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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
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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

New Bills Threaten the Tongass
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New Bills Threaten the Tongass

The Alaska Mental Health Trust Land Transfer Act and the State National Forest Management Act aim to continue large-tree old-growth logging.

Birds to Congress: Protect the Heart of the Arctic Refuge
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Birds to Congress: Protect the Heart of the Arctic Refuge

Record number of Senators support bill to permanently protect the coastal plain of the Arctic Refuge as wilderness.

Threats to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge are on the Political Horizon
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Threats to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge are on the Political Horizon

The clearest threat to the Refuge comes in the form of the 2018 congressional budget reconciliation process.

H.J. Res. 69 Seeks to Undo Wildlife Protections
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H.J. Res. 69 Seeks to Undo Wildlife Protections

Senators will vote on whether to repeal the US Fish and Wildlife Final Rule, which prevents intensive hunting techniques on National Wildlife Refuges.

‘Tis the Season for the Audubon Christmas Bird Count
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'Tis the Season for the Audubon Christmas Bird Count

— Join in an Audubon Christmas Bird Count, the longest running citizen science program!
Long-awaited Record of Decision Issued for Tongass Land Management Plan Amendment
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Long-Awaited Tongass Amendment Released

— This amendment to the Tongass management plan takes the first concrete steps to ending old-growth logging.
Arctic and Atlantic Oceans Receive Reprieve from Drilling
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Arctic and Atlantic Oceans Receive Reprieve from Drilling

— The new offshore 5-year oil and gas leasing recognizes the importance of the Arctic Ocean.
Greater Mooses Tooth 2 Project Needs Robust Planning Process
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Greater Mooses Tooth 2 Project Needs Robust Planning Process

— Audubon Alaska submitted comments on the Greater Mooses Tooth 2 drilling project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
From Salmon to Seabirds: A New Ecological Atlas of Southeast Alaska
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Ecological Atlas of Southeast Alaska

— Audubon Alaska's new atlas explores everything from climate change to wildlife and human uses of Southeast.
Audubon Alaska Says Tongass Plan Amendment Falls Short
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Tongass Amendment Falls Short

— Forest Service needs to set a time frame to end old-growth logging.

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