A Nice Win for Portland’s Trees!
Planting and protecting trees is one of the simplest and most effective ways that we can improve the health of our urban environment.
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It’s All Connected: Ten Years of Restoring the Urban Landscape One Yard at a Time
Can one yard make a difference? The answer is an emphatic yes. More than a decade ago, a handful of neighbors eager to restore native habitat in SW Portland started the first iteration of the Backyard Habitat Certification Program, which ultimately sparked a movement that has now spread to more than 6,000 yards across the Portland-Vancouver Metro Region.
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Christmas Bird Count: An 80-Year Review of Species Trends in Portland
For more than 100 years, Portland Audubon has organized the Christmas Bird Count (CBC) in the metro area, recruiting volunteers to fan out across a 15-mile-wide circle to identify and count every bird seen or heard. Results from all Christmas Bird Counts are contributed annually to National Audubon, whose database includes data from thousands of CBC circles across North America and the world.
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Mateo Asks You to Give for the Birds
Recently, Volunteer Manager Vicky Medley was opening Portland Audubon’s mail when she came across a child’s pencil drawing of a bird. In the envelope was the art, a brief note from Mateo, age 6, and six dollars.
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Proposal to Kill Hundreds of Ravens in Baker County Cancelled for 2020
This morning we got great news that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife have cancelled a proposal to kill hundreds of ravens in Baker County in Northeastern Oregon.
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The Portland Audubon Holiday Gift Guide
The holiday season is fast approaching, and that means finding the perfect gifts for our loved ones. For bird and nature lovers, nothing quite hits the spot like something that connects us to the natural world.
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A Big Win for Marbled Murrelets…But Will ODFW Do the Right Thing?
In June 2018, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Commission made a decision that was inexplicable even by the low standards this agency has too often set for protecting Oregon’s wildlife. In a 4-2 vote, it reversed, without even the semblance of a coherent explanation, a decision it had made just four months earlier to move the Marbled Murrelet from threatened to endangered status under the State Endangered Species Act.
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The Dire Situation of North American Birds—How We Can Make a Difference
his fall saw the release of two major reports describing the perilous state of North American birds. Together, they serve as a wake-up call for anyone concerned about not only birds, but the health of our planet.
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Portland Audubon Testimony on Bobcat Killing
Last week, Portland Audubon’s Conservation Director Bob Sallinger provided invited testimony before the Oregon House Interim Committee on Natural Resources on the killing of a juvenile bobcat from Eugene that was killed by state agencies.
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Harney Basin International: An Important Layover for Birds Along the Pacific Flyway
On a cold day in October, Portland Audubon’s Eastern Oregon Field Coordinator Teresa Wicks, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge’s Wildlife Biologist Alexa Martinez, and local volunteers Rick Vetter and Joan Suther concluded the 2019 Malheur Lake shorebird surveys.
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