In 2019, we completed our flagship Sagebrush Songbird Survey, a five-year, collaborative community science project to identify sagebrush songbird distributions within the remaining sagebrush areas in our state.

This joint project with the WA Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) and local Audubon chapters generated over 20,000 bird observations from 130 volunteers, and represents an unprecedented community undertaking in support of sagebrush birds and their habitat.

A committee of Audubon chapters is working on applying the data in sagebrush conservation and WDFW used these data to create new maps of sagebrush songbird distributions, providing legally defensible baseline data that fills a critical need of land use planners, landowners, and conservation partners. Moving forward, our goals are to:

• Ensure that new baseline data on sagebrush songbirds is incorporated into land use planning and management.
• Leverage public-private partnerships in support of habitat connectivity and fire protection and rehabilitation.
• Secure funding to support stakeholder process for least-conflict solar siting

Downloadable Resources

SSS Annual Report 2016 SSS Annual Report 2017 Sample Training Agenda.pdf SSS Annual Report 2018 sagebrush_songbird_survey_introduction_2019.docx audubon_protocol_sheet_2019.pdf audubon_survey_form_2019_.pdf how_to_enter_your_sightings_in_ebird_2019.pdf gps_for_birders_etrex25_2019.pdf working_lands_priorities_2021.pdf wdfw_audubonwa_shrubsteppe_passerine_distribution_finalreport_2022.pdf