Also in this issue: Audubon testimony | Student advocates | Americas Flyway Initiative
| AUDUBON ADVISORY March 2024 | | | | |
| The America's Conservation Enhancement Reauthorization Act—also known as the ACE Act—would reauthorize funding for the conservation of wetlands and fish habitats that are critical for birds' survival. Read more | | | | |
| Earlier this month, Glenn Olson, Audubon's Donal O'Brien Chair in Bird Conservation, delivered testimony before the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries on the need for increasing dedicated conservation funding for birds and other wildlife. Read the full testimony and take action | | | | | | |
| Last fall, 27 Audubon on Campus members traveled to Washington, DC to urge their legislators to protect birds and people from climate change—and what they took back home will serve them for years to come. Read more | | | Participants at the 2023 Seabird Fly-In in Washington, DC. | | | | | | |
| Birds are indicator species of ecosystem health. A new initiative is using birds' migratory routes to identify geographic hotspots for biodiversity and strategic funding opportunities for sustainable projects that yield economic, environmental, and social returns on investment. Read more (en español) | | | | | | |
| Clean energy is key to reducing carbon pollution and protecting bird species from climate change, but projects must minimize wildlife impacts. Recent changes to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) incidental take permitting process will help avoid conflicts between eagles and clean energy projects across the U.S. The rule establishes a new general permit under the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act where wind energy and transmission operators reduce risks to birds by committing to conservation measures and monitoring bird populations at their sites. Read more | | | | Good news! Earlier this week, the House Natural Resources Committee advanced the Migratory Birds of the Americas Conservation Enhancements Act—a bipartisan bill that would reauthorize and enhance the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act (NMBCA). Since 2002, the NMBCA grant program has funded more than 700 projects in 35 countries, conserving 350 species. The legislation advanced this week would strengthen this program at a time when our nation's migratory bird populations are in significant decline. Nearly 18,000 Audubon advocates like you have taken action, urging their members of Congress to support this critical legislation. Thank you! Read more and take action | | | | | |
| Photos from top: Kevin Sim/Audubon Photography Awards; Evan Barrientos/Audubon Rockies; Sydney Walsh/Audubon; Mark Wright/Audubon Photography Awards; Rajan Desai/Audubon Photography Awards (left); Gary Robinette/Audubon Photography Awards (right) | | | | |
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