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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
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 Southeast Alaska Birding Trail App Is Here!
BirdBlog

The Southeast Alaska Birding Trail App Is Here!

The recently launched Southeast Alaska Birding Trail mobile app contains all the information visitors need to bird their way through Southeast sans internet.

What the Roadless Rule Reinstatement Means for Birds
BirdBlog

What the Roadless Rule Reinstatement Means for Birds

On January 25, the National Roadless Rule was officially restored to the Tongass National Forest in Southeast Alaska by the Biden administration. There are a couple reasons why this is important.

The Southeast Alaska Birding Trail Is Now an App!
BirdBlog

The Southeast Alaska Birding Trail Is Now an App!

The app offers maps, site details and directions, species checklists, and more than 200 birding sites across 18 communities in Southeast Alaska.

The Southeast Alaska Birding Trail Is Now a Mobile Application
Press Releases

The Southeast Alaska Birding Trail Is Now a Mobile Application

— Launched at the Yakutat Tern Festival by Audubon Alaska GIS Analyst Tory Elmore, the app offers maps, site details and directions, species checklists, and nearly 200 birding sites across 18 communities in Southeast Alaska.
Voices of the Arctic
BirdBlog

Voices of the Arctic

Read more about Julia's travel to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to interview local Iñupiat and Gwich’in elders.

The EPA Announces Comment Period
News

Stop the Environmentally Destructive Pebble Mine Project

Help Protect Bristol Bay from the Pebble Mine Project

Department of the Interior Commits to Protecting NPR-A (Western Arctic)
News

Department of the Interior Commits to Protecting NPR-A (Western Arctic)

Special areas and more protective operating procedures will protect bird species and habitat

Accountability at Home
BirdBlog

Accountability at Home

What you can do to help protect public lands.

What Comes With Light
News

What Comes With Light

How you can help, right now