Coastal Estuaries

— From the Pacific Coast to the Boreal Forest

— New report shows the ecological resilience of Kennedy Creek estuary as Audubon Washington, Black Hills Audubon, and our partners work to protect and improve the important bird habitat

— Visit our second birding open house in South Puget Sound on March 25, 2023 at Kennedy Creek estuary

— Shoreline armoring harms natural beaches that provide spawning habitat for forage fish, a key to Puget Sound's ecosystem

— Sea level rise in Puget Sound threatens homes, infrastructure, and natural shoreline habitats.

— Audubon Washington seeks to build on critical climate and conservation policies in the 2022 legislative session

— Director of Bird Conservation Dr. Trina Bayard returns to the field, investigating how coordinated bird monitoring can fill a vital data gap

— Funding conservation and updating key shoreline policies

— We talked to Scott Pearson, PhD, senior researcher at the Washington Department of Wildlife science division, about the new data on marine birds in Puget Sound and what that means for the ecosystem

— A project of the Puget Sound Ecosystem Monitoring Program (PSEMP) Marine Birds Work Group. Collaborators include the Stillaguamish Tribe, Ecostudies Institute, and the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife