Audubon Washington

Protecting birds and the places they need, today and tomorrow

Mountain Bluebird. Photo: Debbie Tubridy

Audubon Washington is a field office of the National Audubon Society. Our mission is to protect birds and the places they need by using science, advocacy, education, and on-the-ground conservation. Nature centers, chapters, and partners give Audubon Washington an unparalleled wingspan that reaches over 50,000 people each year to inform, inspire, and unite diverse communities in conservation action. 

We do this work because we understand the importance of nature and natural systems in our lives--for our economic well-being, for our enjoyment, and for ethical and spiritual benefits. We are organized as a network of chapters that collectively engage people in learning about birds, caring about and for birds, and taking action to save birds and the places they need now and in the future. We focus our work on four strategies: Coasts, Climate, Working lands, and Bird-Friendly Communities, because we know that when you focus on protecting the birds, you end up protecting the earth. 

Puget Sound Conservation
Coasts

Coasts

Audubon’s Coasts Initiative takes a full life-cycle approach to the conservation of coastal birds.

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Climate Change
Climate

Climate Change

Our climate work is informed by science and powered by people

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Sagelands Program
Working Lands

Sagelands Program

Monitoring and preserving Washington's shrub-steppe ecosystem.

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Building Bird Friendly Communities
Bird-Friendly Communities

Building Bird Friendly Communities

Connecting people with nature to create safe places where birds and people prosper.

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Seward Park Audubon Center
Chapters & Centers

Seward Park Audubon Center

Engaging children and families with nature in their community

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Recent News

2021 Puget Sound conservation strategy
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2021 Puget Sound conservation strategy

Creating a resilient future for coastal birds and communities

Virtual Advocacy Day Takes Flight
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Virtual Advocacy Day Takes Flight

Over 80 Auduboners met with 25 legislators to share our 2021 policy priorities to protect birds and people

Policy Priorities for 2021
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Policy Priorities for 2021

We identified our top policy priorities for birds and people for this 2021 legislative session

Value of the Shrub-Steppe
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Value of the Shrub-Steppe

Washington Fish and Wildlife Commissioner Kim Thorburn reflects on the intrinsic value of Washington's sagelands

Grouse: A Podcast About the Bird That's Dividing the West
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Grouse: A Podcast About the Bird That's Dividing the West

BirdNote's new podcast uses Sage-Grouse to tell a story about hope, compromise, and life in rural America.

Let Your Advocacy Take Flight
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Let Your Advocacy Take Flight

Join us for a virtual advocacy day on December 9th, 2020!

House Introduces Sweeping Legislation to Tackle Climate Change on Our Coasts
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House Introduces Sweeping Legislation to Tackle Climate Change on Our Coasts

The Ocean-Based Climate Solutions Act calls for urgent action on the issues facing our ocean and coasts.

Birding by Ear
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Birding by Ear

Practicing birding by ear can provide an early warning of hearing loss- By Judith White and Connie Unsicker, Olympic Peninsula Audubon Society

Little Tyrants
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Little Tyrants

Washington guest-blogger series: by Thomas Bancroft, former chief scientist for the National Audubon Society

A Big Year... During Work and School
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A Big Year... During Work and School

Student and Audubon activist Carly Zeis will live in a fifth wheel trailer for her Big Year while at the same time working and studying remotely

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