We're an Audubon facility, so of course a lot of scientists study birds here, but that's not all, it's not even the most common type. Audubon protects the birds, people and places they need to live and thrive. Here, we take a look at a selection of our scientific and conservation achievements over the past 12 months. Here's a look at a selection of our policy and advocacy achievements over the past 12 months.
Audubon Conservation Ranching staff helped raise funds from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to improve the soil and replant native plants on a degraded pasture at the Rafter W Ranch, an Audubon-certified bird-friendly ranch in Colorado. Senator Tammy Baldwin went birdwatching with Audubon in Allouez Bay, in Superior, Wisconsin, to learn about the Audubon Great Lakes plan to recover from declining bird populations across the St. For the first time in the PRO (Proclamations, Resolutions and Ordinances) program of bird-friendly communities, the Wake Audubon Society of Wake County, North Carolina, successfully advocated the adoption of a municipal ordinance on native plants, a law applicable in the city of Cary, North Carolina. The Audubon campus section of San Diego City Community College presented its own Audubon mural depicting birds threatened by climate change and organized a symposium to discuss the effects of climate change with members of the surrounding community, focusing especially on how climate change will affect the inhabitants of Latin America.
The event brought together project partners, including representatives from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, the Lake Superior National Estuary Research Reserve, the Duluth Audubon Society and the Chequamegon Audubon Society, as well as local representatives from the city of Superior. The Audubon Great Lakes, in partnership with Oneida Nation and Northeastern Audubon Society, and the Cofrin Center for Biodiversity at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, are leading a voluntary initiative to monitor birds in the recently restored Oneida Nation's grasslands, swamps and forests to evaluate the success of this restoration. Audubon Americas helped support the conservation and sustainable management of mangroves and coastal wetlands in Panama and Chile. Science plays a central role in Audubon Americas' coastal resilience projects.
The National Audubon Society protects birds and the places they need, today and tomorrow, across the Americas through science, promotion, education and conservation on the ground. Last year, Audubon and the Audubon Action Fund helped more than 150,000 people make their voices heard, fighting for stronger climate measures in the Inflation Reduction Act, for the proclamation to turn off lights and native plants in cities across the country, for the protection of coastal communities and natural infrastructure that also supports bird colonies, and for better water policies across the West. The entire event was planned and executed by student leaders and leaders from the Audubon campus chapters, but the Audubon on Campus program provided support throughout the process. To better understand birds and the places they need, the National Audubon Society asks community scientists to conduct bird counts starting May 5 (Great World Day) and until the end of June at priority locations along western rivers, and particularly in the Colorado River basin.
