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Gulf Restoration Groups to Congressional Leaders: We’re Counting On You to Keep Your Word
June 08, 2017 — As Secretary Ross and Secretary Zinke Both Testify about the President’s Proposed Budget, Conservation Groups Call on Congress to Keep their Promises on Restoration
Science Matters—Keep Protecting the Golden-cheeked Warbler
June 05, 2017 — If attempts to gut protections for the Texas songbird succeed, it could face extinction.
White House to Warming World: Bake On
June 01, 2017 — President Trump needlessly backs out of the most important climate plan the world has ever seen.
Give the West a Break—Let Sage-Grouse Conservation Plans Work
May 31, 2017 — By issuing a secretarial order to reverse course on grouse conservation plans, Secretary Zinke would put an entire landscape at risk.
ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ Announces Karen Profita as New Executive Director of Louisiana State Office
May 24, 2017
Here We Go Again: Birds in the Crosshairs of White House Budget Proposal
May 22, 2017 — Major cuts to clean energy solutions, conservation programs, and a nefarious plan for the Arctic Refuge included in latest budget from the Trump Administration.
ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½â€™s 14th Annual Women in Conservation Luncheon Honors Jamie Rappaport Clark, Dr. Heidi Cullen, and Anne Thompson
May 17, 2017 — Women Conservation Leaders Receive Prestigious 2017 Rachel Carson Award
Methane Rule Stays Intact in Victory for Birds and Common Sense
May 10, 2017 — Efforts to revoke regulation limiting methane waste on federal lands fails in the Senate.
Birds Avoid Chopping Block (For Now) as Congress Leaves Out Most Proposed Cuts to Conservation
May 04, 2017 — The spending package for the rest of the fiscal year includes increases for several programs that thousands of ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ members urged their members of Congress to fund.
Oil and Birds Don’t Mix—Opening Our Coasts to Drilling is a Bad Idea
April 27, 2017 — By doubling down on offshore drilling, the White House ignores science and tempts fate.
New Maps Show Oil and Gas Leasing Sales Overtaking Sage-Grouse Habitat
June 20, 2018 — The Bureau of Land Management's upcoming and newly offered leases threaten to unravel historic conservation agreement.
ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ Honors Public Officials with Conservation Hero Awards
June 14, 2018 — Former Bush and Obama Deputy Interior Secretaries Among 2018 Republican and Democratic Honorees
Governor Hickenlooper Declares 2018 the Year of the Bird in Colorado
June 07, 2018 — Proclamation cites Colorado’s many habitats for breeding and migratory birds.
Western Water News
ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ Commends House Action on Water Resources Bill
June 07, 2018 — Progress on water legislation is important for birds and people.
California voters approve Proposition 68
June 06, 2018 — $4 billion bond measure supported by ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ will fund programs for safe parks, clean water, natural resources protection, climate change preparedness, and relief for the Salton Sea
CALIFORNIA
ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ Urges California Officials to Swiftly Implement New Salton Sea Funds
June 06, 2018 — Voters approved a bond measure that includes $200 million for critical dust mitigation and habitat restoration projects at California’s largest lake.
Governor Hutchinson Proclaims June 5, 2018 as Year of the Bird Day in Arkansas
June 05, 2018 — Proclamation cites Arkansas’s critical role as stopover for migratory birds.
Bill defending California’s migratory birds passes critical Assembly Floor vote
May 31, 2018 — Assembly Bill 2627 seeks to protects California birds in the face of federal attacks on the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
CALIFORNIA
ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½â€™s 15th Annual Women in Conservation Luncheon Honors Gina McCarthy, Mary Powell, and Dorceta E. Taylor
May 24, 2018 — Women conservation leaders receive prestigious 2018 Rachel Carson Award.
ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ Lawsuit Seeks to Restore Protections for Migratory Birds
May 24, 2018