Press Center

— Join an Audubon advocacy group to meet with your state legislator on December 7.  Audubon will schedule your group’s meeting and provide training to ensure you’re prepared to speak for the birds!

— The fate of Washington's coastal birds like Rhinoceros Auklet, Dunlin and Surf Scoter depends on the state of their habitat. Our associates at Puget Sound Partnership released their annual State of the Sound report documenting the ongoing recovery efforts of Puget Sound.

— Audubon chapters in Washington have been instrumental in protecting Vaux's Swifts along their migration by preserving the abandoned chimneys they roost in

— The 2021 annual gathering of Washington chapters, the Audubon Council of Washington, met virtually this fall to connect, energize and collaborate on statewide conservation

— A bill to reauthorize the Magnuson-Stevens Act boosts protections for seabirds

— Extreme heat is a known, climate-related threat that can be especially harmful during vulnerable nesting periods for birds

— Translational Ecology in Action

— The Forage Fish Conservation Act will update the way that forage fish are managed federally.

— Clean Fuel Standard one step closer to Governor Inslee’s desk

— 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