Climate-Smart Agriculture | What to Know About Ambler Road in AK

Also in this issue: $8.5 million to restore and protect Great Salt Lake 

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AUDUBON ADVISORY November 2023

What You Need to Know About Ambler Road in Alaska Audubon and advocates are calling on the U.S. Department of the Interior to revoke the permits for the proposed Ambler Road—a 211-mile-long industrial corridor carving through Alaska's Brooks Range. If built, the road would threaten North America's largest protected and roadless region, as well as food security and clean water for Alaska Native Tribes. Read more and take action

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$8.5 Million Awarded to Restore and Protect Great Salt Lake Wetlands The wetlands surrounding Great Salt Lake provide crucial habitat for millions of migratory birds. The Great Salt Lake Watershed Enhancement Trust—co-led by Audubon and The Nature Conservancy—is awarding funds and supporting efforts to build longer-term resiliency for these wetlands in the face of drought and climate change. Read more Black-necked Stilt.

Audubon Testimony on Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act Renewal  Last month, Audubon Florida VP/Executive Director Julie Wraithmell testified before the U.S. House in support of conservation funding for America's migratory birds. Read testimony and take action Baltimore Oriole.

Lights Out Program Expands in North Carolina and Beyond Audubon's Lights Out program is gaining momentum! This nationwide effort to protect migrating birds from building collisions now includes programs in 18 of the top 20 most-dangerous metropolitan areas for migratory birds. Read more Kane Realty will turn off unnecessary lights at its commercial buildings during spring and fall migration.

News from the Flyways

Arizona: Prioritizing Groundwater Protection in Coconino County (en español) California: After Twenty Years, Historic Water Deal Still Fails to Deliver for Salton Sea Florida: St. Johns County Dedicates $2 Million to Land Acquisition and Management Program Michigan: Detroit Residents Come Together Over Urgent Need for Climate Solutions North Carolina: First Lady Kristin Cooper Celebrates Native Plant Week (article published by The Coastland Times) South Carolina: Efforts to Protect Federally Threatened Red Knot Population Washington: State Seeks to Better Understand the Environmental Impacts of a 100% Clean Energy Transition

Impact Updates

Climate Corner Last week, the White House announced $1.7 billion in new funding for climate-smart agriculture and $145 million for the Renewable Energy for America Program (REAP) as part of $5 billion in funding for rural America. These investments will help ensure a better future both for those who maintain our working lands and for the birds and other wildlife that play a key role in rural ecosystems. Read more Western Meadowlark. Your Actions at Work This week we submitted 26,408 comments from Audubon advocates to the Department of the Interior in support of conservation and climate action within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The Arctic, an ecologically and culturally irreplaceable place, is home to millions of migratory birds. There's still time to take action on a conservation rule that would further protect, and possibly expand, the Western Arctic's designated Special Areas. If approved, these two actions would be historic wins for the Arctic. Snowy Geese.

Photos from top: Kevin Sim/Audubon Photography Awards; Mick Thompson; Sandra Rothenberg/Audubon Photography Awards; Courtesy of Kane Realty Corporation; Gail Jackson/Audubon Photography Awards (left); Matthew Knutson/Audubon Photography Awards (right)

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