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Snowy Plover. Max Malmquist/Audubon
Governor Cox Declares 2021 as Year of the Shorebird at Great Salt Lake
May 12, 2021 — Declaration celebrates 30th anniversary of Great Salt Lake as a Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network Site
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Black Phoebe. Marie Jorgensen/Great Backyard Bird Count
Arizona Passes Law that Partially Protects Some Rivers Left Behind from Federal Clean Water Act Rollbacks
May 10, 2021 — While better than no protection, state program lacks essential provisions to best protect Arizona’s waterways
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Black Phoebe. Marie Jorgensen/Great Backyard Bird Count
Arizona aprueba una ley que protege parcialmente algunos ríos dejados atrás de los retrocesos de la Ley Federal de Agua Limpia
May 10, 2021 — Si bien es mejor que ninguna protección, el programa estatal carece de disposiciones esenciales para proteger mejor las vías fluviales de Arizona.
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Liliana Marcela Ospina Sanchez and Juan Carlos Rubiano Reyes. Raíces Profundas Turismo Ecológico y Cultural
To Raise Awareness, Some Colombian Birders Won’t Participate in Global Big Day
May 07, 2021 — Amid social unrest and widespread human rights violations, birding groups are planning a boycott. The decision has spurred controversy.
Snowy Plover. Frank Lehman/Audubon Photography Awards
Audubon Chapters Taking Local Action for Birds and People in the Arid West
May 07, 2021 — 2021 Western Water Network Grants Support Five Western Chapters
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Sandhill Cranes. Chokchai Leangsuksun/Audubon Photography Awards
Migrating Birds Need Our Help
May 07, 2021 — An update on Audubon's policy efforts to protect migratory birds.
Marbled Godwits. Peter Brannon/Audubon Photography Awards
New Grant Enables Partners to Advance Shorebird Planning at Nevada Wetlands
May 06, 2021 — National Fish and Wildlife Foundation supports collaborative efforts to enhance habitat and monitor shorebirds
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Lesser Prairie-Chicken. Doug Kliewer/Audubon Photography Awards
Endangered Species Deadline Looms for the Lesser Prairie-Chicken
May 05, 2021 — Federal wildlife officials have until May 26 to make a decision with high stakes for a vulnerable bird and the southern Great Plains.
A molting Wood Warbler is posed with its wing outstretched during bird banding on a cocoa farm in Cameroon. Crinan Jarrett
Scientists Make a Sweet Discovery on a West African Cocoa Farm
May 05, 2021 — Molting Wood Warblers studied on farmland in Cameroon suggest cocoa operations can provide great bird habitat if nearby trees are left standing.
Yellow-billed Cuckoo. Mary Miguez/Audubon Photography Awards
Over 150,000 Acres of Critical Habitat Designated for the Western Yellow-billed Cuckoo in Arizona
May 05, 2021 — How Audubon made a difference for one of the West's most imperiled birds.
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