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

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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
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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

The Emperor Has No Timber?
News

The Emperor Has No Timber?

Despite liberal allowances for clearcutting, Southeast Alaska's timber industry may be on its way out.

A Success Story
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A Success Story

The Emperor Goose population has rebounded.

Teshekpuk Lake Implicated in Oil Lease Sale Process
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Teshekpuk Lake Implicated in Oil Lease Sale Process

BLM puts out a call for oil lease sale nominations in protected areas of the NPRA.

Using Science to Conserve the Arctic
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Using Science to Conserve the Arctic

Audubon Alaska released the 'Ecological Atlas of the Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort Seas'

Open-pit Mining Threatens Bristol Bay
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Open-pit Mining Threatens Bristol Bay

The US EPA is considering allowing Pebble Mine to operate in Bristol Bay.

Trump Administration Takes Next Step to Expand Offshore Drilling
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Trump Administration Takes Next Step to Expand Offshore Drilling

The process to re-do the Five Year Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program has begun.

Secretarial Order on the Arctic: Bad for Birds, Bad for Balance
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Secretarial Order on the Arctic: Bad for Birds, Bad for Balance

— Secretary of Interior Ryan Zinke signed a Secretarial Order re-opening a planning process for oil and gas leasing in the NPRA, and calling for a review of the petroleum geology in the Arctic Refuge Coastal Plain.
President Trump's Arctic Ocean Executive Order, Explained
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President Trump's Arctic Ocean Executive Order, Explained

President Trump's Executive Order on expanding federal offshore energy puts the Arctic Ocean back on the table for offshore drilling.

Reversal on Arctic Ocean Protections Puts Vital Arctic Marine Areas at Risk
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Reversal on Arctic Ocean Protections Puts Vital Arctic Marine Areas at Risk

Today, the Trump Administration directed the Department of Interior to walk back protections to vital marine areas in the U.S. Arctic Ocean.

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