National Audubon Society

August 2019 | Audubon Rockies Newsletter

Steller's Jay, one of the many bird species that breed at Kiowa Creek Ranch. Photo: Mark Hoeckner/Audubon Photography Awards

Help Create and Restore Bird Habitat

There’s nothing like restoring bird habitat with your own two hands. This month, help us restore wet meadow habitat for Gunnison Sage-Grouse near Gunnison, Colorado. Or, sign up to plant a Habitat Hero garden with us at Audubon’s Kiowa Creek Ranch in September. Can’t make either of those? Browse all our upcoming events

Lark Bunting on May Valley Ranch, certified by Audubon's Conservation Ranching Initiative. Photo: Evan Barrientos/Audubon Rockies

Audubon’s Birds and Grasslands Report

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

Oil and Gas Leasing and Drilling in Priority Sage-Grouse Habitat

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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Great Blue Heron. Photo: Alex Sholes/Audubon Photography Awards

Summer Actions for Colorado’s Rivers

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

Great Blue Heron. Photo: Alex Sholes/Audubon Photography Awards

Planting fringed sage in a Habitat Hero garden. Photo: Evan Barrientos/Audubon Rockies

Our Largest Habitat Hero Garden Yet

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

Planting fringed sage in a Habitat Hero garden. Photo: Evan Barrientos/Audubon Rockies

Bebo Andrews, Dennis Tharp, and their daughter, Nisty, on the Audubon Rockies Green River trip. Photo: Pete Arnold.

Finding Peace and Healing on Rivers

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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