The National Audubon Society today announced that David Yarnold has been named its new President and Chief Executive Officer, giving new momentum to efforts to connect people with nature and their power to protect it. A passionate conservationist, Yarnold currently serves as Executive Director of Environmental Defense Fund and President of Environmental Defense Action Fund. [...]
Entries Tagged as 'National Audubon Society'
Audubon taps noted conservation and communications leader as new president
July 29th, 2010 · by gfrost
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Audubon joins other environmental groups in laying out strategy for Gulf cleanup
July 28th, 2010 · by gfrost
The National Audubon Society, with the Environmental Defense Fund and the National Wildlife Federation, has issued a report that outlines the necessary steps to restore and rebuild an ecosystem that even before the recent catastrophic oil spill, has lost more than 2,300 square miles of wetlands—an area larger than the state of Delaware—since the 1930s. Here’s the press [...]
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Audubon working hard in the Gulf
July 26th, 2010 · by gfrost
Short video from Audubon about our efforts to save birds in the Gulf:
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Video: Program uses children’s art to help Western Snowy Plover
July 24th, 2010 · by gfrost
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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Migratory birds will be the next victims of the Gulf Oil Spill
July 2nd, 2010 · by gfrost
For the next six months, beginning in early July, tens of millions of shorebirds, waterfowl and other migratory birds will land on oiled beaches, in sullied coastal wetlands and on tainted ocean waters. For some, the Gulf marks a rest stop, an opportunity to take a break and feed en route to more southern destinations; [...]
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Hands Across the Sand — all across California
June 23rd, 2010 · by gfrost
Audubon is one of the many sponsors of Hands Across the Sand, an international event highlighting the need to protect our valuable waters and beaches from the dangers of offshore oil drilling. This Saturday, June 26, people will be getting together all over the world to show their support for the cause. Take a look [...]
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Vigilance
June 17th, 2010 · by gfrost
If Californian’s have learned anything from the Gulf Oil Spill, it’s that we need to be vigilant about protecting our natural treasures:
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Young artist reaches out to help Gulf wildlife
June 8th, 2010 · by gfrost
By now, you’ve probably heard the story of 11-year-old Olivia Bouler, who has been selling her paintings to raise money for birds and wildlife in the Gulf. Here’s a great video about her:
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Les Line, noteworthy editor of Audubon Magazine, dies at 74
June 1st, 2010 · by gfrost
Les Line, longtime editor of Audubon Magazine, passed away recently at the age of 74. He is remembered for helming the magazine at a time of great transition for the organization, as this excellent obituary in the New York Times describes.
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More than just a logo
May 26th, 2010 · by gfrost
There was a time when this bird was almost wiped out by people collecting feathers for hats. It took a major effort by a fledgling conservation group dedicated to the protection of birds to get the first laws passed against this practice. The action was so successful that the organization, now well over 100 years [...]
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Audubon volunteer finds oiled bird on Mississippi shoreline
May 20th, 2010 · by gfrost
Great short video from an Audubon volunteer who found oil on his beach in Mississippi as well as an oiled bird:
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Elmer Aldrich will be greatly missed
May 19th, 2010 · by gfrost
Audubon California was sorry to learn of the passing of Elmer Aldrich, a major force for birds and conservation in the Sacramento area. Aldrich was an early member and dynamic president of the Sacramento Audubon Society. and is well known for laying out the idea for the American River Parkway in the chapter’s newsletter in [...]
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Partners in Flight releases report on birds of North America
May 11th, 2010 · by gfrost
The National Audubon Society is one of many conservation groups involved in Partnership is Flight, a conservation effort that spans Canada, the United States and Mexico. The group has just released a new report, “Saving our Shared Birds,” that looks at the conservation challenges facing land birds in North America.
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From the front lines of the oil spill
May 1st, 2010 · by gfrost
Melanie Driscoll is director of bird conservation for Audubon’s Louisiana Coastal Initiative, and she’s been working hard to save birds and habitat from the Gulf oil spill from the very beginning. In this post from Audubon Magazine’s blog, The Perch, she talks about what it’s been like since the oil started approaching the beach.
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Gulf oil spill leaves governor without even a bad idea for funding state parks
April 30th, 2010 · by gfrost
As oil from the destroyed Deepwater Horizon platform begins to hit Gulf Coast sands, one would have to assume that California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is rethinking his recent proposal to grant new offshore oil drilling leases for the waters off Santa Barbara, and then use those revenues to fund California’s state parks. Now that the [...]
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