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Time to Fly: Alaska’s Bird Festival Season Is Here!
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Time to Fly: Alaska’s Bird Festival Season Is Here!

Here’s how Alaska’s annual birding events honor culture and art, benefit tourism and local economies, highlight conservation issues, and truly celebrate birds.

The Second Crossing and Southeast Alaska’s Mendenhall Wetlands Important Bird Area
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The Second Crossing and Southeast Alaska’s Mendenhall Wetlands Important Bird Area

And the case for Salmon Creek, the last option for the Juneau Douglas Second Crossing to be constructed off the Mendenhall Wetlands State Game Refuge.

OK, Alaska, What Are D-1 Lands?
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OK, Alaska, What Are D-1 Lands?

What are D-1 lands protections, how are D-1 lands vital to biodiversity, climate change, and Alaska Native communities, and why are 28 million acres on the table right now?

Flock This Way: Juneau Is Getting a Planet and Bird Walk in 2024
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Flock This Way: Juneau Is Getting a Planet and Bird Walk in 2024

Juneau Audubon Society and the Marie Drake Planetarium are collaborating to bring awareness to the far-out bird species of Southeast Alaska.

What’s So Special About Alaska’s Special Areas?
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What’s So Special About Alaska’s Special Areas?

And actually, what are Special Areas? Here’s a breakdown of the history of these life-giving zones in Alaska’s Western Arctic, and how Audubon Alaska staff helped to protect some of the most unique places on the planet.

The Eight Ws of Ambler Road
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The Eight Ws of Ambler Road

There's a comment period happening for the proposed Ambler Road in the Brooks Range. Here's the who, what, when, where, why, water, wildlife, and Western Arctic Caribou.

New Study Shows European Starlings to Be Crazy Smart; Anchoragites Probably Aren’t Surprised
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New Study Shows European Starlings to Be Crazy Smart; Anchoragites Probably Aren’t Surprised

And how to combat the invasive European Starling at the home level for the good of Alaska’s native birds.

What's Going on in the Arctic?
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What's Going on in the Arctic?

Here's a breakdown of the historic actions the Biden administration and Department of the Interior made about America’s Arctic—and what work to further protections still needs to be done.

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