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Meet the 88-Year-Old ‘Unlikely Birder’ On a Quest to Link Two Famed National Parks

By Carmen Kohlruss
September 18, 2023 — A youthful spirit has powered Lowell Young’s decades of advocacy on behalf of birds and habitats, including his contributions to a campaign to create the proposed Range of Light National Monument.
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Five Ways Bison Benefit Birds

By Zoe Grueskin
September 15, 2023 — A new initiative to bring back the gargantuan grazers could have major benefits for grassland species.
Renewable Energy

New BIG WIRES Act Would Help Achieve a Clean Energy Future for Birds and People

By National Audubon Society
September 15, 2023 — “We have an urgent need to equitably and responsibly build out our nation's clean energy transmission infrastructure.”
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Eastern Black Rail by Yulia Avgustinovich

By The Editors
September 12, 2023 — Location: 307 Elm Street NW, Washington D.C. 20001
A great egret looks at its reflection
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National Audubon Society Announces New Chief Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging Officer

By National Audubon Society
September 11, 2023 — Lisette Martinez Will Lead Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging For Conservation Organization.
A Razorbill stands on rocks with fish in its beak.
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A Spectacle of Life on Seal Island

By Celeste Flahaven
September 11, 2023 — Seabirds were once extirpated from the Gulf of Maine's Seal Island National Wildlife Refuge. Today, thanks in part to Audubon’s Seabird Institute, it's the site of several breeding seabird colonies.
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Proposed Rule Change Would Bring BLM Oil and Gas Leasing into the Modern Era

By Christopher Simmons
September 08, 2023 — Change would prioritize habitat, sacred lands and other considerations when granting oil and gas leases.
A landscape of a river.
Western Water News

Audubon to Provide Water to Albuquerque’s Rio Grande Stretch to Protect Birds, Fish, and Communities

By Paul Tashjian
August 31, 2023 — Through partnerships, Audubon helps to keep the Rio Grande alive in town.
Close up of a brown and white bird with a long curved yellow beak looking at the camera, held in someone's hands.
Western Water News

A Migrating Cuckoo Named Hummus Makes a Tasty Case for Land Conservation

By Lauren Leffer
August 31, 2023 — On its international journey south, one federally threatened bird has passed through at least six protected areas.
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Warmer Oceans Are Driving More Frequent Seabird Die-Offs, Preventing Populations From Recovering

By Anna Gibbs
August 31, 2023 — A new study used long-term volunteer data to show that marine heatwaves are linked to mass avian mortality at sea.