More than 300,000 wetland acres at-risk of destruction in Indiana
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Black Tern in wetland habitat.
Making a Splash: Audubon Great Lakes and MI Birds At Blue Water Sturgeon Festival
June 16, 2023 — In the Great Lakes, birds and fish have a lot in common!
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Powderhorn Lake overhead view
Habitat Restoration Progress at Powderhorn Lake Forest Preserve
March 16, 2022 — Construction underway at major habitat restoration project in the Calumet Region
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Two people in a boat monitoring Black Terns.
Working to Keep the Great Lakes “Great” for the Birds that Need It the Most
March 04, 2022 — How the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative is supporting Audubon Great Lakes' and partners' work to protect vulnerable birds across the Great Lakes region
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Black Tern in flight.
Audubon Great Lakes Equips Small Tracking Devices to Study Michigan’s Vulnerable Black Terns
September 29, 2021 — ‘NanoTags’ help researchers to understand marsh birds’ steep population declines over the past half-century
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Volunteer Mark Harder in a kayak on the water scouting his survey area for Black Terns.
Volunteers Show Up in Record-Breaking Numbers to Monitor Vulnerable Michigan Birds
August 24, 2021 — Audubon Great Lakes thanks volunteers for their participation in three community science programs to track how birds are responding to local conservation efforts
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