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Conservation groups ask Obama Administration to protect the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge and Wilderness

Published: Mar 6, 2013

A final decision this month could protect wildlife and subsistance resources.

Audubon statement on Shell drilling "pause"

Published: Feb 27, 2013

Audubon President and CEO David Yarnold responds to the announcement that Shell will "pause" it...

Maggie Walker Joins National Audubon Society Board of Directors

Published: Feb 25, 2013

Maggie Walker, one of Seattle’s most promiment and effective civic leaders, has been named to...

Audubon CEO Comments on National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska Decision

Published: Feb 21, 2013

Final plan for NPRA protects 11 million acres, including Teshekpuk Lake.

Izembek National Wildlife Refuge Will Remain Wild

Published: Feb 5, 2013

Audubon supports the US Fish & Wildlife Service "no road" preferred alternative for Izembek...

Audubon Joins Conservation Groups To Ask Administration for a Suspension of Arctic Ocean Drilling

Published: Jan 10, 2013

Conservation groups ask Salazar to suspend offshore oil and gas activities in Arctic Ocean.

MAP: Kulluk Rig Grounding Near Globally Important Bird Areas for Seabirds, Audubon Reveals

Published: Jan 7, 2013

Shell's drill rig the Kulluk went aground in a globally significant Important Bird Area.

Audubon CEO Comments on National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska Management Plan

Published: Dec 19, 2012

This U.S. Department of Interior announced a decision that protects Teshekpuk Lake and other im...

Ring in the Holidays with the Audubon Christmas Bird Count

Published: Dec 14, 2012

From Ketchikan to Prudhoe Bay, every year Alaskans bundle up and gather together to celebrate t...

Audubon and GOP ConservAmerica launch campaign to bridge partisan divide on environment and energy

Published: Sep 28, 2012

The National Audubon Society and Republican group ConservAmerica today launched a groundbreakin...

Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve: Jet Boat Company Repeatedly Violates Permit

Published: Sep 11, 2012

Audubon supports enforcement and monitoring of jetboat tours in the Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve...

Audubon Response to Department of Interior's Decision to Allow Shell's "Preparatory" Work

Published: Aug 30, 2012

Audubon Reacts to Green Light for Shell "Preparatory Drilling" in Arctic Ocean

Audubon Statement on Secretary Salazar’s National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska Announcement

Published: Aug 13, 2012

Good news for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska and Teshekpuk Lake

Shell Oil Should Not Get Special Treatment from EPA

Published: Jul 18, 2012

Shell asks to break air quality standards in upcoming Arctic Ocean drilling.

Audubon comments on Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Development Plan

Published: Jun 27, 2012

Audubon's comments on the new plan for drilling in the Arctic Ocean

Audubon Urges Chill on Big Oil Threats to Arctic

Published: Jun 5, 2012

National Audubon Society has launched a campaign to highlight the urgency of protecting America...

Report: Sealaska legislation threatens rare Tongass rainforest habitat

Published: Feb 22, 2012

Audubon Alaska report shows Sealaska bill threatens last Tongass old growth.

400,000 people, 573 scientists and more than 60 members of Congress urge Obama to say no to Arctic drilling

Published: Feb 8, 2012

Hundreds of thousands of Americans urged President Obama to remove two Arctic Ocean lease sales...

‘Tis the Season for the Audubon Christmas Bird Count

Published: Jan 3, 2012

December 14, 2011 - From Ketchikan to Prudhoe Bay to Shemya Island, every year Alaskans bundle ...

Christmas Bird Count for KIDS

Published: Jan 3, 2012

December 1, 2011 - It’s for the birds! This Saturday, December 3, dozens of boy and girl sco...

Audubon Supports Protection of Arctic Refuge Coastal Plain

Published: Jan 3, 2012

November 15, 2011 - Today marks the end of the historic comment period for future management o...

Arctic Shell Game: No Spill Plan, No Problem – Feds Say Just Drill

Published: Jan 3, 2012

Contact: Taldi Walter, National Audubon Society (202) 413-9176 Holly Harris, Earthjustice (907)...

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Considers Wilderness for Arctic Refuge Coastal Plain

Published: Jan 3, 2012

ALASKA WILDERNESS LEAGUE *DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE * FRIENDS OF ALASKA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGES...

Most Recent Test of Oil Spill Response in US Arctic Called "Failure"

Published: Jan 3, 2012

July 25, 2011 - Today, the “United for America’s Arctic” coalition challenged oil compan...

Proposed Legislation Threatens Teshekpuk Lake

Published: Jan 3, 2012

Eric Myers testified about House Bill 2150 before the House Subcommittee on Energy and Minera...

Audubon Supports Protection of Arctic Refuge Coastal Plain

Published: Dec 12, 2011

November 15, 2011 -Today marks the end of the historic comment period for future management of...

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