Category Archives: Conservation
Take Action for Belted Kingfishers: Speak Out Against Mercury Pollution
Help Stop Mercury Pollution in Belted Kingfisher Habitat Speak out by May 14th to protect the Ohio River watershed>> Belted Kingfishers are often seen perched on branches above a river, or hovering on rapidly beating wings before diving headfirst into … Continue reading
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What Do Birds Eat? Your Photo Can Help Answer the Question.
Doug Tallamy, of ‘Bringing Nature Home’ fame, has launched a new scientific endeavor at the University of Delaware in an effort to fill in the missing links between specific native plants, specific insects, and specific bird species that eat those … Continue reading
Alert: Speak up to save nesting Piping Plovers
NESTING PIPING PLOVERS AND THEIR CHICKS IMMINENTLY THREATENED Piping Plovers build their nests and raise their chicks on the beaches of Cape Hatteras National Seashore. Modest, science-based protections, put in place in 2008, have helped this endangered bird nest successfully … Continue reading
Bird Conservation News – Gulf-Wide Effort to Protect Beach Nesting Birds
Five Years After Deepwater Horizon Spill, Growing Gulf-Wide Effort Protects Beach Nesting Birds The Deepwater Horizon spill was a horrific event that impacted the lives of many families as well as the gulf environment. But there are bright spots … Continue reading
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Help Hummingbirds Now
Hummingbirds are the smallest birds and also some of the toughest. Always on the lookout for their next food source, they must sync their long migrations with the flowering of nectar-bearing plants. But now climate change threatens this delicate balance. … Continue reading
Get Your Garden Ready for Spring Visitors!
Garden for Wildlife Month is just a few short days away! With springtime in full bloom and people everywhere getting outside into their gardens, we’ve designated May Garden for Wildlife Month. May is a critical time for many wildlife species. … Continue reading
Stop Shell’s new Arctic drilling plans
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
Take Action: Protect Birds & Bees from Toxic Neonic Pesticides
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
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Victory for phase-out of lead ammunition
We have great news! The California Fish and Game Commission passed the regulations to phase-out lead ammunition at today’s hearing.Today’s decision implements Assembly Bill 711, which Audubon California co-sponsored in 2013 with Defenders of Wildlife and the Humane Society of … Continue reading
EPA, Lowe’s Act to Protect Pollinators, Northern Spotted Owl ESA Status Review
Broad Alliance Critiques EPA’s Announcement on Bee-Harming Pesticides, Urges Agency to go Further to Protect Pollinators On April 2, 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a moratorium on new bee- and bird- harming neonicotinoid pesticide … Continue reading
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Endangered Habitats League defends Gnatcatcher listing
The development industry has not given up on delisting the gnatcatcher, but the science is against them. When the diminutive California gnatcatcher was listed as an endangered species in 1993, it transformed conservation in Southern California. Previously, coastal sage scrub … Continue reading
Protect our birds from toxic lead
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
Citizen Science Opportunity – Botanical Survey
CITIZEN SCIENCE BOTANICAL SURVEY Tuesday March 31, 2015 9:00 AM San Dieguito River Park Office 18372 Sycamore Creek Rd., Escondido, CA 92025 CALLING ALL PLANT ENTHUSIASTS & CITIZEN SCIENTISTS! Please join the Conservancy and Keir Morse, Professional Field Botanist & … Continue reading
Act Now: No Further Delays in Protecting Grouse!
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
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Volunteer at Palomar Mountain
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
Six Ways to Save Monarchs
from Wildlife Promise 17 2/10/2015 // By David Mizejewski/ Monarch butterflies are in trouble. Over the last few decades, populations of these iconic orange and black butterflies have declined by over 90 percent. The National Wildlife Federation is teaming up … Continue reading
Protect Humboldt Bay Birds
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
Audubon California Enews and Take Action to Save California Gnatcatcher
AUDUBON CALIFORNIA NEWS February 2015 Tell the Feds the Gnatcatcher exists 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 … Continue reading
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