I remember the first time I looked out on the Celestun Estuary in 1984. I was amazed at the line of migratory waterfowl running from the Celestun bridge to the end of the estuary, around eight miles. There were nine different species of waterfowl at that time. But things have changed. Human activities, including increasing [...]
I saw the long, yellow-legged bird feeding in the mudflats during a recent work trip. There, Environment for the Americas, fondly known as EFTA, was training interns who would conduct shorebird surveys along the Pacific coast during migration. Our goals were to get them ready for fieldwork and to teach them how to communicate with [...]
What do you do when albatrosses and planes are flying in the same airspace at a naval range? You may say, “Great Scott! Population control!” Laysan Albatrosses have been at risk on the island of Kauai since the early 1900’s due to human impacts and animal predation. However, innovative collaborations with non-traditional conservation partners have simultaneously [...]
I grew up in a part of Ohio where rural vistas and pastoral landscapes were common. As I left for college, developers began slowly buying up large estates and suburban sprawl was creeping into the allure of the rolling pastures and wooded hillsides. The Chagrin River Land Conservancy, now the Western Reserve Land Conservancy and [...]
By Justin Fritscher and Amy Robertson, Natural Resources Conservation Service One of the continent’s rarest birds, the whooping crane, has found refuge not in some untouched reserve but right in the middle of farms. Rice and crawfish farmers in southwestern Louisiana are providing much-needed shallow water wetlands for the bird by simply putting water on [...]
By Joshua Parrish, Director of Working Woodlands for The Nature Conservancy in Pennsylvania I have participated in several land deals during my eleven-year career protecting wildlife habitat for The Nature Conservancy’s Pennsylvania Chapter. However, our most recent project—the acquisition of 353 acres on Cove Mountain, located within minutes of the state capitol in Harrisburg—carries sentimental value [...]
In 2016, we celebrated a big year for bird conservation with the Centennial of the first Migratory Bird Treaty. The first Migratory Bird Treaty – signed by the United States and Canada at a time when no regulations existed to protect our shared migratory bird species – laid the foundation for many important conservation efforts. [...]
When I was eight, I wrote a poem to our city's mayor. I have no idea why I did this, but lo and behold, the mayor wrote back and invited me to visit. We took a tour of City Hall, I sat with him at his desk, and we even went for a ride in his [...]
For over ten years, NABCI has released a biannual newsletter, the All-Bird Bulletin, with articles centered on important issues and emerging themes in bird conservation. Past themes have included topics such as the power of citizen science for bird conservation, the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act, using remote sensing information to understand landscape change, and [...]
Across New England and eastern New York, conservation organizations, agencies, and communities are banding together to meet the needs of landowners interested in protecting their land from development and managing their forests for cleaner water, more wood, and better bird and wildlife habitat.
