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

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

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.

Newsletters and Impact Reports
News

Newsletters and Impact Reports

Keep up with Audubon Alaska's conservation work through our print and electronic newsletters.

OK, Alaska, What Are D-1 Lands?
On The Wire

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
On The Wire

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.

The Road Not Yet Traveled: West Susitna Access Road
BirdBlog

The Road Not Yet Traveled: West Susitna Access Road

Informative take on the proposed West Susitna Access Road in relation to critically important shorebird breeding and foraging habitat.

What’s So Special About Alaska’s Special Areas?
On The Wire

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

And actually, what are Special Areas? Here’s 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
On The Wire

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.

Coastal Biologist Lindsay Addison Tells Us How to #ShareTheShore
BirdBlog

Coastal Biologist Lindsay Addison Tells Us How to #ShareTheShore

In the nicest way possible.

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

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.

Let’s Talk About Threats
BirdBlog

Let’s Talk About Threats

We talked with Scott Weidensaul, naturalist, author, and migration expert, on the connection between the importance of habitat conservation and a successful migratory journey for the American Golden-Plover.

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