February 2022 Newsletter

Cuckoos, Cattle, and Climate A failure to protect and conserve threatened and endangered species from livestock grazing spurs a lawsuit.Read more

Yellow-billed Cuckoo. Photo: Johnny Stutzman/Audubon Photography Awards

New Mexico's Thirty-Day Legislative Session Has Begun! New Mexico has an unprecedented opportunity to fully fund critical conservation programs and take crucial steps towards becoming resilient to climate change. Read more

Sandhill Cranes and Snow Geese. Photo: Ellen Mack/Audubon Photography Awards

Investing in Arizona’s Water will Improve Outlook for People and Birds Audubon’s priorities for the 2022 Arizona Legislative Session. Read more

Northern Harrier. Photo: Jerry aMende/Audubon Photography Awards

News from our Centers and Chapters

Southwest Audubon Centers are closed through February Due to the Omicron surge, the Randall Davey Audubon Center & Sanctuary in Santa Fe and the Rio Salado Audubon Center in Phoenix will remain closed through February. Please check our websites for more information. Nina Mason Pulliam Rio Salado Audubon Center Tucson Audubon Welcomes a New Executive Director Tucson Audubon Society is excited to announce that Michael McDonald will serve as its next Executive Director.  Read more Michael McDonald

Audubon Southwest's Bird of the Month for February Dark-eyed Junco, the cutest backyard bird around Read more

Dark-eyed Junco. Photo: Kristianna Natalini/Great Backyard Bird Count

Leveraging Geographic Information Systems to Promote Collaboration at New Mexico’s Isleta Reach How ArcGIS Hub can be used to communicate projects and goals with partners. Read more

Drone imagery of the Rio Grande and adjacent irrigated farmland in the Isleta Reach. Photo: Amy Erickson/Audubon Southwest

Staff Highlight: Cathy Wise You don't have to be a Burrowing Owl to appreciate her work (but it helps!) Read more

Cathy Wise releasing a relocated Burrowing Owl during an Audubon Southwest Conservation Workday. Photo: Arizona Game and Fish Department.

Collaborative Restoration on the Lower Salt River: Going back to the river that gave Phoenix everything Conservation Ranching: Keeping grass on the landscape for southwestern birds TAKE ACTION! The New Mexico Legislature has begun their 2022 session. Birds can't speak up on their own behalf, but you can do it for them – join our advocacy network today! Pinyon Jay Community Science Monitoring. Be our eyes on the ground. Sign up HERE for more info LOOK, LISTEN, LEARN National Audubon Society announces Dr. Elizabeth Gray as CEO Haley Paul in the AZ Republic on Governor’s proposed desalination project CCAST WEBINARS The Appleton-Whittell Research Ranch grants access through reservation and permit during Covid. Miss our past webinars? Find them on our YouTube channel

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