Huntington Beach, Calif., October 6, 2021 – Petroleum from the weekend’s massive oil spill off Orange County continues to endanger shorebirds as it washes up on beaches, including at wintering grounds for the federally threatened Western Snowy Plover. “Tom Ryan, a biologist with Los Angeles Audubon, estimates that around 200 Western Snowy Plovers winter along […]
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New Audubon Study: Two-Thirds of North American Birds at Risk of Extinction Due to Climate Change
NEW YORK (October 10, 2019) – Today, the National Audubon Society announced a groundbreaking climate report, Survival by Degrees: 389 Bird Species on the Brink. “Two-thirds of America’s birds are threatened with extinction from climate change, but keeping global temperatures down will help up to 76 percent of them. There’s hope in this report, but […]
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Is Wall Construction at the National Butterfly Center About to Begin?
Feb. 5, 2019 – On Sunday, the National Butterfly Center alerted Facebook users to some alarming news: Earlier that day, construction equipment and eight local law enforcement units materialized at the 100-acre sanctuary in Mission, Texas, along the U.S.-Mexico border. Last year, Congress approved funding to build new border-wall sections atop a levee that runs through […]
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Audubon Urges California Officials to Swiftly Implement New Salton Sea Funds
SACRAMENTO, June 6, 2018 — California voters yesterday passed Proposition 68, a $4 billion state bond measure that will provide critical funding for state parks, clean water, climate change resilience, and wildlife habitat – including $200 million in funding to address the deterioration of the Salton Sea. Echoing this mandate from the electorate, the National Audubon […]
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Northern Spotted Owl named Audubon California’s 2016 Bird of the Year
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Dec. 19, 2016 – Online voters this month have named one of the most high-profile conservation touchstone species as the 2016 Audubon California Bird of the Year. The Northern Spotted Owl – which has inhabited the old-growth forests of the Pacific Northwest for thousands of years – received the designation after totaling […]
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State and Feds Agree to Protect the Salton Sea
LAKE TAHOE, CA, August 31, 2016 – A coalition of conservation groups– Defenders of Wildlife, Audubon California, the Pacific Institute and Sierra Club — today called on the State of California to use a new agreement with the Federal Government on the Salton Sea as a launching point for a renewed effort to get much-needed […]