Your Actions at Work | Urgent Updates from the Colorado River

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Trouble viewing this e-mail? Try our web version. |  Audubon Advisory  June 2026 Pileated Woodpecker. The Most Important Forest Management Tool You’ve Probably Never Heard Of Created in the 2014 Farm Bill, the Good Neighbor Authority is one of the most effective tools for getting real forest management work done across the West and beyond. It allows states, Tribes, and federal agencies to work together on projects that reduce wildfire risk, restore habitat, improve watersheds, and support rural economies. Read more Great Blue Heron. Immediate Investments Needed to Stabilize the Colorado River Basin Faced with the lowest recorded snowpack in history, Audubon and a coalition of other groups has united to request $2 billion in urgent federal funding to rescue the drying Colorado River Basin and plan for the future. Read more Audubon's Gillmor Sanctuary at Great Salt Lake.  New Report Offers Potential Solutions for Great Salt Lake Great Salt Lake is facing critical water declines, but a new report from the Congressional Research Service (CRS) outlines policy opportunities and potential federal funding to help restore this western treasure that provides important habitat for more than 12 million waterbirds each year. Read more Short-billed Dowitcher. Your Actions at Work: Your Comments Made a Difference Thanks so much to everyone who sent a comment in support of protecting the Seal River Watershed in Canada, a vast 12-million-acre landscape of pristine forests, wetlands, lakes, streams, and rivers. Audubon supporters made up a significant percentage of the comments. We anticipate hearing the outcome later this year. In the meantime, you can read more about this special place. News from the Flyways California: Celebrating 50 Years of the Coastal Act on Ocean Day Florida: Legislative Session Brings Everglades Funding and a Slew of Bills Great Plains: Growing Prairie with State Conservation Dollars Iowa: Audubon Plays Key Role in Advancing State's Renewable Energy Policy Maryland: $13 Million Grant Will Support Statewide Marsh Restoration Minnesota: $191M in At-Risk Funding for Conservation Passed  (published by the Minnesota Reporter) Nebraska: Audubon Great Plains Stands Up for State's Clean Energy Future Pennsylvania: Rep. Steele Says Scarlet Tanager is a Welcome Sight in State Forests  (op ed published by TrivLIVE) Salton Sea: Conservancy Board Meeting Spotlights Community Engagement and the Urgent Need for Progress South Carolina: State Leaders Push Bold Conservation Goal at Lowcountry Symposium  (video by WCIV) Utah: Federal Funding for Great Salt Lake and Renewed State Commitment Washington: 2026 Legislative Recap by the Numbers Join our Action Network to receive periodic action alerts that connect you with decision makers when your voice matters the most. Join the Audubon Action Network Photos from top: John Troth/Audubon Photography Awards; Tim Kuhn/Audubon Photography Awards; Sydney Walsh/Audubon; Kevin Lash/Audubon Photography Awards CONNECT WITH US Donate   Advocate Get Text Updates National Audubon Society 225 Varick Street New York, NY (844) 428-3826 | www.audubon.org © National Audubon Society Update your email preferences or unsubscribe