Category Archives: Take Action

Shell’s Arctic Oil Drilling Plans are a Recipe for Disaster … Again Tell Interior Secretary Sally Jewell to reject Shell’s disastrous plans to drill in the fragile Arctic this summer. TAKE ACTION It’s unbelievable: Despite Shell’s shocking record of blunders … Continue reading →

Neonicotinoid chemicals — now the most commonly used insecticides on earth — have lethal effects on birds, bees, butterflies, and other pollinators. American Bird Conservancy and a coalition of conservation organizations, beekeepers, scientists, and business leaders are asking the EPA … Continue reading →

Dear Jeff, Please take a moment to ask the California Fish and Game Commission to adopt new regulations phasing out the use of lead in hunting ammunition, which will protect both birds and people from this dangerous toxin. In response … Continue reading →

You’ve heard this from us before: Greater Sage-Grouse is on a fast track to extinction. Without decisive action, it will continue to lose ground—and the American West will lose one of its most amazing and iconic birds. In spite of … Continue reading →

Park Champions Program  Celebrate spring by volunteering at your favorite state parks this Sunday! Join one of our Park Champions volunteer teams for an upcoming workday and help restore valuable plant and animal habitat at Palomar Mountain or repair popular … Continue reading →

We need your help to protect one of California’s most important places for birds. Please send an email today to the members of the Humboldt Bay Harbor Commission asking them to protect vital bird and Pacific herring habitat in the … Continue reading →

2015 Alert #2   Please Write to the Water Board to Stop the Foothill Tollroad   Background The Foothill tollroad would run through some of Southern California’s most intact habitat lands in Orange and San Diego Counties and literally bisect … Continue reading →

SUPPORT PERMANENTLY PROTECTING THE ARCTIC REFUGE Dear Audubon Advocate, This week, in a significant step forward for conservation, the Obama administration became the first administration to recommend that the heart of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge—its pristine coastal plain—be permanently … Continue reading →

The latest attempt by some Southern California developers to have the Coastal California Gnatcatcher removed from protections under the Endangered Species Act is pretty outrageous – they claim the bird doesn’t even exist! The delisting petition sponsored by these developers … Continue reading →

Dear Audubon Advocate, Birds have long been bellwethers of nature gone astray. And they have been telling us for a while that climate change is here, and now. The signs are clear—migrating songbirds are arriving early, and species that normally … Continue reading →

   Urge Action on Whooping Crane Shootings Whooping Cranes are one of our country’s most majestic birds—and also one of our most endangered. Though the species once ranged throughout the Great Plains and Gulf Coast regions, the Whooping Crane population … Continue reading →

Perspectives on Public Lands: The Clogged Carbon Sink: U.S. Public Lands Are the Source of 4.5 Times More Carbon Pollution Than They Can Absorb Center for American Progress (CAP) has published an opinion editorial calling for greater balance between energy … Continue reading →