Bird conservation stories and opportunities in your state.
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| August 2019 | Audubon Rockies Newsletter |
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| Steller's Jay, one of the many bird species that breed at Kiowa Creek Ranch. Photo: Mark Hoeckner/Audubon Photography Awards |
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| Lark Bunting on May Valley Ranch, certified by Audubon's Conservation Ranching Initiative. Photo: Evan Barrientos/Audubon Rockies |
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| Nearly half of grassland bird species will become highly vulnerable due to climate change by the end of the century. That’s according to Audubon’s North American Grasslands & Birds Report, published earlier this month. Conserving private working lands, such as Audubon’s Conservation Ranching Initiative, will be key to their survival. |
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| Greater Sage-Grouse. Photo: Evan Barrientos/Audubon |
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| Despite a formal directive to keep leasing and drilling outside sage-grouse habitat, federal agencies have pushed to develop in priority habitat, our new report finds. |
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| Legislators need to know that you care about a balanced water future that supports birds, rivers, and people. Speak up for the rivers we all need at Colorado’s Water Resources Review Committee meetings this summer. Learn more |
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| Great Blue Heron. Photo: Alex Sholes/Audubon Photography Awards |
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| We’ve begun planning our largest Habitat Hero garden yet at Jack’s Solar Garden in Longmont, Colorado, featuring more than 1,800 native plants! Please consider donating to this ambitious project. By funding bird-friendly gardens, your support not only creates bird habitat and beautiful, water-efficient communities; it connects people to nature. Donate |
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| Planting fringed sage in a Habitat Hero garden. Photo: Evan Barrientos/Audubon Rockies |
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| After tragedy struck Bebo Andrews and Dennis Tharp, Audubon Rockies river trips helped them heal and celebrate family. Today, they’ve become river champions for Audubon. Learn about their story in this new donor spotlight. |
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| Bebo Andrews, Dennis Tharp, and their daughter, Nisty, on the Audubon Rockies Green River trip. Photo: Pete Arnold. |
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| Help us protect birds and the places they need in Colorado, Wyoming, and Utah. |
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