A Western Meadowlark opens its mouth to vocalize.

Conservation at Audubon Rockies

Learn how we conserve birds using outreach, restoration, and policy.

Western Meadowlark. Photo: James Halsch/Audubon Photography Awards

Audubon's Home in the Rockies

As a regional office of the National Audubon Society, we holistically address the core threats facing birds at the landscape scale. Within communities, we create connections with nature and empower people to help conserve it. Across working lands, we advance the management of millions of acres of sagebrush steppe and shortgrass prairie. And we work to restore and protect the vital rivers and wetlands that sustain our arid region.

How We're Making a Difference for Birds

Greater Sage-Grouse display at sunrise in front of a herd of cattle.

Conservation Ranching in the Rockies

Stabilize declining grassland bird populations in partnership with farmers and ranchers.

Three American Avocets take flight from a wetland.

Gillmor Sanctuary

Protecting critically important shorebird habitat along Great Salt Lake.

Two girls walk through a stream.

Community Naturalist

Creating lasting connections with nature and cultivate new conservationists.

A hummingbird drinks from red flowers.

Habitat Hero

Creating habitat for birds through bird-friendly gardening in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming.

An American Dipper stands in a river.

Western Rivers

Creating healthier Coloradan rivers and wetlands for birds, wildlife, and people.

A male Greater Sage-Grouse.

Sagebrush Steppe in the Rockies

Advancing pragmatic conservation solutions for the sagebrush ecosystem that balance the needs of people and birds in Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah.

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