Andy McGlashen

Senior Editor, Audubon magazine
About

Senior editor Andy McGlashen joined the Audubon staff in 2018 after a previous role as editorial fellow. His reporting for the magazine has taken him inside prisons, to otherworldly saline lakes, and into the skies above the Everglades. Andy holds a master’s degree in environmental journalism from Michigan State University. He lives in Chicago. 

Articles by Andy McGlashen

Oil Market Woes Raise Concerns That More Wells Will Be ‘Orphaned’
April 10, 2020 — When energy companies go bust, taxpayers are often on the hook to clean up abandoned wells that pose environmental hazards.
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This Was Supposed to Be Their Birding Big Year—and Then the Coronavirus Arrived
March 26, 2020 — These extreme birders know there are much more important impacts from the pandemic, but it still hurts to watch their plans dissolve.
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Meet the Inmates Working to Rebuild the Greater Sage-Grouse's Home
March 25, 2020 — Participants in the Sagebrush in Prisons Project find peace and purpose helping the bird's habitat recover from increasingly devastating wildfires.
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Amid Global Pandemic, Federal Government Pushes Ahead on Fossil Fuel Leasing and Bird-Protection Rollbacks
March 19, 2020 — As the coronavirus crisis deepens, conservation groups are calling on the Interior Department to give a distressed public more time to comment on controversial policy changes.
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Birding Is the Perfect Activity While Practicing Social Distancing
March 13, 2020 — This global pandemic has us all pretty freaked out. Handled responsibly, open space and wildlife observation might be just the balm you need.
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Without Solid Science, Government Plans to Expand Cormorant-Killing Efforts
February 06, 2020 — The Fish and Wildlife Service is considering a nationwide program to kill the fish-eating birds, which scientists say have been unfairly persecuted.
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Federal Government Moves to Gut America's Most Important Bird Law
January 30, 2020 — A change to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act would make permanent the administration's position that killing birds is legal if it's unintentional.
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New Federal Water Rules Ditch Protections for Wetlands and Small Streams
January 23, 2020 — Despite scientific pushback, the Trump administration's updated regulations loosen oversight on millions of miles of waterways.
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Cookies, Honey, Tangerines, Manure—These Birds Have Some Strange Scents
January 23, 2020 — There's still a lot scientists don't know about odor in the avian world, but this much is clear: Some species really smell.
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A New Bill Aims to Counter the Rollback of a Bedrock Bird Law
January 08, 2020 — The Migratory Bird Protection Act would buttress the Migratory Bird Treaty Act while accelerating action to save birds from industrial deaths.
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