So what are a bunch of researchers and conservationists from Audubon California doing in Victoria, Canada? Well, they’re attending the first ever World Seabird Conference to promote new research on West Coast marine important bird areas. Working closely with our Audubon colleagues from The National Audubon Society, Audubon Alaska, Nature Canada, and host of top [...]

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The seas were rough, the marine layer hung over us, but the wildlife was inspiring Sunday at the Farallon Islands, our local Galapagos, and beyond to the edge of the continental shelf break where predators and prey aggregate in the late spring and summer following strong coastal upwelling.  This feeding hotspot attracts large numbers of [...]

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Plastic bags are seabird killers. They have an incredible impact on our environment. Heal the Bay put out this great ironic video to illustrate this:

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Back in January, Audubon California’s Executive Director Graham Chisholm traveled to Myanmar as part of an expedition to find the rare Spoon-billed Sandpiper. He reported on that trip here. Just recently, we discovered this great footage of the bird on YouTube, captured by another expedition to Russia. Of course all of this has very little [...]

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Now that the new Marine Protected Areas have been established for California’s North Central Coast, Samantha Murray and Josh Churchman are driving up and down the region letting people know how important it is for us to make this new designation work. Audubon California is very much in support of the new Marine Protected Areas, [...]

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Short video from Audubon about our efforts to save birds in the Gulf:

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Great TV news piece about the San Diego Audubon Society’s program that uses children’s are to raise awareness about the Western Snowy Plover on the beach. We’re proud to have helped secure funding for this great project from Audubon’s Pennies for the Planet Program and the Morrisse Family Foundation.
 
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The Obama Administration has indicated that it is set to launch a sweeping new National Stewardship Policy for America’s oceans and Great Lakes. Reports indicate that this new framework will greatly bolster conservation and ecosystem restoration.
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KPBS in San Diego takes a look at a remarkable habitat area.
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A few of us from Audubon California recently went up to Clear Lake to take a look at the Grebe population there. We also got some video:

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Thermalito Afterbay is a funny name for anything, needless to say an artificial lake about 90 minutes north of Sacramento. But this artificial lake is special because it is one of the four main breeding grounds for Western Grebes and Clark’s Grebes in California. Yesterday, some of us from Audubon California went up there to [...]

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Right now, we have a chance to influence a historic, one-time opportunity to protect seabirds in California. As you read this, a small group of coastal stakeholders from the Oregon border to Point Arena are hammering out a network of marine protected areas through the California Marine Life Protection Act.  They’ve recently released their latest [...]

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The Center for Biological Diversity today notified the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service of its intent to sue the agency to compel it to list the Ashy Storm-Petrel under the Endangered Species Act. You might recall that last year the agency decided not to list the species, even though it is in great danger of [...]

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As we learned during the recent battle over the proposed toll road in Orange County, there are few better advocates for the beach environment than surfers. They’re at the beach every day and have a personal stake in keeping the place beautiful and pristine. To that end, Audubon California and women’s surf brand Carve Designs [...]

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