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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

Measuring the Wild
BirdBlog

Measuring the Wild

How do we evaluate an impact to an idea like Wilderness?

Dirt Democracy
BirdBlog

Dirt Democracy

The importance of connection and community in combating the climate crisis.

Hold that Road!
BirdBlog

Hold that Road!

Administration takes the first step to course correct Trump-Era NEPA rules.

The Future of Infrastructure
BirdBlog

The Future of Infrastructure

At the heart of infrastructure is the question: How do we get from point A to point B and what values should we consider in that journey?

The Entire Colorado River Basin is in Crisis
BirdBlog

The Entire Colorado River Basin is in Crisis

We need climate action, now. (part of our series on climate change in the Pacific Flyway)

EPA Plans Next Step Towards Protecting Bristol Bay
BirdBlog

EPA Plans Next Step Towards Protecting Bristol Bay

Agency says it will invoke its Clean Water Act authority to block Pebble Mine, a project that would threaten one of the most important places for birds on the planet.

Protecting the Kasilof for Unique Migratory Tenants
BirdBlog

Protecting the Kasilof for Unique Migratory Tenants

An article from our friend John Wros with The Conservation Fund.

How the Boreal Forest Can Help Protect Birds (and the Planet) from Climate Change
Climate

How the Boreal Forest Can Help Protect Birds (and the Planet) from Climate Change

As the areas like the Pacific Flyway heat up, we turn towards nature-based climate solutions for answers.

Federal Court Reverses Environmental Approval for Willow Development Project
News

Federal Court Reverses Environmental Approval for Willow Development

— Audubon Alaska joins in celebration of legal victory in Western Arctic.
UN Report Affirms the Need for Urgent Action on Climate
News

UN Report Affirms the Need for Urgent Action on Climate

The first of three reports finds that the climate is warming at alarming levels, with consequences for communities and for wildlife.

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