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Audubon website drips in oil to mark 2nd anniversary of Deepwater Horizon oil spill

Friday, April 20, 2012

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Audubon website drips in oil to mark 2nd anniversary of Deepwater Horizon oil spill

A gooey brown virtual oil slick is covering the National Audubon Society website – take your chance to clean up the virtual oil spill by taking action to protect the environment.

Paul Winter, composer of Flyways, named to receive Audubon award

Friday, March 2, 2012

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Grammy-winning saxophonist will receive the John James Audubon Center Award for Art Inspiring Conservation (AIC) in April.

Audubon’s 112th Christmas Bird Count Reigns as a Model for ‘Crowd Science’

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

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Audubon’s 112th Christmas Bird Count Reigns as a Model for ‘Crowd Science’

The longest running Citizen Science survey in the world, Audubon’s annual Christmas Bird Count (CBC) will take place from December 14, 2011 to January 5, 2012.

Birding the net makes strong impression with surfers

Thursday, November 24, 2011

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Birding the net makes strong impression with surfers

Audubon’s innovative social media campaign Birding the Net earnt 91 million website impressions during the past few weeks.

Hollywood movie shines light on world of birding and Audubon

Friday, October 14, 2011

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Hollywood movie shines light on world of birding and Audubon

The Big Year film, starring Steve Martin, Owen Wilson and Jack Black, opens across the US.

Audubon Hog Island Camp Celebrates 75th Anniversary

Thursday, August 18, 2011

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Audubon Hog Island Camp Celebrates 75th Anniversary

A model for conservation education and one of the US’s greatest environmental education success stories celebrates 75 years.

Audubon Welcomes Good News from Washington, D.C.

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

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The U.S. House of Representatives voted yesterday afternoon to protect wildlife on the brink of extinction by supporting an amendment in the Interior and Environment spending bill to uphold safeguards for endangered species.

US public lands essential for hundreds of species

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

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Publicly owned habitats support at least half of the entire U.S. distributions of more than 300 bird species, says new report

Audubon celebrates 10th year of Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act

Thursday, March 10, 2011

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As spring approaches, millions of birds will wing their way back to North America. Red Knots near Tierra del Fuego will make a remarkable journey to the arctic tundra….

Former President of International Council for Bird Preservation and Audubon dies

Monday, February 28, 2011

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Former President of International Council for Bird Preservation and Audubon dies

“The world has lost a champion for the environment,” Audubon President, David Yarnold said at Audubon headquarters in New York. “Russ Peterson distinguished himself as president of the National Audubon Society from 1979-1985. Throughout the country Audubon staffers join me in recalling his visionary contributions, and the extraordinary example he set.”

Audubon experts monitor bird deaths in Arkansas

Thursday, January 6, 2011

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Audubon experts monitor bird deaths in Arkansas

Audubon (BirdLife Partner in the U.S.) scientists are monitoring reports of thousands of birds found dead in Arkansas, coupled with a second incident in Louisiana, since New Year’s Eve.

111 Years of Counting: Audubon’s Christmas Bird Count

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

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111 Years of Counting: Audubon’s Christmas Bird Count

The longest running Citizen Science survey in the world, Audubon’s (BirdLife Partner in the USA) annual Christmas Bird Count (CBC) will take place from December 14, 2010 to January 5, 2011. Tens of thousands of volunteers throughout North America will brave winter weather to add a new layer to over a century of data…

Audubon scientists find Gulf birds and oil too close for comfort

Thursday, October 14, 2010

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Residual oil and chemicals from BP’s Deepwater Horizon disaster pose substantial ongoing risks to birds that breed or nest along hard-hit areas of the Louisiana coast, according to new National Audubon Society field surveys.

Arctic-breeding birds will be among next victims of the Gulf oil disaster

Friday, July 2, 2010

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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.

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