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Tongass National Forest, Alaska.
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Supporting the Roadless Rule Protects Our National Forests
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| For more than 20 years, the Roadless Rule has protected vital wild places from the Tongass National Forest in Alaska to the Pisgah National Forest in North Carolina. But the U.S. Forest Service has proposed repealing these protections. Roadless areas make up just 2 percent of the continental United States but contain habitat for 25 percent of animal species listed or proposed for listing under the Endangered Species Act. Read more and take action. |
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Saltmarsh Sparrows nest low in the marsh, making their nests susceptible to tides and storms.
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| A Blueprint for Saving Salt Marshes |
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Across the Chesapeake Bay, salt marshes are collapsing and eroding in a similar fashion, battered by rising seas and land subsidence. Audubon is leading a landscape-scale effort to reverse marsh loss for birds and people. Read more
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Wood Thrush.
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| Congressional Leaders Get Firsthand Look at Forest Conservation |
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Audubon recently hosted field tours in Pennsylvania and Arkansas to showcase how sustainable forest management benefits birds, landowners, and local communities. The visits highlighted the decline of forest birds, the importance of working forests, and the need for federal conservation programs that support private landowners in restoring and maintaining healthy forest habitat. Read more
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The SunZia transmission line was essential to unlocking New Mexico's abundant wind resources.
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Climate Corner
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A new wind and transmission project—the largest in U.S. history—has just come online and can deliver enough renewable energy to power approximately 1 million homes across the West. Audubon was involved at multiple stages of planning, sharing bird-friendly recommendations based on the best available science, which led to conservation benefits for birds and meaningful improvements to the project. Read more
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Western Meadowlarks on an Audubon Certified Bird-Friendly ranch.
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Your Actions At Work
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A bipartisan bill has been introduced in the Senate that would help farmers and ranchers replace less productive cropland with native grasses and plants. Building on Audubon's successful Conservation Forage Program in North Dakota, the bill would expand grazing opportunities—helping to preserve open spaces—while restoring habitat for declining grassland birds. Read more and take action
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Photos from top: Sydney Walsh/Audubon (2), Linnet Tse/Audubon Photography Awards, Pattern Energy, Shea Evans
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