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Helping to conserve the spectacular natural ecosystems of Alaska for people, birds, and wildlife since 1977.

Horned Puffin Photo: Michael Cohen/Audubon Photography Awards

On The Wire
On The Wire

On The Wire

Follow along for solutions-based, Alaska-focused bird and conservation news.

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Southeast Alaska Birding Trail
Southeast Alaska Birding Trail

Southeast Alaska Birding Trail

Southeast Alaska is a fantastic place to go birding. Explore the area using this virtual trail as your guide.

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Let Them Eat Mud: How Biofilm Can Change Shorebird Conservation
On The Wire

Let Them Eat Mud: How Biofilm Can Change Shorebird Conservation

And how the biofilm “film” documents this scientific breakthrough for Western Sandpipers while highlighting a dangerous development project on a crucial stopover site.

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The Importance of Community Science and eBird for Alaska’s Birds
On The Wire

The Importance of Community Science and eBird for Alaska’s Birds

Community science and Christmastime go hand in hand thanks to Audubon’s Christmas Bird Count, but conservationists use eBird data year-round to improve the life of birds—Alaska’s included.

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Mining Could Pollute Alaska’s Chilkat Valley. A Tribe and Local Groups Defend their Way of Life
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Mining Could Pollute Alaska’s Chilkat Valley. A Tribe and Local Groups Defend their Way of Life

Inside the fight for the watershed with the Chilkat Indian Village of Klukwan, residents in Haines, and Audubon Alaska.

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Important Bird Areas
Important Bird Areas

Important Bird Areas

Learn about Alaska's most important hotspots for breeding, migrating, and wintering birds.

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Alaska WatchList
Conservation

Alaska WatchList

Highlighting Declining and Vulnerable Bird Populations

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Audubon Alaska's Ecological Atlases
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Audubon Alaska's Ecological Atlases

Order your hard copy of one of our ecological atlases.

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Our State's Birds

Recent News

Forest Service Proceeds with Plans to Remove Roadless Protections for Tongass National Forest
Press Releases

Forest Service Proceeds with Plans to Remove Roadless Protections for Tongass National Forest

— Agency ignores importance of old-growth trees for birds, fish, and local communities.
Lawsuit Fights Administration's Plan to Open 18 Million Acres of Western Arctic to Oil and Gas Drilling
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Lawsuit Fights Administration's Plan to Open 18 Million Acres of Western Arctic to Oil and Gas Drilling

Environmental groups head to court to fight energy development plan that will damage pristine wilderness and critical habitat and deepen the climate crisis.

Audubon: “All-hands-on-deck to defend the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.”
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Audubon: “All-hands-on-deck to defend the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.”

Audubon files federal lawsuit to stop the administration’s efforts to drill in the Refuge.

Alaskans Stand Up to Protect Arctic Refuge from Exploitation
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Alaskans Stand Up to Protect Arctic Refuge from Exploitation

— A coalition of Alaskans denounced today’s decision to proceed with drilling in Arctic Refuge.
BLMʼs Final EIS on Willow continues Trump administrationʼs Arctic exploitation
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BLMʼs Final EIS on Willow continues Trump administrationʼs Arctic exploitation

— Willow is the first step toward oil and gas drilling in the Teshekpuk Lake wetlands, a region important for millions of birds from across the globe.
Audubon Applauds Bi-partisan Support to Protect Bristol Bay
BirdBlog

Audubon Applauds Bi-partisan Support to Protect Bristol Bay

Joe Biden joins U.S. senators, country music stars, and even President Trump’s son, Donald Trump, Jr. in opposing Pebble Mine.

Groups Sue Trump Administration over Illegal Approval of Ambler Road
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Groups Sue Trump Administration over Illegal Approval of Ambler Road

— Lawsuit charges agencies with violating ANILCA, NEPA, the Clean Water Act, and other laws
Forage Fish and Seabirds Are Critical to Alaska’s Future
BirdBlog

Forage Fish and Seabirds Are Critical to Alaska’s Future

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The U.S. Army Corp of Engineers Give Thumbs Up to Pebble Mine
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The U.S. Army Corp of Engineers Give Thumbs Up to Pebble Mine

Mine threatens one of the world’s greatest concentration of seabirds and largest salmon runs.

Department of Interior Approves Devastating Road Project in Alaska
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Department of Interior Approves Devastating Road Project in Alaska

New road through Gates of the Arctic National Park and vital wetlands puts boreal birds from around the world at risk.

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