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Upper Mississippi River News

Updates from Minnesota, Iowa, and Missouri.

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Audubon Takes Minnesota and Wisconsin Policy Makers on Tour of Upper Mississippi

June 08, 2023 — Remaining river floodplain forests provide biodiversity, flood mitigation.

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Supporting Our Community

June 03, 2020 — The outdoors – and the joy of birds – should be safe and welcoming for all people.

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New Audubon Science: Two-Thirds of North American Birds at Risk of Extinction Due to Climate Change

October 10, 2019 — Enter your zip code into Audubon’s Birds and Climate Visualizer and it will show you how climate change will impact your birds and your community and includes ways you can help.

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Austin celebrates Bird City Minnesota designation

October 04, 2019 — The city will be presented with an official Bird City designation during the International Migratory Bird Day on Saturday, October 5

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City of Austin to celebrate becoming a Bird City

September 25, 2019 — Austin will be presented with their official Bird City designation during events at the International Migratory Bird Day

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Birds in Focus brings together birds and photography

July 30, 2019 — Audubon is partnering with Canon and Best Buy for free bird photography event at the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge

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Wetland managers need to “scale up” restoration planning according to new paper

June 26, 2019 — Marsh birds may respond to agriculture and development up to 4 miles away from the marsh, highlighting the importance of landscape-level conservation efforts.

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