Welcome to Audubon Alaska

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
On The Wire

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
Audubon Alaska Products

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

Eudora Roadless Area on Prince of Wales Island
BirdBlog

Eudora Roadless Area on Prince of Wales Island

A Spotlight on the Prince of Wales Spruce Grouse.

BLM moves to gut protected areas in NPRA and Western Arctic
News

BLM moves to gut protected areas in NPRA and Western Arctic

— Proposed management plan would gut protections for the largest Arctic lake in the United States and other Special Areas.
Castle Roadless Area on Kupreanof Island
BirdBlog

Castle Roadless Area on Kupreanof Island

A spotlight on Northern Goshawks.

Keeping the Roadless Rule in AK
BirdBlog

Keeping the Roadless Rule in AK

Exempting Alaska’s Tongass National Forest from the Roadless Rule Would be a Mistake

The Calder, El Capitan, and Salmon Bay Roadless Areas on Prince of Wales Island
BirdBlog

The Calder, El Capitan, Salmon Bay Roadless Areas on Prince of Wales Island

A Spotlight on Prince of Wales Flying Squirrels.

The BLM’s Federal Land Giveaway
BirdBlog

The BLM’s Federal Land Giveaway

Nearly 2 million acres of land in Alaska were opened to mining by the Department of Interior with no public notice.

Forest Service Ignores Ecology and Economics in Environmental Impact Statement
News

Forest Service Ignores Ecology and Economics in Environmental Impact Statement

— Document reveals unsustainable focus on old-growth logging in the Tongass National Forest.
Climate Change Action Begins with Alaska
BirdBlog

Climate Change Action begins with Alaska

— Alaska is America’s front line for climate change, and the time for action is now!
Court Rules to Halt Large Timber Sale in the Tongass
News

Court Rules to Halt Large Timber Sale in the Tongass

— Decision puts the brakes on old-growth clear-cut logging, for now.
As the Roadless Rule remains in limbo, island animals are threatened by a new timber sale
BirdBlog

As the Roadless Rule remains in limbo, island animals are threatened by a new timber sale

— One of the islands most at risk in the Central Tongass Project is Kuiu Island.

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