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FY12 Chapter Accomplishments

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Chapter Code Chapter State Chapter Name Title Category Category - Other Description Contact

A00 AL Hans Paul

A00 AL Jean Folsom

A01 AL John Borom Ph. D.

A01 AL Alabama Coastal Birdfest John Borom, Ph.D.

A50 AK Connor's Lake Loon Cam Jean Tam

A50 AK w keys

A51 AK Juneau Audubon Society Brenda Wright

A51 AK Juneau Audubon Society Saturday Wild Brenda Wwright

A52 AK Arctic Audubon Society

Birmingham Audubon Society

Audubon Mountain Workshop

1. Education 4 day nature workshop aimed at educating participants on a wide range of natural science topics

Birmingham Audubon Society

Wehle Teacher Training Camp

1. EducationA two day workshop on nature education for teachers conducted on a "Forever Wild" state protected property. Scholarships provided to 6 teachers who attended.

Mobile Bay Audubon Society

The Forever Wild Land Trust passage of Al. Legislature Bill to renew the Funding Agreement with the State of Alabama

1. Education2. Citizen science3. Policy/advocacy4. Land management

Nature Preserve, Recreation Area, State Parks, and Wildlife Management Area

Our Chapter provided speakers to promote passage of this Bill. We gave a donation to a Citizens Group to provide printed materials. We talked to our neighbors, friends, relatives and at other clubs where our members to let them know how important this Bill would be for them and for future generations.It was a success because the Bill passed and will not come up again for renewal for 20 years.

Mobile Bay Audubon Society


The Alabama Coastal Birdfest offers something for everyone. Over a three day period, we put on approximatily 20 birding tours for over 200 participants who come from 19 States and Canada. On Saturday we conduct a conservation and environmental fair on the campus of Faulkner State Community college in downtown Fairhope, Alabama. We gave awayover 300 birdhouses to children who were able to build the houses on site.There were animal and bird demonstrations throughout the day, as well as speakers on various local environmental subjects. Very Successful

Anchorage Audubon Society

1. Education2. Citizen science

AAS continued to present a live streaming webcam of a Pacific Loon nest on Connor's Lake in Anchorage, AK. This web cam was chosen to be streamed on the Cornell website. In 2011, the webcam documented an extremely rare case of Pacific Loon successfully re-nesting and raising a second chick after the first was taken--presumably by a Bald Eagle.

Anchorage Audubon Society

Environmental Awareness in Anchorage


AAS continues to provide monthly programs, field trips, walks, and e-newsletters which raise the public's awareness of local birds and their habitats. These efforts have been amplified by coverage in newspapers, on line news sites, local radio and local television. We believe we have brought more exposure of our natural surroundings to the residents of Anchorage than in previous years.

Alpine to ocean shore bioblitz

1. Citizen scienceBriding volunteers helped to complete a 24 hour survey of birds from ski area to ocean shore. We helped to collect data for summer bird life at our latitude.

Provide guided walks to novices to educate people about safe native foods like mushrooms, berries, and shore plants and animals.We gather experts to explain and guide and interest people in the outdoors.

Advocate for citizen response to the Arctic National Wildlife Reguge proposed management plan and developed comments from chapter

1. Policy/advocacy


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B00 AZ Maricopa Audubon Society

B00 AZ Maricopa Audubon Society

B01 AZ Tucson Audubon Society Admin Erin Olmstead

B01 AZ Tucson Audubon Society Strategic Plan Completed Paul Green

B02 AZ Bird Sanctuary Program Jim Logan

B03 AZ Christmas Bird Count Robert Weissler

B03 AZ Elaine Moore

B04 AZ Yuma Audubon Society Nancy Meister

B04 AZ Yuma Audubon Society Nancy Meister

Sponsored Non-Botanical Classes at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix

1. Education

Maricopa Audubon Society has its monthly meetings at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, Arizona. In working with the DBG Outreach Director we decided to sponsor several classes for their membership and the public on wildlife and bird-related topics.

Ms. Emily Morris, MAS Newsletter Editor (also an employee of the DBG)

First of our Education Workshops was successful!

1. Education

This spring, Maricopa Audubon Society held a two-day workshop to help our members improve their sparrow identification skills. The first day was a half-day in the classroom with an interactive lecture by Thomas Gaskill, a self-professed sparrow enthusiast. Arizona has almost 40 species of sparrows, towhees, longspurs, buntings, and other finches at different seasons and at varying elevations during the year, so identification can present problems, even to experienced birders. The second day was a field trip to a locality with a variety of sparrow species to help reinforce knowledge learned during the previous day. Tom did an excellent job and all the students complemented him for his efforts to raise our abilities and confidence identifying sparrows and their kin. We expect to have more of these workshops on different topics in the coming year.

Ms. Laurie Nessel, MAS Program Chairwoman

Establishment of Development Department.

The first goal in our strategic plan was to establish a new way forward for our development activities. We appointed a new staff lead who has now developed a development plan that aims to improve donor relationships and increase our income over the next five years.


We completed our strategic plan and are now in the middle of establishing annual work plan for staff. This was a success in that we used an external consultant to get us started and have successfully marshaled staff and board through to conclusion. This will reduce the number of activities in which we are involved and improve our focus.

Northern Arizona Audubon Society

1. Education2. Citizen science A NAAS developed program to recognize local areas important to birds and

to promote public awareness of these areas.

Huachuca Audubon Society

1. Citizen science Continued Ramsey Canyon CBC and the newly-established Appleton-Whittell CBC.

Huachuca Audubon Society

Global importance for San Pedro River

Huge volunteer effort coordinated for one day survey for Bell's Vireo and Lucy's Warbler, to establish global significance for the San Pedro River under the IBA program.

Brought in a BR employee to talk about the MultiSpecies Project

1. Education2. Policy/advocacy3. Land management

Biologist from the Colorado River MultiSpecies Project discussed the threatened and endangered birds, fish and plant that are being encouraged by habitat protection and improvement. The purpose was to encourage members to volunteer for tree and shrub planning by the BR.

Training of members to survey in IBA. There are several IBAs in the area but previously our chapter has not been involved.

1. Citizen scienceInvited Tice Supplee from AZ Audubon to come to Yuma to do the training. We had about 10 members show up for the training which included 2 different methods of surveying.


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B05 AZ Prescott Audubon Society Conservation

B05 AZ Prescott Audubon Society Outreach Russell Chappell

B08 AZ

B08 AZ

B50 AR Barry Haas

B52 AR Birding Basics Class Michelle Viney

B52 AR

B54 AR Essay Contest Daniel Smith

TogetherGreen Volunteer Days and Innovation Planning Grants

1. Policy/advocacy

These grants were designed to engage diverse audiences in solving local environmental problems. First, we teamed with the Highlands Center, the Native Plants Society, and other volunteers to rehabilitate a meadow on the Highlands Center property, removing invasive vegetation and replacing it with native seeds and plants. Second, we developed a landscape design for a future Wetland Park on the southeast shoreline of Willow Lake, one of our IBAs. In doing so, we began a partnership with the City of Prescott that should grow into opportunities to help our community - and that includes the birds and wildlife.

Cathy Palm-Gessner, Susan Drown

Improved membership participation and communications

1. Policy/advocacy

We completely revamped our website: it has easy-to-find information about upcoming events and field trips, and provides advice about local birding hotspots. Attendance at our meetings continues to be high, and we offered a number of field trips, both local outings and extended overnights, including Nova Scotia and Texas.

Desert Rivers Audubon Society

developed and are implementing a Tour de Bird educational activity planned for this October 2012

1. Education

A tour is planned for a total of 9 park and backyard bird friendly habitats. It will feature native plans that are bird friendly and education will be provided at each site about plants, wildflowers, bird lists, etc. guides will be available at each site to lead people through the yards and talk about how to make a backyard habitat for birds. A Heritage grant was obtained to support this activity.

Krys Hammers, Fran Thurber

Desert Rivers Audubon Society

Worked extensively on the Feral cat problem at the Gilbert Riparian Institute IBA.

1. Policy/advocacy

Cats were and are still to some extent being released in the Riparian Institute and fed by well meaning cat supporters. Work was done with the city council to enact legislation barring this activity. Traps were set and monitored and cats trapped given to humane society stations.

Mike Evans, Conservation Director

Audubon Society of Central Arkansas

Lake Maumelle Management Plan

1. Education2. Policy/advocacy3. Land management Working to shape policy for the watershed around Lake Maumelle the

primary source of drinking water for 400,000 people in Central AR

Northwest Arkansas Audubon Society

1. Education

On 31 March2012 our chapter organized a Birding Basics Course at the headquarters building of the Hobbs State Park in northwestern Arkansas. This was an introduction to the process of birding to interested newcomers from the general public. It involved how to select and use binoculars, how to identify birds, and ended with small group field trips in the Park forest to find and identify birds. Binoculars for use were temporarily distributed and each participant was given to keep a bird field guide.

Northwest Arkansas Audubon Society

Warren Prairie Natural Area near Warren in southeastern Arkansas

1. Land management Protecting endangered species

Our chapter donated funds to the Nature Conservency to purchase more land adding to the holdings of the Warren Prairie. The pine savanna included in the Warren Prairie area is occupied by the federally endangered Red-cockaded Woodpecker. This adds to the habitat for the woodpecker. The prairie area there is the only site in Arkansas for wintering Henslow's Sparrows. The prairie also has several rare plant species.

Arkansas Chapter of The Arkansas Nature Conservancy

Little Red River Audubon Society

1. EducationHeld for 5th and 6th graders at local schools. Awards two (or more) scholarships to Halberg Ecology Camp. Provides opportunity to present to students in school on natural history topic.


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B54 AR Survived. Chapter Survival Daniel Smith

B55 AR Shepherd's Center

B55 AR Birding Badge

B60 AR chapter improvement- Karen westby

B60 AR a long-standing project of the chapter Marge Bangert

B61 AR Recruitment Kay Creighton

B61 AR Les Daniels

B63 AR Arkansas River Valley Leif Aderson

C00 CA Altacal Audubon Society banded Saw-whet owls with help from individuals from the community. Dawn Garcia

C01 CA Programs and Advocacy Annette Schneider

Little Red River Audubon Society

We moved our meeting location from Fairfield Bay to Clinton. LRRAS faces a shifting demographic as the Fairfield Bay population shrinks and ages. The board of directors a year ago was about ready to fold up the chapter. A few of us argued that a move to Clinton might revive the chapter. This has been at least partially successful, but requires continuing attention to achieve long-term viability of the chapter. We had a good year in many ways, but getting good people to act as officers and committee chairs is still difficult.

Three Rivers Audubon Society

1. EducationA local church sponsors this group for mainly seniors with many types of programs. Two of our members conduct birding seminars during the six week period twice a year.

Three Rivers Audubon Society

1. Education Conducted workshop at Delta Rivers Nature Center for Boy Scout Birding Badge

North Central Arkansas Audubon

developed a strategic plan for our chapter. (3 year plan with yearly review).

9 month process that developed strategies to increase and retain membership- try having occasional meetings on a different day/time; partner with other nature related groups on events; increase fundraising via continuing grants (for Audubon Adventures) or sponsorships(for campers), as well as traditional methods; define committee roles and duties; do better job on publicity.

North Central Arkansas Audubon

provided scholarships for 2 youths to attend an ecology camp.

1. Education

Hot Springs Village Audubon Society

Develop and implement branch website

1. Education

A branch website was proposed at the beginning of the year. Input from members was solicitied and a website was developed by two members of the branch. The website, hsvbirds.org, was up and running by September. Information on meetings, field trips, events, birding information, bluebird monitoring, sightings, other items of interest, and links to resources are included. Bird photographs by branch members also are displayed on the site.

Hot Springs Village Audubon Society

Bluebird Monitoring Program

1. Citizen science

Monitors check 302 boxes at least once/week and keep detailed records. A total of 1395 birds fledged. Buffalo gnats were a problem, and research and testing found that vanilla applied around any entrances to the boxes during the buffalo gnat season greatly decreased mortality.

Christmas Bird Count - ARVAS member Leif Anderson heads up the Christmas Bird Count for the state of Arkansas.

Coordinate with birders to set dates for Christmas Bird Count across the state of Arkansas. Particpate in various count areas. Collect count data from across the state and tally for submission.

Saw-whet Owl monitoring program

1. Education2. Citizen science3. Policy/advocacy

Buena Vista Audubon Society


Buena Vista Audubon Society sponsored activities and programs for nearly 8,000 participaqnts at our Nature Center, and field trips, and through outreach efforts. BVAS members worked with representatives of other conservation groups on issues related to land use and preservation of open space.


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C02 CA

C02 CA

C04 CA Marin Audubon Society

C04 CA Marin Audubon Society

C05 CA Creation of Additional IBA Blake Matheson

C05 CA Blake Matheson

C06 CA Pasadena Audubon Society Birds Id, Plants and habitats for birds

C06 CA Pasadena Audubon Society Wrentit club promote e-bird participation

C08 CA provided about 1000 owl pellets to teachers free of chqrge dan guthrie

Golden Gate Audubon Society

Eco-Education in Oakland, San Francisco, and Richmond

1. Education

This program educates 750 students each year in Title 1 schools in disadvantaged communities. We teach the students about the importance of birds, local habitats, and watershed stewardship. We take students and their families on field trips to regional parks, wetlands and creeks, and the ocean, teaching about ecosystems and food webs--and the role birds play in them. The students and their families also participate alongside our volunteers in restoration work days, giving them hands-on experience restoring habitat for birds and other wildlife and learning why it is important.

Anthony DeCicco, Education Director

Golden Gate Audubon Society

Protecting Sea Birds in San Francisco Bay

1. Policy/advocacy

We were very active in challenging the America's Cup races in San Francisco Bay and their impacts on birds. We won several important protection measures for birds, and our actions resulted in the City of San Francisco undertaking a first-of-its kind survey of the distribution and numbers of rafting birds using Central San Francisco Bay. USGS is performing the studies.

Michael Lynes, Conservation Director

Permanently protected and restored wildlife habitat.

1. Land management

After about five years of off-and-on negotiations, the owners of some parcels at a fresh water pond, we call Norton Pond, finally agreedto donate three small parcels including the pond itself. MAS already owns three other parcels along the pond edge and we are working to protect the whole thingFinished necessary preliminary work (permits, contracts, etc) to complete a wetland enhancement/expansion project on our property

Barbara Salzman 415-924-6057

Took a leading role in furthering the protection of two important wetland habitats by seeking legal advice

1. Policy/advocacy

After environmental review by local governments and agencies led to unsatisfactory environmental analysis, MAS took the lead in hiring legal council and urging others to do the same on two projects; one that would build a massive sports complex next to clapper rail habitat on Gallinas Creek, and another that would convert seasonal wetlands by filling them with dredged material at Port Sonoma Marina on the Petaluma River. Environmental review for both projects has been expanded and is still in progress.

Phil Peterson 415-828-4780

Monterey Peninsula Audubon Soc

1. Policy/advocacy2. Land management

Members provided information, data and advocacy to Audubon California to lay foundation for recognition of Carmel River Watershed as an Important Bird Area (formal recognition forthcoming in 2012/2013)

Monterey Peninsula Audubon Soc

Successful implementation of Black Oystercatcher Survey and Protocol


Receipt of grant to survey and monitor nesting Black Osytercatchers involved several dozen volunteers and culminated in succesfull implementation of California Audubon protocol to expand understanding and conservation foundation for Black Oystercatcher.

Birding classes 101,201 , Botany for birds

1. Education Ron cyger, Mark Scheel, Micky Long

1. Citizen science

Pomona Valley Audubon Society

1. Education


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C09 CA

C09 CA

C10 CA Conservation Rebecca Schwartz

C10 CA Brian Moehl

C11 CA Drew Feldman

C12 CA

C12 CA Bird Banding Mark Osokow

C13 CA Gabriele Drozdowski

Sacramento Audubon Society

Opposed wind turbines on Bufferlands of Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District

1. Land management

Chapter joined Friends of Swainson's Hawk and other environmental groups opposed to placement of a wind turbine in the SRCSD Bufferlands which is adjacent to Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, which is included within the boundaries of NAS's designation of the refuge as an IBA. Significant impacts to migratory birds, including federal and state listed species could have occurred by by implementation of the project. Sacramento Board of Supervisors unanimously rejected the wind turbine project as Sacramento Audubon and other environmental groups urged.

Keith Wagner, Conservation Chair

Sacramento Audubon Society

First Annual Christmas Bird Count for Kids


Conducted at Cosumnes River Preserve, a max. of 40 kids were assigned to teams, areas, and adult leaders. Kids learned how to use binoculars and prior to the count given short power point presentation of ~15 common birds in area. The count lasted ~90 minutes, followed by a compilation. Kids were encouraged to observe birds in four areas: on ground; mid-story vegetation; upper canopy veg.; and in the sky. The second annual CBC for kids is scheduled for January 2013.

Maureen Geiger and Cathie LaZier, Outreach

San Diego Audubon Society

IBA Assessment of Mission Bay

Description: Completion of an assessment of the Mission Bay globally Important Bird Area, including selection of key conservation targets, identification of key ecological attributes and monitoring needs, and broad stakeholder participation (including US Fish and Wildlife Service, California Department of Fish and Game, county and city government representatives, on-the-ground biologists, land managers, and non-profits).

San Diego Audubon Society

Establishment of 4th Grade Science Discovery Program

1. Education

Twelve 4th grade classes received an in-class lesson on local habitats paired with a field trip to our Silverwood Wildlife Sanctuary. This program resulted in an increase of 400 students, thus helping us achieve our long-range goal of increasing our impact in connecting children to the natural world and cultivating a culture of conservation.

San Bernardino Valley Audubon

Protection of San Jacinto Wildlife Area from residential development


We partnered with Sierra Club and Freinds of San Sacinto WIldlife Area to bring suite challenging the insufficiency of the EIR for a large residential development (Villages of Lake View) bordering the San Jacinto WIldlife area

San Fernando Valley Audubon Society

Sepulveda Basin Envirnomental Education Program

1. EducationOver 2000 school children from LAUSD come to the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Sanctuary on buses to observe wildlife and birds. Their teachers receive environmental education training sponsored by our chapter.

Carolyn Oppenheimer and Muriel Kotin

San Fernando Valley Audubon Society

Bird Observatory - Santa Susana Field Labratory - habitat restoration

1. Land managementTo observe and track birds in The Santa Susana Field Laboratory area, and complex habitat restoration program dealing with hazardous materials, residual radiation, etc.

Santa Barbara Audubon Society

Eyes in the Sky (EITS) program expansion

1. Education

Now that the EITS program is based at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, since March 2011, the number of people served for the year was 18,684, compared to the prior year of 6,824! We've increased our program volunteers from 16 to 43. We've added three additional birds: American Kestrel, Barn Owl, and Western Screech Owl.


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C13 CA Andy Lanes

C14 CA Shani Kleinhaus

C14 CA Shani Kleinhaus

C16 CA Sequoia Audubon Society Jennifer Rycenga

C16 CA Sequoia Audubon Society Jennifer Rycenga

C17 CA Whittier Audubon Society Steve Huber

C17 CA Whittier Audubon Society Jeff Webster

Santa Barbara Audubon Society

White-tailed Kite Nesting and Roosting Monitoring Project

1. Citizen science

We had a very successful year of White-tailed Kite monitoring, by hiring a paid coordinator for the season. The coordinator worked out data sheets, recruited and trained volunteers with the help of our volunteer Science Advisor, and will be collating the data collected and mapping the nesting/roosting sites. We had 18 volunteers, 675 hours. We had tried for a few years to recruit a volunteer coordinator without success. We are repeating the effort this coming year.

Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society

Burrowing Owl Preservation Plan -- San Jose

Endangered Species Conservation

We convinced the City of San Jose to manage the bufferlands surrounding their water pollution control plant for Burrowing Owls. This land is zoned and planned to be developed over the next 25 years but we argued successfully that until the economy allows for development the land should be managed for Burrowing Owls. This is a significant milestone in a decades long effort to stem the decline of the Burrowing Owl population in Santa Clara County and the south bay region.

Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society

North Bayshore Development Plans

1. Land management

Working with a coalition of Environmental Organizations and the City Council of Mountain View, we were able to block an effort to develop and change the character of the North Bayshore area of Mountain View. This area is adjacent to Mt. View's environmental treasure, Shoreline at Mt. View, a regionally important recreation area recovered from an old landfill. The development plans were championed by Google in order to provide housing adjacent to and within their campus footprint. We argued successfully that the population growth, if allowed, would change the character of this area, particularly at night and on weekends, to the detriment of the environment.

Restore Sharp Park golf course to native wetlands

1. Policy/advocacy

Participated in a coalition to restore Sharp Park wetlands and uplands habitat and connectivity with protected adjacent open space to ensure the long term survival of the San Francisco garter snake and the CA red-legged frog in the area. Scientists cited impacts to the endangered species at the golf course from mowing of greens and fairways, water pumping at a golf course pond, destruction of gopher burrows that garter snakes and red-legged frogs depend upon, loss of upland habitat needed by the species for hibernation and cover due to vegetation management, and potentially harmful use of pesticides and fertilizers.

Restore salt marsh to the Redwood City Cargill lands

1. Policy/advocacy

Participated in a coalition to restore the salt marsh to the Cargill lands in Redwood City. Attended Redwood City council and Planning Commission meetings and provided comment pertaining to the Cargil project. Worked with Bay Area Audubon chapters on a coordinated response against the development project.

Conduct monthly beginner's bird walks at local natural area


Conduct a monthly bird/nature walk in a canyon in the local Whittier hills introducing members and local residents to the natural areas and open spaces in their own backyards. Participation has doubled in the last two years. Interest by residents increased as the city leased some of the natural open area for oil drilling (still fighting this out in the courts).

Maintain bluebird nest boxes at Rose Hills Cemetery

1. Citizen science Continued to maintain and monitor previously installed bluebird nest boxes at a large local cemetery. Over 100 birds fledged last season.


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C18 CA Updated Strategic Plan Jan Surbey

C18 CA Holly Sletteland

C19 CA Fresno Audubon Society Lost Lake Park Restoration Radley Reep

C19 CA Fresno Audubon Society Kaberi Kar Gupta

C20 CA Ohlone Audubon Society

C20 CA Ohlone Audubon Society

C21 CA Madrone Audubon Society Litigation Susan Kirks

Morro Coast Audubon Society

1. Education2. Policy/advocacy

Our 5-year strategic plan was updated this past year. During the process of completing it, wehad many accomplishments to celebrate and it helped to develop the goals for upcoming years. It provided agreat overview of our organization to Board members and MCAS members alike and kick-started severalnew ideas for attaining our goals.

Morro Coast Audubon Society

Volunteer Program at Sweet Springs


Several times a month, groups of volunteers dedicate their time to restoring and maintainingSweet Springs Nature Preserve which includes pulling weeds, planting trees and shrubs, collecting trash, andrepairing infrastructure. This past year over 700 volunteers have helped out at Sweet Springs. They includeresidents of the area, high school and college students, retirees, troubled youth, and state prisoners.

1. Land managementAs a member of Friends of Lost Lake Park, Fresno Audubon engaged in many activities to help restore this park, including clean-up and plans to restore the nature trail originally installed by Fresno Audubon.

Together Green project on Water-wise gardens

1. Citizen science The Together Green project is researching how to get local residents to reduce their water consumption in this desert environment.

1. Education Provided binoculars to a Junior Nature Camp. Built a viewing platform as the local wildlife refuge.

1. Education Swallow festival to help the public understand why it is important not to wash down swallow nests when they return each year.

Continued opposition to Dutra Asphalt Plant in Petaluma, CA, plaintiff in litigation

Madrone Audubon is one of several plaintiffs in this litigation, which is now in appeals, after the Judge ruled in favor of the Dutras and Sonoma County. This proposal is to construct a noxious industrial asphalt plant on the bank of the Petaluma River, immediately across from Shollenberger Park and Alman Marsh, the Petaluma wetlands and marshes, a highly sensitive sanctuary for wildlife and a mecaa for migrating birds and visitors. An appeals court hearing is anticipated for sometime in 2013. Petaluma Wetlands Alliance provides an excellent elementary school education program at Shollenberger Park and Alman Marsh and also engages in significant ongoing habitat restoration work at the park and wetlands. Petaluma Wetlands Alliance comprises the Petaluma Wetlands Committee of Madrone Audubon Society.

I see room for only 2 top accomplishments - but also wanted to share 2 additional ones with you related to our Chapter. The Mayacamas Mountains Audubon Sanctuary was successfully transferred to Audubon Canyon Ranch for ownership, and our chapter, Madrone Audubon, continues to enjoy and nurture a relationship for outings and input with Audubon Canyon Ranch for the Mayacamas Sanctuary. Also, our Renewable Energy Committee continues to monitor and provide proactive input to Sonoma County's developing policy update on wind energy.


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C21 CA Madrone Audubon Society Diane Hichwa

C22 CA Lorna Elness

C22 CA Lorna Elness

C23 CA Audubon Adventures Day Thelma Williams

C23 CA Dee Lyon

C24 CA Jim Clark

C24 CA Organization partnership Jim Clark

C25 CA Brian Murphy

C25 CA No child left inside Paul Schorr

Stewardship Task Force's work at Sea Ranch/California Coast - Black Oystercatcher Surveying and Observation of Common Murres

1. Citizen science

The Task Force participated in the Black Oystercatcher Survey related to this species and climate change impacts and observations. The Task Force documented Common Murres on Gualala Point Island. Lisa Hug of Madrone Audubon also observed Common Murres in the Bodega Bay Area.

San Joaquin Audubon Society

enlisting one teacher for the Audubon Adventures material

1. Education

It is a hard sell to get a teacher to want to add one more thing to her/his day. Our teacher was wonderful in choosing to use the Audubon Adventures Kit in her classroom. I was able to go into her class and a few others to present even more information to the students and we all took an on campus walking field trip. The students really had a good time and the questions were relevant and informative. The area that I presented in has a high population of low income families and many of the families do not get out into nature much. The students were amazed at what was right in their own back yard. The teacher said that all of this sparked numerous conversations within the classroom.

San Joaquin Audubon Society

Providing reliable monthly field trips


The field trips help reach out to the public and create an awareness of the world around them in a fun and friendly way. Our Leaders enjoyed many hours of discussion with numerous persons regarding the environment and the surrounding flora and fauna of our area. We saw an increase in the number of younger children participating and asking questions about birds and other wildlife.

Conejo Valley Audubon Society

1. EducationOffered a "Audubon Adventures Day" with birdwalks, activities, live Reptiles and Education birds in conjunction with the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area

Conejo Valley Audubon Society

Native Plants in the Home Landscape

1. EducationOffered two workshops and two presentations open to the public titled " Change Your Yard to a Wildlife Habitat" partnering with a local botanical garden and a local library.

Redwood Region Audubon Society

Commented on Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement DEiS/DEIR

1. Policy/advocacy Commented primarily on items related to water quantity and quality for Klamath Refuges.

Redwood Region Audubon Society

1. Land management Contributed $4000 to Northcoast Regional Land Tust to purchase and restore important estuarine bird habitat adjacent to Humboldt Bay.

Mt. Diablo Audubon Society

Wood Duck box installation

1. Education

One of our board members who works for the city of Walnut Creek, CA has been working with scout groups and others to install and mailtain Wood Duck boxes through out Contra Costa County. This has been highly succesfull

Mt. Diablo Audubon Society

1. Education

We have a number of programs in local schools. Usually the format is to have a 3 day program with the first day being a visit with our chairman and Native Bird Connections brings 2 live birds of prey for kids to see. The second visit is to teach kids how to use binoculars, field guides and notes. The third is a field trip to a local park where we have 6 stations with volunteers. The day ends with a summary of what we have seen and every child gets a bird book of local birds.


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C26 CA

C26 CA Audubon Adventures Lindsay Fitch / John Fitch

C27 CA Invasive weed program Rebeca Franco

C27 CA Birding Map Sales Susie Boyd

C28 CA

C30 CA Kern Audubon Society Angela Guy

C30 CA Kern Audubon Society Madi Elsea

C33 CA Redbud Audubon Society 18th Annual Heron Festival Marilyn Waits

El Dorado Audubon Society

Christmas Bird Count (and other counts)/Tree Trimming Survey/LCWA

1. Citizen science

Thanks to the efforts of co-chairs Carolyn Vance and Donna Bray, we were able to enlist enough participants (42) to cover most of our count circle; total number of birds counted was 35,775; total number of species counted was 175 (including three exotics and two subspecies). We were ranked 31st among local chapters nationwide. Carolyn also conducted a survey of the tree trimming policies of 16 local cities (only 3 were "bad"). Donna initiated a Binocular Donation Program that engaged mentally disabled individuals. Mary Parsell and her team continued their tireless effort to preserve and restore the Los Cerritos Wetlands.

Carolyn Vance (Compiler) / Donna Bray (Co-chair) / Mary Parsell (Conservation Chair)

El Dorado Audubon Society

1. Education

Thanks to the efforts of Lindsay Fitch, we supplied a total of 50 Audubon Adventure Kits to teachers in the Orange County area. Through this and her enlistment of two schools for the Great Backyard Bird Count, we reached 1500 students about the importance of birding and conservation. John Fitch continued his much appreciated efforts at the Seal Beach NWR (an IBA site).

Mt. Shasta Area Audubon Society

1. Education Chapter is running a two year invasive weed program in all Siskiyou county schools with two grants from the RAC and FWS totaling $65,000

Mt. Shasta Area Audubon Society

Continued sales of "A Birders Guide to Driving Routes in Siskiyou County". 380 sold last year

Napa-Solano Audubon Society

Maintained basic program & field trip offerings; CBCs & festival participation

1. Education

Minimal activities beyond basics- our accomplishment was to just cover the basics (programs, field trips, cbcs)---we have been without a Board President or Secretary or Education chair or committee, as well as surviving without many other committees for the past 16 months due to unsuccessful recruitment efforts

Cheryl Harris (Pres. as of Oct 2012)

Developed a satellite chapter of Audubon in a nearby community

1. Education

Kern Audubon is developing a sub-chapter (or "satellite" chapter) in a nearby community approximately 50 miles away. This was what was left of a birding club that had disbanded. Members of that group who were also Audubon members asked to affiliate with Kern Audubon, which has been named Kern Audubon-Tehachapi. This has resulted in many new members. The sub-chapter has a planning committee and had 3 quarterly meetings this past year and monthly field trips.

Brochure "Birds of the Kern River"

1. Education

Through an Audubon CA Collabrative Grant, Kern Audubon developed a color brochure about birding spots along the Kern River through Bakersfield CA and 40 commonly seen species. The grant featured artwork by local artist and Kern Audubon member and photographs by Kern Audubon photographers. In addition to brief narratives about the featured birds a brief history of the Kern River was included as well as mention of Audubon's Kern River Preserve.

1. Education

Conducted one-day birding festival at Redbud Park in Clearlake. Provided 36 Audubon-guided pontoon boat tours to heron rookeries for 515 attendees. Provided two Live Owls and Raptors show for 190 attendees, three other speakers for 180 attendees, children's nature crafts for 180 children, and nature fair of 18 nature crafters and 10 nature education exhibit booths.


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C33 CA Redbud Audubon Society Marilyn Waits

C36 CA Birding Sites Booklet Salvatore Salerno

C36 CA Salvatore Salerno

C38 CA Wintu Audubon Society

C38 CA Wintu Audubon Society Dan Greaney

C39 CA Successful Blog Charles V. Almdale

Western/Clark's Grebes Conservation Grant Project - Year Two


Conducted public outreach/education to avoid human disturbance to floating nest colonies of breeding grebes on Clear Lake. Provided colony protection from boat disturbance by using speed limit buoys and speed limit signs. Monitored grebe population, number of colonies, nests, adults and young. Established on-line web-cam video streaming on nesting grebes.

Stanislaus Audubon Society


"The Birding Sites of Stanislaus and Merced Counties" is a 92-page booklet that contains a description of forty locations for birding in those two counties, including habitats and the birds found there during different seasons. This collaborative effort also has photographs, ilustrations, and an updated bar graph showing the status and distribution of 311 species.

Stanislaus Audubon Society

Support for San Joaquin River Restoration Plan


Our chapter accepted an offer of a grant from Audubon California, which involved getting at least 500 correspondences to Sens. Boxer and Feinstein to show community support for the San Joaquin River Restoration Plan. This plan includes the releasing of wild salmon from the newly released portion of the S.J. River from the Friant Dam to the Merced River. Our chapter members went to several civic groups and the Stanislaus County Fair to gather more than 600 signed postcards. Other correspondences included letters and an op-ed piece in The Modesto Bee.

Completion of a very successful funding drive

Maintaining/expanding our Chapter capacity and long-term fiscal viability

In August, 2011, we had to vacate our meeting place of 10+ years and find a new one. We found a suitable site but for the first time had to buy annual liability insurance, pay monthly rent and purchase audio visual equipment. Our treasury balance was insufficient to meet those financial needs so we sent out individualized letters to our members soliciting donations. The response was magnificent and we raised $4,730 to meet our short-term financial needs as well as fund future operating expenses and special projects. We need to be a financially viable Chapter if we want to accomplish our long and short term goals. Our funding drive helped make this a reality.

Connie Word, Chapter Treasurer

Completion and submittal of a grant application for long-term implementation of our expanded youth educational/outreach program

1. Education

In mid-2011 Wintu Audubon began implementing a focused youth education/outreach program targeting 4th-8th graders. We purchased an initial trial supply of binoculars and Pocket Naturalist Guides to the birds of our area. In the fall of 2011 we began promoting our youth outreach efforts in the local newspaper and through schools. By early spring 2012, a dozen youth began attending our focused 2nd Saturday birdwalks along with several parents. Given our goal of expanding youth opportunites for birding and initial success in attracting youth, we decided to submit a grant application for $2,400 to our local McConnell Foundation to purchase 40 pairs of binoculars, Pocket Naturalist Guides and Bird Guides for our area. The grant was approved in June 2012 and next year we'll update our successful youth outreach efforts as a result of the grant.

Santa Monica Bay Audubon Society

1. Education

We have established a very successful blog which reaches members in a timely manner, saves money in reducing printing costs, promotes communication among members, promotes links to other resources and is a wonderful credit to our head blogger - Chuck Almdale.


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C39 CA Lu Plauzoles

C42 CA Joleen Osello

C42 CA Angela Liebenberg

C43 CA Marcos Trinadad

C43 CA Blubird Nest Boxes Nancy Feagans

C44 CA Classroom visits Pamela Blair

C44 CA Scholarships Pamela Blair

C45 CA Kerncrest Audubon Society Brenda Burnett

C45 CA Kerncrest Audubon Society Attended Kern County Board of Supervisors' meetings. Brenda Burnett

C46 CA Maintained fiscal viability Chapter organization Don Rivenes

C46 CA Ed Pandolfino

C49 CA Ventura Audubon Society Alexis Frangis; Jim Susha

Santa Monica Bay Audubon Society

Fencing of Beach Areas to Protect Western Snowy Plovers

1. EducationWe worked with the City of Santa Monica who has placed fencing on the beach to keep the plovers safe as well as educating the public as the fragility of the endangered species.

Mendocino Coast Audubon Society

WITH CALIFORNIA AUDUBON GRANT FUNDING 2ND ANNUAL BLOY BREEDING SURVEY

1. Citizen science

Mendocino Coast Audubon Society

CONTINUED SAVE OUR SHOREBIRDS SURVEYS

1. Citizen science

Palos Verdes/South Bay Audubon

Guided/monitored Together Green Fellowship recipiant in in his management of YES program (Youth Enviormental Stewerds)

1. Education2. Citizen science3. Land management

Guided our part time empolyee & Fellowship winner in management of area youth in their effort of keeping the weeds down and planting in Sage Scrub habitat as well as other tasks as identified.

Palos Verdes/South Bay Audubon

1. Education2. Citizen science Member installed, cleaned & monitored Western Bluebird nest boxes at

various area parks.

Central Sierra Audubon Society

1. Education Our one-person education program (my wife, Pamela) presented a variety of nature programs in grades 3 - 6.

Central Sierra Audubon Society

1. EducationWe provide two annual scholarships for students from our local community college who are going on to four-year institutions and are majoring in the natural sciences.

Comments to Protect Little Lake habitat

1. Policy/advocacy

Assisted Defenders of Wildlife in writing comments to BLM to protect water table that feeds Little Lake wildfowl habitat. Habitat is threatened by potential lowering of water table caused by increased pumping of ground water for water-cooled geothermal energy production.

Ongoing attempt to improve siting of wind turbines in Tehachapis

1. Policy/advocacy

Sierra Foothills Audubon Society

Our area was severely hit by the recession, yet we were able to maintain our fiscal viability and continue providing educational programs to the public and support local conservation efforts.

Sierra Foothills Audubon Society

Helped acquire Bruin Ranch

1. Land management

Provided seed money to help preserve 23,000 acres of land on the Bear River. Acquisition of the land connected thousands of acres that are already preserved. It was the last roadless area in Placer County and was under extreme development pressure. Preservation prevented development of over 900 homes. Bruin Ranch expands the contiguous oak woodland habitat for birds, wildlife, and ecological services. The area includes potential habitat for the Black Rail, an endangered species.

Improved our Communcation Techniques

1. Education

Established a Facebook page and subscribed to Constant Contact as the means to communicate with our membership, or at least, most of it. We'll use CC to send monthly newsletters (which will become electronic only in January 2013). Also, in the process of updating the website.


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C49 CA Ventura Audubon Society Bruce Schoppe

C53 CA Pete Pumphrey

C53 CA Pete Pumphrey

C54 CA Peregrine Audubon Society Chuck Vaughn

C54 CA Peregrine Audubon Society Chuck Vaughn

C55 CA Lowell Young

C55 CA Bill Ralph

C57 CA TAM TAAFFE

Additional Signage for Beaches

1. Education2. Land management

Following the success of our sign at the Ventura River Estuary, we used a bequest to purchase nine signs through State Parks to be installed at Ormond Beach, an important nesting area threatened by development and humans. We are using already existing signs that feature the snowy plover, least tern and shorebirds , in general. Plan is to install additional signs at other beach locations.

Eastern Sierra Audubon Society

Owens Lake Cooaborative PLanning


We continued to work with more than 35 stakeholders to develop a master plan for the future of Owens Lake. The plan is through a first draft and review is beginning of a work plan for CEQA review. The plan is several hundred pages in length with an innovative habitat conservation section.

Eastern Sierra Audubon Society

PRBO Mono Lake Gull PRoject Grant


We were able to secure a grant through California Audubon to fund gull research by PRBO Science at Mopno Lake. This is to augment their other work and enable them to summaraize their years of data. They are also working with voliunteers fo conduct gull and habitat surveys.

Continue collaboration with the Ukiah Unified School District Redwood Valley Outdoor Education Project

1. Education

Completed our ninth year assisting with "Flight School" with 4th and 5th grade students at the Redwood Valley Outdoor Education Project. This program combines classroom introductions with a field trip. The students learn first-hand about the scientific method as they participate in a bird survey to count birds in different habitats, and summarize their results. A second exercise involves a "migration" where they assume the roles of migrating birds, the perils they face, and how environmental conditions along their route affect their chances of survival.

Assist City of Ukiah in development of the Riverside Park


We have continued assisting the City of Ukiah in their development of Riverside Park along the Russian River. An initial seed grant from the California Coastal Commission was used to begin habitat restoration and trail development. The next step is a Proposition 84 California River Parkways Grant submittal. Peregrine Audubon will be a lead partner for Phase II. Moreover, Peregrine Audubon has an interest in leading the community in the overall stewardship toward the park. As a lead partner we will work as a vehicle in gathering support toward the park, educating people and creating a better community of park stewards.

Yosemite Area Audubon Society

Central Valley Raptor Survey. We called our route the "Raptor Run" and that is the name we use for the surveys.

We participated in the first ever survey of raptors in the Central Valley of California in the winter. We had one of 19 routes that were surveyed from December to February for three years. When the initial survey was completed, we continued doing the surveys and submitting the information that we gathered. At the beginning of the fourth year we decided to continue the raptor runs on into the summer which we have done. We will be beginning of our sixth year of Raptor Runs in December. We are going to expand the program into a raptor ID class and hopefully get more people involved in our Chapter.

Yosemite Area Audubon Society

American Kestrel nest box program

1. Citizen science

La Purisima Audubon Society

MAPPING AREAS OF INVASIVE SPECIES


MAPPING AREAS OF AND COORDINATING WITH THE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL COMMISIONER, THE COUNTY FIRE VEGETATION MANAGER, THE WATER DISTRICT DIRECTOR, DISTRICT SUPERVISOR AND CA DF&G ON INVASIVE SPECIES SUCH AS PAMPAS AND JUBATA GRASSES


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C57 CA TAM TAAFFE

C58 CA Palomar Audubon Society Protect Golden Eagle Nest Jeff Ebright

C58 CA Palomar Audubon Society Started Blog Jeff Ebright

C59 CA Plumas Audubon Society Darrel Jury

C59 CA Plumas Audubon Society Harry Reeves

D00 CO Audubon Center Additions Karl Brummert

D00 CO Polly Reetz

La Purisima Audubon Society

COMPLETED EDUCATIONAL SIGNAGE PROJECT FOR THE OCEAN BEACH PARK GAZEBO


1. Land management

County of San Diego wants to build a trail that will disturb a long time Golden Eagle nest. Issue identified by Wildlife Research Institute (WRI) and Palomar got other local chapters to support effort. Palomar provided $1,000 to pay for detail study of the impact the plan will have on wildlife in the Ramona Grassland Preserve. Action in progress.


Started blog at website that promotes news, appeals, citizen science and conservation action from Audubon and other NGO's. Promote Palomar events. Post news stories on birds, climate change, and conservation.

Collaboration with the Feather River Land Trust


In the past year, we have collaborated with FRLT on several projects including development and publication of the Sierra Valley Bird Guide, conducting the fourth annual Birds, Boats, and BBQ event at the Maddalena Ranch, installing Burrowing Owl burrows at the Maddalena Ranch, and developing projects at the Heart K Ranch including a TogetherGreen funded project on restoration and Traditional Ecological Knowledge.

Land Use and Community Planning


Plumas Audubon has been actively involved with the Plumas County general plan update. We also participated in efforts to stop the Dyer Mountain development project

Audubon Society of Greater Denver

1. Education

In Spring 2012, we partnered with two universities on major projects to enhance the programs at the Audubon Center at Chatfield. The first project was a new pavilion for our bird banding station. Students from the DesignBuild program at Colorado University at Denver created and built the entire project from start to finish. They also secured donations of materials and work (for example, a welder donated his time). The pavilion was a great addition to the educational experience at our bird banding station. Also, students from the ornithology class at Metropolitan State University created interpretive displays focusing on the bird species that we band at the Audubon Center. The displays were placed in the nature center and visitors voted on their favorite interpretive design. Finally, an eagle scout developed an interpretive trail that uses QR code technology for each stop. Visitors on the trail can use their smart phones to access an online trail guide! We will also provide a printed version of the trail guide for visitors who do not have smart phones.

Audubon Society of Greater Denver

Chatfield Reallocation Project

1. Policy/advocacy

One of our major conservation projects this year has been the Chatfield Reallocation Project. We so far have succeeded in encouraging people to turn out for the public meetings on June 25 and 26, and we have succeeded in contacting the Congressional delegation about our concerns. Polly Reetz, the Conservation Chair, received a call from Sen. Bennet's Washington office. We also received a 30-day extension on the public comment period for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement. We'll be submitting comments next week - which will be a major success in itself! For more information about this project, visit www.savechatfield.org.


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D01 CO Aiken Audubon Society Chapter management Christine A Bucher

D01 CO Aiken Audubon Society Christine A Bucher

D02 CO

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D03 CO Monthly Field Trips Educate adults and children about the birds in our area.

D03 CO

D04 CO Juanita Moston

D04 CO Nic Korte

Update of Chapter Bylaws and Constitution

The Board spent several months working on an update of the bylaws and constitution. The revised, updated bylaws and constitution were presented to the general membership of Aiken Audubon two months prior to vote and then were unanimously accepted at the May 2012 general meeting.

Facebook presence; update of "Wes", the Aiken Audubon mascot


The Chapter undertook the launch of a Facebook page. In conjunction with the launch of the Facebook page, Aiken's mascot "Wes", the Western Screech Owl was updated. The Board asked for submissions of ideas and then chose from the winner from those entries. The new "Wes" is now featured on our Facebook page, our website, our newsletter and our updated brochure. The goal was to provide a fresh "look and feel" to printed materials.

Boulder County Audubon Society

Prairie dog puppet show and teen naturalist program


Our popular prairie dog puppet show ("a Prairie Saga") went on the road, reaching more than 600 children in South Dakota, southwestern Colorado, and the Colorado Front Range. The show teaches children about the important role that prairie dogs play in grassland ecosystems. Our teen naturalists carried out bird and butterfly inventories at our Dodd Reservoir Sanctuary and also carried out wintering raptors surveys and began to participate in our ecosystem stewardship project.

Maureen Lawry (puppet show) and Steve Jones (teen naturalists)

Boulder County Audubon Society

Wildlife inventories and Dodd Reservoir Sanctuary restoration project

1. Citizen science2. Policy/advocacy3. Land management

We expanded our wildlife inventory program, which now includes monthly wildlife inventories (30 participants), nest monitoring (65 participants), bluebird trails (25 participants), wintering raptors surveys (70 participants), and are Christmas Bird Count (100+ participants). Data from these surveys are used to help local agencies and conserve and enhance critical wildlife habitat, including bald eagle roost sites, northern harrier and burrowing owl nest sites, elk migration corridors, old-growth forests, and wetlands. In addition to ongoing wildlife inventories at our Dodd Reservoir sanctuary, we've undertaken a restoration of 5 acres of smooth-brome dominated grassland to native prairie. Test plots were monitored this year, and we expect to plant native grass seeds on 2.3 acres next year and also burn an additional 2 acres of wetlands.

Gillian Brown (wildlife inventory) and Steve Jones (other inventories), Petrea Mah (Dodd Reservoir sanctuary restoration

Arkansas Valley Audubon Society

1. Education

Arkansas Valley Audubon Society

Submission of comments on a variety of issues in Soutern Colorado.

1. Policy/advocacy Well received research and then written comments on a variety of Southern Colorado environmental issues.

SeEtta Moss, Conservation Chair

Grand Valley Audubon Society

1. Education2. Citizen science Completion of a trail at our Nature Sanctuary that is both wheelchair

accessible and has signs (and verbal recordings) for use by the blind.

Grand Valley Audubon Society

1. Citizen science Installation of Barn Owl nest boxes and initiation of monitoring program to find and preserve Barn Owls in the Grand Valley.


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D06 CO Bill Miller

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D09 CO Bird Monitoring Brad Andres

D09 CO Evergreen Nature Center Vanessa Hayes

D14 CO Eckert Crane Days Chris Lazo

D14 CO Theresa Childers

D15 CO Dottie George

D15 CO Beverly Compton

Fort Collins Audubon Society

Restructuring of the Chapter's newsletter policy

Capacity / Financial stability

The majority of our membership is derived from those who subscribe to the AUDUBON magazine and are added to our roles by NAS. Unfortunately we are not provided with email addresses along with names and addresses. Our human resources are extremely thin so our only viable method of communicating with new members derived through NAS is to send them a printed copy of the newsletter, announcing that it is the only complimentary copy that they will receive from us unless they take out a newsletter subscription at $20 for the electronic version or $30 for the printed version. Occassionally we receive a paid newsletter subscription but, for the most part, our NAS members are non-participatory. Our finances have benefited immensely by reducing the number of printed newsletters each month from approximately 850 to about 70.

Fort Collins Audubon Society

Sponsored two Christmas Bird Count circles

1. Citizen science2. Policy/advocacy

We sponsored both the Fort Collins CBC and the Loveland CBC. The Fort Collins CBC holds the record for being the longest continuous CBC in Colorado. Both counts draw numerous birders who aren't otherwise affiliated with our chapte.

Tom Hall (Fort Collins) Nick Komar (Loveland)

Evergreen Naturalists Audubon Society

Continued Bear Creek Watershed Breeding Bird Atlas on public lands within the watershed. Expanded nest box monitoring to a second Jefferson County Open Space Park for a total of 60 boxes.

Evergreen Naturalists Audubon Society

1. Education Sustained operation of the Evergreen Nature Center that hosted >8,000 visitors

Black Canyon Audubon Society

1. EducationIn conjunction with the Eckert Chamber of Commerce, BCAS conducted an educational weekend including speakers, poets, dinners, and lots of crane watching!

Black Canyon Audubon Society

Gunnison Sage Grouse Study


Theresa Childers was a participant in the GSG study and published paper that will result in protecting the habitat of the GSG and returning it to the endangered list, pending the decision of the DOW.

Weminuche Audubon Society

Together Green Piedra Trail Project


In August, 2011, Weminuche Audubon Society completed the development of the Piedra Trail at Navajo State Park. The project combined the forces of the Southwest Conservation Corps, Colorado Parks and Wildlife, Weminuche Audubon, San Juan Chapter of Back Country Horsemen, and numerous community members. The trail channeled public access away from critical riparian habitat. Six interpretive signs were installed. Bird nesting structures were installed.

Weminuche Audubon Society

Weminuche Audubon Society First Annual Christmas Bird Count


The chapter organized and successfully completed its first annual Christmas Bird Count, a significant accomplishment in a small rural town. Fifty-five participants covered 14 zones within the count circle. Participants attended 4 bird identification classes in preparation for count day.


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D50 CT Audubon Greenwich Quaker Ridge Hawk Watch

D50 CT Audubon Greenwich Land Management

D52 CT Youth engagement Cynthia Phipps

D52 CT John Baker

D56 CT Dennis Kocyla


Audubon Greenwich manages the Quaker Ridge Hawk Watch, supporting a full-time seasonal hawk watcher, and coordinating volunteer hawk watchers to provide weekend coverage. Quaker Ridge is an official hawk watch site, and data collected are submitted to HMANA and other relevent organizations that use the data for raptor conservation. In addition, we use the hawk watch as an education tool, introducing school groups, Scouts, and the general public to hawk watching and raptor conservation. As part of the hawk watch season, we host a two-day family festival, called the Hawk Watch Weekend Festival, that celebrates all things related to raptor migration and in FY12 hit a record attendance number of 2,000 people. Of note our designation as an IBA is due, in part, to the several raptor species that use our main sanctuary as stopover habitat during migration, including broad-winged hawk and kestrel.

Karen Dixon, Center Director

Schoolyard Habitat Program

1. Education

In FY12, working with Audubon CT, we continued to pilot our Schoolyard Habitat Program in four schools in Fairfield County. For this grant-funded program, we work with schools to create bird-friendly habitat in their schoolyard, provide educational programs at the school by our staff, and train the school's teachers to use the newly created habitat in their everyday lessons and activities. In addition, we help each school create a stewardship group made up of school staff, parents, and students to maintain the garden in the long-term. Finally, we directly engage students and parents in bird conservation by creating activities and follow-up pledge cards that provide them with actions they can take at home and school to protect birds and other wildlife.

Taralynn Reynolds, Audubon At Home Coordinator

Litchfield Hills Audubon Society

Expanse of our Junior Audubon program


In the past reporting year, our Junior Audubon program has continued to see positive progress with a growing base of helpers and programs throughout the year that engaged both children as well as parents. Cynthia Phipps has driven this program to its current state and now shares the administrative duties with both LHAS Board members and a few dedicated parents. Kayaking was added this year and the Junior Audubon bluebird nest boxes, built 3 years ago, fledged several birds.

Litchfield Hills Audubon Society

American Chestnut orchard

1. Land management

Our partnership with the American Chestnut Foundation continued this past year and was our last year of the WHIP land management plan for our Wigwam Sanctuary. The third year of a disease resistant strain was planted along with replacement seeds for failed ones. A demonstration plot for the chestnuts was also constructed along the major road (route 254) for visibility to passer-bys. A kiosk is being considered along the demo plot to provide information to visitors.

Naugatuck Valley Audubon Society

Continued to expand chapter activities promoting citizen science.

1. Citizen science

1) The chapter funded and participted in the local CBC. 2) Promoted GBBC at monthly meetings.3) Chapter members participated in Project Feederwatch, GBBC, CBC, and the New Haven Breeding Bird Atlas survey.4) Chapter members participated in the Master Bird Conservationist Program offered by Audubon CT.


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D56 CT Dennis Kocyla

D58 CT Alison Guinness

D60 CT Potapaug Audubon Society Seed Sale Promote bird watching, support the environment Harry Bird

D60 CT Potapaug Audubon Society Various programs with speakers Barbara Hawes

D63 CT Conservation Dennis Riordan

D63 CT Conservation Dennis Riordan

Naugatuck Valley Audubon Society

Continuing to increase chapter IBA stewardship activities at Naugatuck State Forest.

1. Land management 1) The chapter maintained Bluebird trail at Naugatuck State Forest IBA.2) Well attended annual bird walk at Naugatuck State Forest IBA.

Mattabeseck Audubon Society

Helen Carlson Wildlife Sanctuary Brochure

1. Education2. Land management Updated brochure detailing the sanctuary's evolution and environmental

importance with new maps for public access.

Environmental Education Programs

Menunkatuck Audubon Society

Schoolyard Habitat Program

1. Education

Menunkatuck made significant progress with its Schoolyard Habitat Program at three Chapter area schools.At inner-city New Haven King-Robinson Magnet School (pre-K-8), we built a courtyard butterfly/hummingbird planter with an NRCS grant and Menunkatuck funds. In conjunction with Audubon Connecticut, we developed plans for transforming an unused slope into a wildflower meadow and going forward will be working closely with King-Robinson and Audubon Connecticut to implement the $24,000 Schoolyard Habitat grant that Audubon Connecticut was awarded.At Melissa Jones Elementary School (K-4) in Guilford, we constructed a schoolyard garden with native perennials and shrubs. Our treasurer, who works at the school, began a bird club with about 12 students. The students had before-school bird identification lessons and bird walks. Classes in school used the garden as an educational resource.At Baldwin Middle School (5-6) in Guilford (where one of our new Board members works), with the assistance of the Audubon Connecticut Audubon at Home program, we conducted a habitat assessment and developed a Schoolyard Habitat plan and began implementing it.For the two Guilford schools, the teachers received grants from the Guilford Fund for Education. At an AAH ceremony at Melissa Jones, one of the Fund's directors said that the Fund's Board was impressed by the Schoolyard Habitat Program and hope that Guilford's other elementary schools and middle school would adopt the program and would fund such expansion.We think that we are well-positioned to expand the Schoolyard Habitat Program in our Chapter area and to offer tips to other Chapters.

Menunkatuck Audubon Society

Native Plants at the Guilford Salt Meadows Sanctuary

1. Land management

Previous to this year we conducted an invasive plant removal at the Guilford Salt Meadows Sanctuary along about 1300 feet of meadow-woods edge. This year we secured grants totaling about $6,000 to purchase 450 native trees and shrubs to replace the invasives. Three volunteers used a Bobcat-mounted auger to drill 450 holes one day. The following day 17 volunteers installed the 450 plants.We have made a significant contribution to the Urban Oases program both by expanding the number of native plants as well as providing a large scale vista of native plants that can serve as an inspiration for homeowners to create mini-urban oases in their yards.


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D90 DE Delaware Audubon Society Mark Martell

D90 DE Delaware Audubon Society Mark Martell

E00 FL Linda Humphries

E00 FL Susan Snyder

E01 FL Cool Planet Project Doug Young

E01 FL Florida Urban Forestry Establish a native tree nursery in and for the town of Davie. Tim Lee

E05 FL St. Lucie Audubon Society Ruth Neese

E05 FL St. Lucie Audubon Society Audubon Minute John Nelson

E06 FL Wanda Dean

E06 FL Will send you Saskia's year end report separately Saskia Janes

Delaware River Deepening Project Lawsuit

1. Policy/advocacy Chapter joined other groups in fighting to prevent Army Corps of Engineers from dredging the Delaware River

Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge Lawsuit

1. Policy/advocacy2. Land management Chapter Sued to prevent Refuge Management from using refuge sand to

rebuild dunes and protect private property

Audubon Society of the Everglades

Birding Tours at STORM TREATMENT AREA 1E


Audubon Society of the Everglades reached a five year agreement with South Florida Water Management to have monthly access to lead car tours around the water treatment areas at Storm Treatment Area 1E, a restriced area. These tours educate the general public and audubon members by helping them understand the importance of these areas to store and purify water as a part of the Everglades Restoration and it shows the people the diversity of birds that use these areas depending on the season and water levels. These tours make the public more aware of the importance of preserving these lands for water purification and knowledge of the birds and other creatures that depend on this area for food and habitat.

Audubon Society of the Everglades

Increased Attendance at Free Everglades Day Festival


Secured $6000 grant from The Cultural Council of the Palm Beaches. Attendance doubled at the 13th annual Everglades Day Festival. This was accomplished by a cooperative effort between ARM Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge and the "Friends of Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge". We feel that this was a great success from the individual surveys that people returned. They were able to identify new information they learned on the Everglades and its restoration based on these surveys.

South Florida Audubon Society

1. Education Environmental Education in Title I schools on climate change and other environmental issues

South Florida Audubon Society

1. Land management

County-specific bird checklist

1. Citizen science

Based on several years of CBC data, eBird counts, and two local bird surveys, a St. Lucie County-specific bird checklist was compiled and made available on the chapter Web site. The checklist identifies year-round and seasonal birds most common in St. Lucie County.

1. EducationSixty-second audio recordings describing a different bird in each segment and aired on the local NPR radio station WQCS. At least 30 recordings have been completed.

St. Petersburg Audubon Society

Dr. Harold Albers St. Petersburg Audubon Society Teacher Ecology Camp


Held 2 separate camps this year with a total of 22 teachers, grades 1 through 6 from Pinellas County participating. Purpose of our camps is to give teachers information and experiences in the classroom and outdoors they can take back to classes to educate their students. All 4th grade teachers were given an Audubon Adventure kit with a training period to help them with ways to instruct students. This is our 4th year of holding said camps and have been asked to open it up to other areas and expand the learning.

St. Petersburg Audubon Society

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E09 FL Conducted birding classes at NSB library. Well received. Don Picard

E09 FL Don Picard

E11 FL Eco-tourism Promotion Gary Parsons

E11 FL Together Green Grant Gary Parsons

E13 FL Community outreach Valerie Thomas

E13 FL Habitat restoration Jacqui Sulek

E14 FL Larry Behrens

E15 FL Shorebird Nesting Program Teddy Shuler

Southeast Volusia Audubon Society

Increase public awareness of birds and habitats through birding classes


Southeast Volusia Audubon Society

Get young people involved in conservation

1. Education2. Citizen science Once again put $350 worth of conservation/environmnet related books in

a public school library.

Choctawhatchee Audubon Society

Okaloosa County Island Property Land Use Plan

1. Land management

Our Chapter has participated in a multi-year process which developed a plan for vacant County-owned land on Okaloosa Island, and the plan was adopted this year. The plan protects 14 acres of very productive habitat as dedicated parkland, including dunes, coastal plain, shoreline, and fresh water ponds and wetlands. The property is home to the largest Great Blue Heron rookery in our territory, and it is also an important stopover for migrants. We participated in workshops and meetings, provided comments, and we also photo-surveyed the resident birds to sell the plan to County Commissioners based on the property's potential for eco-tourism.

Choctawhatchee Audubon Society


Our Chapter received a Together Green Grant which was utilized by the Hurlburt Field Youth Center (Eglin Air Force Base) for a stream restoration and environmental education project. An ethnically and economically diverse group of children of military parents participated in sampling, clean-up, and planting activities in two streams close to the Youth Center. This project fostered environmental awareness in young people who might not otherwise be exposed to such information and activities.

Four Rivers Audubon Society

1. Education

Conducted the 3rd Annual Alligator Lake Spring Festival. Originally funded with a collaborative grant, the festival is now supporting itself. A record 600 attendees participated in learning about the importance of this local wetland area as an Important Birding Area and as the headwaters of the Ichetucknee River, an endangered spring-fed river that is an economic driver in our region. The Festival included bird, native plant and butterfly "walking workshops" and vendors selling nature related plants and gifts and promoted water conservation and yards as wildlife habitats.

Four Rivers Audubon Society

Chimney Swift Tower at Alligator Lake


Via a collaborative grant that provided funding, volunteers built a Chimney Swift Tower to provide a nesting site at a local park. Our plan is to include some educational signage to inform the public about these birds and why they need the tower.

Peace River Audubon Society

Annual Banquet and Fundraiser

1. Education

PRAS holds its annual banquet every March. The silent auction raises money primarily for the Charlotte Harbor Environmental Center which manages two sites, Alligator Creek in Punta Gorda, FL and Cedar Point in Englewood, FL, both sites which maintain visitor centers with educational exhibits and nature trails. Some of these funds also help to support area environmental programs such as the Environmental Learning Center in Arcadia, FL. Other fundraisers also contribute funds to CHEC and similar sites.

Audubon Society of St. Johns County



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E18 FL Alachua Audubon Society

E18 FL Alachua Audubon Society Young Birders outreach- Emily Schwartz

E19 FL Kathleen Carr

E19 FL Conservation Jan Bordelon

E20 FL Neil Lamb

Program on Hummingbirds with Fred Bassett

1. Education

Topic of Hummingbirds with Fred Bassett brought in 150+ participants for this program and very positive feedback. Fred was able to enlighten the audience with stories of behavior, tracking banded birds and seasonal patterns of the hummingbirds presence.

1. Education

We have been able to add another teacher to the contact list who actively encourages his students, middle school grades, to get out and bird. Our committee continues to plan activities which engage young birders primarily in 1-8th grades and their families.A big accomplishment was the gift of a scholarship to Hog Island for a young member who has helped lead some of the field trips for the young birders program.

Apalachee Audubon Society

Lake Elberta Community Birding Program

1. Education

From late January through March 2012, AAS held seven Saturday birding socials at Lake Elberta, a retention pond known to be a hotspot for overwintering birds, located in a traditionally underserved area of Tallahassee. This was a pilot education outreach project in partnership with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) to provide birding opportunities and education, providing loaner binoculars and access to spotting scopes to the local community. This activity was promoted to local schools and a number of minority children showed up with pencil and paper to make their first list of their bird sightings--which in one case included a Wood Stork. Other encounters were chance encounters with passersby, but celebrated by both adults and children who had never peered through a scope or binoculars before that day.

Apalachee Audubon Society

Least Tern Island Nest Site Project

1. Land management

Since 2004, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) biologist Michael Hill has orchestrated a volunteer effort to attract Least Terns to a spoil island at Lafayette Heritage Trail Park in Tallahassee. A year earlier, a 12x20-foot area was nesting area had been installed as an Eagle Scout service project, but no terns nested there. In 2011, FWC and the City of Tallahassee developed a plan to convert the entire island into a nesting area. After the island had been cleared of all its vegetation, during February and March 2012 AAS volunteers worked with other volunteers, the City, and FWC transporting many MANY wheelbarrows of sand to the island. Although some Least Terns were seen checking out the island, none of them nested there. The island will be prepped again for the 2013 nesting season and we are hopeful that we might get some takers.

Bay County Audubon Society

Involvement with the Sandhills well field issue

1. Land management

BCAS helped initiate notification to residents of Sandhill ponds in Bay and Washington Counties, as well as Washington County officials and the Knight Family Trust about a Bay County application to Northwest Fla. Water Management District to construct a well field of 20 wells to draw water from the Floridan Aquifer. This would adversely affect water levels and ecology around the area lakes. There were public meetings that we participated in, leading to a lawsuit and eventual denial of the well field by a judge and the water management district. Eric Draper commented that this was the first time he could recall that the water management denied a water withdrawal request. Hopefully this will set a standard for future requests.


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E21 FL Duval Audubon Society Meetup Group Initiation Deborah Hill

E21 FL Duval Audubon Society Carolyn Antman

E22 FL Mary Dowdell

E24 FL mary remer

E24 FL linda bystrak

E25 FL Nyleen Rodriguez

E25 FL Reinier Munguia

E26 FL Audubon of Martin County Fran stewart

Bay County Audubon Society

Panama City Beach Cooperative Agreement


BCAS provided 5 bird walks to the public at Panama City Beach's new Conservation Park on old St. Joe lands. This helped publicize the park and all its trails and opportunities for passive recreation. The city contructed this park to receive treated sewage effluent and stop discharge into the bay. In return for our guided bird walks, BCAS received a monetary donation from the City. These 5 bird walks helped document birds, plants and other wildlife for our purposes and for the City's proposed bird and nature list. We also recruited some new members through this activity. Overall, it shows that even though development is continuing at a rapid pace here, we can still cooperate with local authorities to promote ecotourism and educate people about the area's natural resources.

1. Education Board member took initiative to start a Meetup Group for Duval Audubon, which has significantly increased our visibility and new membership!

Getting Audubon Adventures into local classrooms

1. Education Our education director Carolyn Antman facilitated Audubon Adventures curriculum into 34 classrooms!

Hernando Audubon Society

We raised $2500.00 for ARCI through a challenge grant

1. Citizen science We appealed to our members and other Florida Chapters with e-mails, flyers, and a dinner

Oklawaha Valley Audubon Society

Collaboration with Florida Native Plant Society

1. Land management

By a formal association with the local chapter (Beautyberry) of the Florida Native Plant Society, in meetings and field trips, we have tried to improve members' landscaping using native plant species and helping remove non-native invasive ones.

Oklawaha Valley Audubon Society

Support efforts to restore and protect the Green Swamp

1. Land management

There are already sand mines in the Green Swamp, which is classified by the state as an area of critical concern for water. One mine company has applied to buy additional acres next to existing property which threatens water levels in the swamp and we have waged an agressive campaign to prevent this.

Lake Region Audubon Society

Developed a new Educational Outreach for Public Schools and Homeschooled children serving more than 10,000 since Nov 2011

1. Education

The LRAS provides educational programs to more than 20 county schools and three different homeschool groups. The educational programs have reached more than 10,000 students since Nov 2011, but our goal is to double by the end of the year. Curriculums have been developed for various topics including: birds, habitats, insects, reptiles & amphibians, water conservation & ecology. Each program is divided by grade leves k-3, 4-5, 6-12.

Lake Region Audubon Society

Established the EagleWatch Program for Polk County


The program monitors over 50 active bald eagle nest of 221 currently located in the county. The program offers not only monitoring, but also rescue and transport of injured raptors to the Audubon Center for Birds of Prey. This coming season we'll be monitoring more than 70 nest.

completed the last year of a 3 year Urban Forestry grant by replanting of native trees and plants on 4 acre Possum Long Nature preserve

1. Land management

Possum Long is one of the only urban forest areas in Stuart. Exotic Invasives have for the most part been eliminated over the the last few years. This last of the three part grant has allowed us to have large native plants put in to replace the invasives in two areas of the property. We have also installed a native plant landscaping around Audubon House which provides an educational tool for us to show the public that a native planting can be beautiful as well as environmentally beneficial.


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E26 FL Audubon of Martin County linda wishney

E27 FL Orange Audubon Society Financial Teresa Williams

E27 FL Orange Audubon Society Deborah Green

E28 FL Richard H. Baker

E28 FL Richard H. Baker

E29 FL Ridge Audubon Society Educated Richard Barrett

Our Young Audubon committee has been very active in activites and have increased the number of children reached to 650.

1. Education

The "My favorite Bird" Essay and Art contest is well received in Martin County schools with over 500 entries. The Children's Birding Workshop on Possum Long increased the participants by over 50. Our Education group has taken advantage of the new wetland to bring more children's groups to the property to study wetland flora and fauna. Essay contest entrants were all invited for an awards picnic and several groups of disadvantaged children were given workshops on the property.This coming year, we are starting a bird banding project on the property which will provide hands on education to all ages.

Balanced budget and increased educational funding

Achieved a balanced budget and increased educational funding through increased income from a successful Birdathon, letter appeal, Chertok Photo contest and Silent Auction, and other fundraisers. Managed income well, in our quest to be able to build a nature center.

Lake Apopka, Mead Gardens, and Orlando Wetlands Park Advocacy


OAS advanced Education, Citizen Science and Advocacy by doing the following: EDUCATION: Sponsoring 2 Eagle Scout projects; 16 wildlife ID classes and bird walks (360 attendees); annual FL native nature photo contest and awards program (225 attendees); Co-sponsoring City of Orlando's Orlando Wetlands Festival (4,000 attendees); Leading tours at Old FL Outdoor Festival showcasing Lake Apopka North Shore Restoration Area (LARA) (150 tour attendees). CITIZEN SCIENCE: conducting wildlife surveys of State, County, City and private properties including LARA, a St Johns River Water Mgmt. District (SJRWMD) property. ADVOCACY re: LARA: Giving talks at civic groups and public meetings; gathering 500 names on petitions to battle attempts to (1) drain the water to other lakes [denied by SJRWMD], (2) decrease control of invasive, exotic weed (hydrilla) for fishing purposes [denied by Fish & Wildlife Commission], and (3) trade valuable WMD uplands in restoration area for a jetport that could only be done by greatly hindering or even stopping the restoration process of Florida's 2nd largest lake [still undecided].

Pelican Island Audubon Society

Protecting the Indian River Lagoon Aquatic Preserve at ORCA


Continuing to protect the Indian River Lagoon Aquatic Preserve through advocacy and a legal challenge of Indian River County's proposed dredge and fill project at the Oslo Boat Ramp located within the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area. The proposed dredge and fill work required to expand the boat ramp will adversely impact fragile seagrass beds and mangroves in the surrounding area.

Pelican Island Audubon Society

Purchase of land for the Audubon Community/Education Center


Pelican Island Audubon, through a continuing fundraising campaign, purchasing from the University of Florida Foundation an acre of land located in the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area. The chapter will build a combined community and education cent on the site that will be used to train volunteers to help with both public and private conservation efforts in the county.

1. Education

Educated school kids and adults on Florida snakes with hands on presentation. Many people who were previously terrified of snakes walked away with a new outlook on them after holding them and overcoming their fears


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E29 FL Ridge Audubon Society Rick Barrett

E30 FL Sarasota Audubon Society Ruth Ellen Peipert

E30 FL Sarasota Audubon Society Celery Fields Project Jeanne Dubi

E31 FL Seminole Audubon Society Faith Jones & Shirley Folse

E31 FL Seminole Audubon Society Jim Denslow & Faith Jones

E33 FL Shorebird Partnership

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E34 FL Stephen Kintner

Renovate exsisting nature trail

1. Land management

We have done a complete inventory of needs on our nature trail and are in the process of renovating it with new trail markers for plants and replacing old dieing plants with new plants and possibly re-routing trail. Will continue our efforts after prescribed burn in done.

Beach nesting Bird Program


Managed 50 volunteers during the nesting season as beach stewards; interact with Sarasota County leaders, law enforcement, Florida Fish & Wildlife in managing for beach nesters; interact with property owners, condos, etc that line the beaches re: beach grooming and buffering; educate the beach going public on the beach nesting program; handed out 1,000+ brochures


Partner with Sarasota County to enhance wetlands for birds; at Sarasota Audubon's behest, the County installed 2 boardwalks for wildlife viewing; assist County in managing wetlands for wildlife

Children Grant program and Birding Classes

1. Education

1. Grants for Eco-CampProvided a unique week long educational opportunity for nine elementary school children who had very limited or no previous exposure to the natural world, sustainable living concepts, etc.2. Birding Basic CourseConducted 3 sessions of our 12-hour course. Along with bird identification the course includes creating backyard habitat and strongly encourages citizen science participation. We reached 46 people who may now look differenly at the world around them.

Crystal Lake Preserve partnership

1. Citizen science2. Land management

1. Land Managementa. Invasive Exotic PlantsSurveyed property for plants. Organized 4 work days where volunteers were insturcted on identification of and removal techiniques for the invasive exotic plants on the property.b. Determined trail locations and cleared trails. Started construction of trail signage.2. Citizen Sciencea. Completed a year of monthly bird surveysb. Conducted butterfly surveysc. Completed photo-documentation of propertyd. Continued creation of database for flora and fauna found on property.

Audubon Society of Southwest Florida


In cooperation with the Florida Shorebird Alliance, we continued monitoring Least Terns, Snowy Plovers, and Black Skimmers. We engaged hundreds of people counting nests and chicks of each species enabling prolific nesting.

Audubon Society of Southwest Florida

annual Environmental Breakfast

1. Education

our 14th annual Environmental Breakfast, attended by well over 100 environmentalists and civic leaders, was dedicated to the memory of Ellen Petersen and featured the presentation "Florida's Water: a fragile resource in a vunerable state" by Tom Swilhart,

West Volusia Audubon Society

Farmton Conservation Management Plan

1. Land management

A board member chaired the committee that oversaw the development of a detailed conservation management plan for the 50 square mile Farmton Conservation area in Volusia County Florida, http://www.farmtontreefarm.com/plan.html A conservation easement will be placed on the land in the next year that will permanently protect the property.


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E34 FL Stephen Kintner

E35 FL Tampa Audubon Society Mary Miller

E35 FL Tampa Audubon Society Colony Watch Training session for people monitoring nesting sites of colonial birds Tammy Lyons

E36 FL Eagle & Osprey watch Barbara Walker

E36 FL John Hood

E37 FL Charles Sample

E37 FL Brenda Bossman

E40 FL Jim Stephenson

E40 FL Jr. Audubon Program Steve Black

West Volusia Audubon Society

Frienda of Lyonia Environmental Center

1. Education

West Volusia Audubon has created a friends group for the Lyonia Environmental Center in Deltona Florida. The chapter provides, funding, outreach, promotion, educational materials and volunteer staffing to help the center's staff meet the common goal of connecting people with nature. The learning center is part of a 360 acre urban wildlife preserve, featuring Florida sand pine scrub, and the Florida scrub-jay. Over 3,500 K-12 students visit the center each year and an estimated 20,000 people visit the learning center and preserve. The chapter has established a Facebook page, meetup.com page, a blog and has developed a promotional bookmark and a three panel display for the center. www.facebook.com/FRIENDSofLEC www.meetup.com/Friends-of-Lyonia-Environmental-Center/www.lecfriends.com

Bluebird Nest Box Sponsorship

1. Education Sponsorships help maintain 50 Bluebird nest boxes at Flatwoods County Park

1. Citizen science

Clearwater Audubon Society


Monitored eagle & osprey nests. Submitted data to Center for Birds of Prey. Rescued fallen chicks and took to rehab. Advocated at local government meetings.

Clearwater Audubon Society

3 Rooker bar bird stewardship program


Set up bird steward stations and educated the public about beach nesting birds. Did bird surveys and submitted data to state wildlife officials. Advocated with county commissioners.

Venice Area Audubon Society

Habitat restoration/Urban Oasis: Venice Audubon Rookery

1. Land management

Removal of noxious invasive plants from around a pond containing an island rookery; replacement with native or Florida-friendly trees and shrubs; establishment of a clear path around the pond for visitors; installation of benches at various points around the pond.

Venice Area Audubon Society

Second grade education program, including classroom instruction and field trips

1. Education

We hire a teacher who visits second grade classrooms in public schools and teaches children about local nesting wading birds (herons, anhingas) and their habitats, binocular use, and basic bird anatomy. The chapter provides volunteer teacher aides for both in-class instruction and field trips to the local heron rookery. The project recently won an award from Florida Audubon as the Best Education Project in the state.

Manatee County Audubon Society

Boy Scout Merit Badge Program

1. Education

Held Bird Study Merit Badge Classroom Event for 45 boys and leaders followed by field trip to Felts Preserve. Participated in District Merit Badge day, providing counselors for Environmental Science, Bird Study and Photography (40 boys) followed by a camp out at Felts Preserve.

Manatee County Audubon Society

1. Education

Held regular programs with students age 7 to 11 each month. Parents and grandparents are encouraged to attend. Field trips were taken throughout the year including a tour of a wildlife rescue facility, a turtle nest walk and a trip to Myakka Lake for a look at alligators, stilts and other shorebirds. Of course, many events are held at our own Felts Preserve.


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E41 FL Halifax River Audubon Inc. Participation Paula Wehr

E41 FL Halifax River Audubon Inc. Peggy Yokubonus

E44 FL Beginning birding classes Three outings to familiarize attendees with the process of birding Eileen Riccio

E45 FL Boat trips in Gulf Mike Kell

E45 FL Christmas Bird Count Ken Tracey

E46 FL Peggy Baker

E46 FL Bird Walk at Local Parks Dana Timmons

E47 FL Flagler Audubon Society Linda White

Increased number of members who participated in a chapter activity

By increasing the diversity of field trips and speaker topics, increased the number of chapter members who participated in at least one chapter activity. Importance: If we can entice a chapter member to participate and ensure he/she either had fun, learned something new, met someone with similar interests, felt part of a team/group, we hope to build sustainability for our chapter and encourage different members to step forward and accept leadership roles.

Investigating Biomes in Science

1. Education

Working with "Teacher in Charge" for Volusia County Schools, educated children in all grade levels regarding biodiversity, habitat, native plants, and ID of wildlife and birds. Importance: Providing a reason to care about the natural world and understanding of why it is important to preserve and protect limited natural resources. Children take this back into their homes and hopefully influence family discussions.

Citrus County Audubon Society

1. Education

West Pasco Audubon Society

1. Citizen science

In 2011 we determined to cover the area of our CBC circle that extends nearly 2 miles into the Gulf of Mexico. This was successful and had 29 birders aboard. It was followed by two more trips to explore the shore lands and a sandbar north of Anclote Key.

West Pasco Audubon Society

1. Citizen science We had 54 people in the field and received 25 backyard reports.Our species total was 171, with a total of 53,500 birds seen!

Francis M. Weston Audubon Society

Blackwater River State Forest Bird Survey


A complete 3 year census of Avian Life within the Blackwater River State Forest was completed. The study completed and presented to BWRSF and will alter the management of the forest through; fire manangement process, dead snag removal policy and identify significant birds areas in the state forest.

Francis M. Weston Audubon Society


FMWAS held our first ever bird walks. The walks were open to the public events at on of our areas state, Federal, or local parks. Our typical field trips are for membership only. We added to the education opportunity by inviting non-members of Audubon to share in bird watching. We held one at a local Pensacola Park(Greenshores) and two at Federal parks (GINS) and two at members backyards. One of the backyard trips was tied into the Great backyard bird count time frame.

Created website for the Chapter so that it was no longer hosted through the public library, providing more timely updates and better information

1. Education


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E49 FL Judy Greenberg

E51 FL Margaret England

E51 FL Increase Youth Activities Margaret England

E52 FL Santa Fe Audubon Conservation Celebration

E52 FL Santa Fe Audubon Speaker/program series Joyce King

F00 FL Atlanta Audubon Society

F00 FL Atlanta Audubon Society

Marion County Audubon Society

Breakfast with The Birds - Earthfest 2012

1. Education

Participated as a sponsor for the 2012 Earthfest by providing a Bird Identification Walk for early arrivals to the festival. The educational booth featured four Painted Rain Barrels for Conservation. Marion Audubon Society partnered with the Pioneer Garden Club, a member of the Florida Federation of Garden Clubs to launch a county wide educational effort to promote water conservation awareness. A six month fundraisiing campaign will raise awareness about and money for needed maintenance projects at four parks/preserves in Marion County. Projects include an outdoor mini-ampitheater for environmental education, a stormwater pond clean-up/re-engineering for imporved water quality, and bird survey's and educational materials at two preserves totalling 9,000 plus acres. Partnerships for this effort include local businesses as Conservation Partners, local residents, Silver River State Park, Paynes Prairrie State Park, Ocala Parks & Recreation, City of Ocala Utilities and the South West Florida Water Managment District.

Hendry-Glades Audubon Society

Four Annual Bird Counts: CBC, GBBC, Spring NAMC, Fall NAMC added Breeding Bird Atlas Surverys

1. Citizen scienceContinued organization and promotion of Annual Bird Counts. Volunteered to coordinate Breeding Bird Atlas II surveys for Hendry and Glades County. Scouted areas and recruited volunteers for 2013 survey..

Hendry-Glades Audubon Society

1. Education Lead 4-H Marine Ecology and Nature Club. Programs presented to youth organizations on birds, bulit bird houses and monitored Bluebird Trail.


Organized a one-time event in December 2011 which brought together conservation organizations, public utilities, and other community leaders to partner in educating the public about the need to build a "culture of conservation" in our chapter area.


Our 8 programs featured Special Places in our chapter area, programs aligned with Audubon Florida and Atlantic Flyways initiative to educate people about the need to gain knowledge, visit, and become stewards of these special places. Field trips to each place followed the program.

Another Year Offering 100+ Birding Field Trips

1. Education

Atlanta Audubon Society offers 100+ birding field trips reaching 1,500+ people in 18+ metro-Atlanta counties each year. All field trips are free of charge and open to all ages and skill levels - an activity and policy that sets us apart from other organizations and sets the tone for our mission to protect Georgia's birds and the habitats that sustain them through education, conservation and advocacy. Our field trips are an open door through which new birders and members walk.

Jamie Hawk, Executive Director

Expanding our Bilingual (English and Spanish) 'Learning About Birds' Curriculum into Grades 6-8

1. Education

Last year we developed and launched our 'Learning About Birds' (LAB) curriculum - 8 student activity guides and accompanying educator guides - to better reach the Spanish-speaking population of metro-Atlanta. These 8 lesson plans are aligned to Georgia's science standards for grades 3-5. This year we developed and implemented four more lesson plans (aligned to standards for grades 6-8), bringing our full curriculum to 12 lesson plans for grades 3-8. We're utilizing the curriculum in two ways: direct outreach to Latino youth and families and via educator trainings to help educators integrate the lesson plans into their curricula.

Nikki Belmonte, Education Coordinator


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F02 FL Great Backyard Bird Count Dot Bambach

F02 FL Public outreach Dot Bambach

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F06 FL Ruth Mead

F06 FL D. D. Walker

Ogeechee Audubon Society

1. Citizen science

Ogeechee Audubon organized a widespread effort among local birders during all four days of the GBBC. We ensured that all areas of the county were covered during the count period. As a result, the Savannah locality ranked fourth in the nation in the number of species reported. It was a very effective event for raising public awareness of the great diversity of birsd species that overwinter in our area.

Ogeechee Audubon Society

1. Education The chapter has effectively used field trips and speaker programs to improve awareness among members of the public of conservation issues.

Ocmulgee Audubon Society

1. Land management A couple members actively help with controlled burns in our national and state parks.

Ocmulgee Audubon Society


As President I have taught birding workshops. OAS actively participates in the CBC, and Great Backyard Bird Count. We have many members that volunteer their time working with our IBA coordinator at a few banding sites around the state. Our members also volunteer with habitat restoration; collecting native grass seed and removing non-native invasive plants, ie. privet and honeysuckle.

Augusta Aiken Audubon Society

Educational Support to Local Schools

1. Education

A Chapter committee composed, printed, and mailed an appeal for donations to the 700 Audubon members in our area. We raised $2400 for our Education Committee. During the year, the Committee paid for 17 Audubon Adventure programs in local schools in addition to four Discover Birds/Bird Diversity and one Most Wanted Birds packages. We estimate these programs reached over 700 students. Remaining funds will support these programs in future years.

Augusta Aiken Audubon Society

Hollow Creek Water Quality Monitoring

1. Citizen science

Chapter members continued the sixth year of our program to monitor the water quality of Hollow Creek in Aiken County, SC. The creek flows through the Silver Bluff Audubon Center & Sanctuary, a state IBA, and is used to replenish water in ponds used for feeding endangered wood storks (Mycteria americana). This year, we applied for and received two grants to support this program. We obtained $464 through Audubon SC Collaborative Project funds, which paid for annual chemical replacement and two fish traps that we plan to use to begin a survey the fish population of the creek. We also received $1100 from the Norcross Wildlife Foundation to purchase 6 student and one dissecting microscope to use in identifying the fish and macroinvertebrates during biodiversity monitoring.


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F50 HI Hawaii Audubon Society Kawainui Marsh Linda Paul

F50 HI Hawaii Audubon Society Wendy Johnson

G00 ID Pam Conley

G00 ID Sean Finn

G01 ID Barb North

Oconee Rivers Audubon Society

working with local government and city employees to facilitate access to birding areas on county land


By attending city hall meetings and writing letters, we have successfully been able to lobby for a loop trail around Sandy Creek Park, and in particular to shape the city's decision on where to build the bridge to minimize disruption to local wildlife. We liaised with staff and managers at the Athens-Clarke County to open this large and ecologically diverse site to birder use. We organized our first Audubon field trip there in the spring, and since our first visit in December 2011, we have reported 138 species to eBird from this site. It appears to be an important wintering and stopover site for sparrows. Next year we plan to organize a 'Vulture Festival', a family-oriented event to allow people to learn about vultures while getting up close and personal with the resident Black and Turkey Vultures. We continue our work to get Sandy Creek Park and Nature Center listed as an Important Bird Area, and we are playing an active part in deciding the future of the Tallassee Tract, a large wooded riparian area in the west of the county.

Oconee Rivers Audubon Society

Reaching new audiences (especially youth) through Audubon activities


Thanks to the efforts of our new publicity officer Roger Nielsen, we have seen an increase in attendance in our speaker meetings of approximately 30%, and in particular the new demographic we are attracting is younger. Our field trip leader Ed Maioriello and education officer Kate Mowbray have done an excellent job in attracting children and young adults to participate in our field trips and other activities.


Habitat restoration, working collaboratively with a network of non-profits and government agencies to plan education centers and activities at Kawainui Marsh.

Habitat restoration and population management at Wedge-tailed Shearwater colony at Black Point (Freeman Seabird Preserve)

1. Education2. Land management Invasive species removal, native planting, artificial burrow construction,

general cleanup, community education, chick monitoring.

Golden Eagle Audubon Society

CuMo Mine - helped to mitigate impact on water quality and bird habitat

1. Land managementThrough legal challenges, helped to enforce land management policy on the largest proposed mine in the lower 48 to mitigate the impacts of test drilling on water quality and bird habitat.

Golden Eagle Audubon Society

Restoration of Black's Creek Reservoir

1. Education2. Citizen science3. Land management Restoration of important

bird habitat

Using grant money for suppllies and volunteers, finished the last restoration activities needed for Blacks Creek Reservoir. This restoration project has taken approximately 8 years to complete and we are already seeing more bird species and numbers increase in the use of this area. We have a citizen monitoring plan in place to see how birds respond to restoration activiities over the long-term.

Portneuf Valley Audubon Society

Maintenance of Cherry Springs Nature Area

1. Education2. Citizen science3. Land management We had field trips, maintained trails, maintained nest boxes, discussed

signs.


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G01 ID Mike Settell

G02 ID

G02 ID Kit Struthers

G03 ID Julie Randell

G03 ID Sarah Harris

G06 ID Carrie Hugo

G06 ID Communication/Media

G51 GA Decatur Audubon Society Raptor Identification James E. Barr

G51 GA Decatur Audubon Society

Portneuf Valley Audubon Society

TogetherGreen planning grant

1. Education2. Citizen science3. Policy/advocacy4. Land management We supported efforts to assess beaver population, affect policy, educate

landowners, etc.

Snake River Audubon Society

1. Citizen science

Chapter members participated in 4 Christmas Bird Counts and compiled 3 counts.Chapter members conducted winter raptor surveys, breeding raptor surveys, and migratory bird surveys for the BLM.Chapter members conducted Project FeederWatch surveys.One chapter member conducted two Breeding Bird Surveys.Chapter members conducted the Mid Winter Eagle Survey.

Mark Delwiche, Kit Struthers

Snake River Audubon Society

1. EducationWe compiled and printed copies of a bird list for the Idaho Falls area. These were available at International Migratory Bird Day, Earth Day, school presentations, and at our meetings.

Prairie Falcon Audubon Society

2.) We were successful in our lawsuit against the USFS, Sawtooth National Forest, Minnidoka Ranger District.


Our comments and concerns about the new Sawtooth Travel Plan were not properly addressed. We joined with the Wilderness Society and Advocates for the West in a lawsuit. Judge Lodge ruled in our favor. We are still not sure what this means, but hopefully it means that wildlife and habitat in the South Hills IBA will have a little more protection.

Prairie Falcon Audubon Society

1.) We were instrumental in preventing additional waterfowl hunting at the Hagerman WMA.


We attended public meetings, wrote letters, and worked with the Idaho Fish and Game Department to stop a proposed plan to provide an opportunity for limited waterfowl hunting at the Hagerman Wildlife Management Area . Aside from a mentored youth hunt, the area, which is an Important Bird Area, has not been hunted for over 10 years. The public and Prairie Falcon Audubon has come to think of it as a refuge. For the time being it will continue to be a safe, quiet place for birds and bird-watchers.

Coeur d Alene Audubon Society

First Annual Migratory Bird Day at Blue Creek Bay!


We held the First Annual Migratory Bird Day at Blue Creek Bay in cooperation with the Bureau of Land Management. The Event was located within the Wolf Lodge IBA just outside of Coeur d'Alene Idaho. While there was not as much attendance as we had hoped, we think it will grow each year as people become more familiar with it.

Coeur d Alene Audubon Society

Media Outreach/Website and Newsletter Update/Birding Technology Presentation

1. Education

We paid for our volunteer web designer and newsletter editor to get updated training at a local college. She also updated our newsletter and put it in PDF format and established a Facebook Account for our Chapter. We also had presentation and demonstration addressing birding technology (birding apps, e bird, birdseye and birdseye log).

Shirley Sturts and Carrie Hugo

1. Education

A series of Raptor identification classes were held on Millikin University with Decatur Audubon taking the lead sponsorship. These were well attended and well received. The series was also co-sponsored by Macon County Conservation District, Millikin University, and the Illinois Raptor Center.

Informational Meeting regarding proposed Toxic Landfill over the Mahommet Aquifer.


Decatur Audubon held an informational meeting regarding the proposed Toxic Landfill near Clinton, Illinois. The landfill would sit directly over the Mahommet Aquifer. We encouraged those present to contact Decatur City Leadership, County Board members, as well as other elected officials to oppose this landfill. Meeting was very well attended and actions taken by individuals.


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G55 IL Mary Blackmore

G55 IL Keith Blackmore

G58 IL Chicago Audubon Society Binoculars For Kids Fund Roger Shamley

G59 IL Citizen Science Michelle O'Connor

G59 IL CITIZEN SCIENCE Dick Riner

G60 IL Bird Identification Hikes Jack Armstrong

G60 IL Video Charles Johannsen

G62 IL Louis Vassmer

Northwest Illinois Audubon Society

Offered 9 bird walks in the spring for both children and adults

1. Education

We introduced a Children's nature Wallk in May to expose children in our community to the migrating birds in our area. Participation was good with 5 kids and 3 adullts participating. We thought this was good for the first year.

Northwest Illinois Audubon Society

All the tracts at our Elkhorn Creek Biodiversity Preserve now have a volunteer to maintain a section

1. Land management

We owned this property in partnership in the past. In 2010 we purchased full ownership of the property. With full ownership we needed additional volunteers to maintain each section. The volunteers work on their section and recruit others to help them.

1. EducationRaised funds to purchase binoculars to be used at the North Park Village Nature Center by visitors and staff assisting visitors to better see and understand birds and other wildlife

Thorn Creek Audubon Society

HUMMINGBIRD GARDEN AND FALL FESTIVAL

1. Education

We planted and maintained a hummingbird garden at the Park Forest Wetland Discovery Center. The work was done by local elementary school classes. The culmination of the project was a hummingbird banding project for the public with the assistance of Illinois Audubon licensed bird bander. The attandance for the banding was 90+ people, many of whom adopted a banded hummingbird.

Thorn Creek Audubon Society

IBA BARTEL GRASSLAND RESTORATION

1. Land management

We worked on Restoration at Bartel Grassland throughout the entire year. Creating bird habitat for ground nesting birds by controlling invasives and planting priairie seeds and plugs. Our CITIZEN SCIENCE project was a 90 day observation of the behavior, mating, nexting, rearing, and fledging of our IBA bird, the bobolink.

Sinnissippi Audubon Society

1. EducationCollaboration with other groups/ public parks or lands

Guided hikes in Rock Cut State Park and the regional arboretum by birder knowledgeable in bird I.D. by song, sight, and habitat.

Sinnissippi Audubon Society

Production of documentary/ educational video targeting your audience (estimated completion date: July 2013) about Sand Bluff Bird Observatory

1. Education

Prairie Woods Audubon Society

Whooping Crane Migration & MS Flyway Activism


After I traveled to Louisiana to attend the Audubon workshops, our chapter focused our efforts on getting the public involved and educated about migration through the MS Flyway. We created a game for IMBD for children for prizes. We then distributed nearly 300 talking point sheets about the importance of habitat for migrating birds. We joined forces with Operation Migration. A few of our board members volunteered directly. We were able to raise $250 (and counting) for the whooping cranes and the ultralight in WI. Our membership became very much involved. I also did a presentation at Spring Valley Nature Ctr about the Louisiana trip and why the RESTORE Act was important.


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G62 IL Going Electronic Louis Vassmer

G64 IL Paul Geiselhart

G64 IL Jack Nowak

G65 IL Conservation Initatives Dr. Angelo Capparella

Prairie Woods Audubon Society


Due to the high cost of newsletters, we have eliminated paper newsletters except during bird seed sales (Sept and March.) Those two months, we send out a mini-newsletter with the bird seed order form. We were running a deficit because of the cost. Because of the cost, we could not fund any grant programs or print new prairie brochures, for example. Since the program began and the issue was explained to our members, the response has been overwhelmingly positive. We now have hundreds of email addresses which we have permission to use for our event and issues that come up. Our website traffic is now through the roof downloading the newsletters. We have 2 forms of our newsletter electronically: a light version which is under 200K and a full version. This has been very successful since we totally went into operation using this method. Our members now participate much more actively than ever before!

Lake County Audubon Society

Birdscaping the Liberty Prairie Reserve

1. Land management

The plan was to provide funding from our treasury as well as get a grant from a local foundation to purchase native seeds to install on the Reserve. It has been cleared of invasive species and is currently absent many plants in the cleared area. There are well-used trails throughout. The first installation has taken place, and the second will be in spring 2013. We promoted this through an article in our Audubon Outlook. Much of the success of this project will be dependent on weather.

Lake County Audubon Society

Nuturing the Heron Rookery at Almond Marsh


We continue to be involved with the Lake County Forest Preserves' Almond Marsh. Several years ago we received funds to build heron platforms there, first on an experimental basis and eventually adding up to twelve. We monitor the progress of chick hatches, with 72 this year. We volunteer, along with others, on Saturday mornings from April thru June so that visitors can come to see and learn about the rookery. We have an annual event there, "Cheese and Crackers with the Herons," that attracts large numbers, especially families, and we educate them about the rookery, the herons' habits, and about the other birds that inhabit the pond there. We have built and installed a kiosk and stocked it with brochures that give the history of the marsh and a bird identification checklist for visitors. We are currently negotiating with the LCFPD to install additions to two of the platforms to determine if we can provide additional nesting opportunities with less effort and expense.

John Wesley Powell Audubon Society East Side Highway Activism

1. Policy/advocacy

East Side Highway. Audubon continues as a member of the now-designated Focus Working Group-Sustainability of the East Side Highway study. This study is to select a corridor for a proposed major highway connecting the two interstates on the east side of Bloomington-Normal in McLean County; this corridor will traverse the Kickapoo Creek and Money Creek watersheds. The Environmental Assessment is under way and we have provided feedback regarding various issues, including their biodiversity surveys and analyses of impacts on two nature preserves that span streams downstream of the proposed road.


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G65 IL Conservation Dr. Angelo Capparella

G66 IL Peoria Audubon Society

H00 IN Amos Butler Audubon Urban Bird Grant Don Gorney

John Wesley Powell Audubon Society

To ensure that Illinois EPA enforces water quality regulations on the septic systems of rural subdivisions in McLean County.

1. Policy/advocacy

We continue to partner with the local watershed protection group Friends of Kickapoo Creek and the state-wide group Prairie Rivers Network. We have had more success with our on-going joint initiative to ensure that Illinois EPA enforces water quality regulations on the septic systems of rural subdivisions in McLean County.

Brimfield Railroad Prairie Nature Preserve

1. Land management

Peoria Audubon Society took ownership of a 6-acre restored native prairie near Brimfield, Illinois. Prairie is managed by local group of native prairie restoration experts. Prairie is listed and certified and registered by the Illinois Nature Preserves Commission

Maury Brucker; Dennis Endicott


Chapter president, Don Gorney, led efforts among a local working group to apply for an Urban Conservation Treaty for Migratory Birds grant from the USFWS. Don was instrumental in writing the successful grant application that resulted in a $70,000 grant. Because of the nature of the grant, the City of Indianapolis is the grantee but our chapter continues to be a primary driver of the underlying grant activities. The primary activities outlined in the grant are: (1) creation of an Indianapolis Birding Trail, (2) development of a web-interface and smartphone app for trail users, (3) habitat improvements at a local city park, (4) strengthening of the chapter's Lights Out Indy initiative, (5) implementing a Cats Indoors campaign by the chapter, (6) holding International Migratory Bird Day events in 2012 and 2013, and (7) conducting a bird survey at another city park. Amos Butler Audubon is involved in all facets of the activities and received a share of grant proceeds. This is a significant achievement for the chapter and was made possible by collaborations and strong leadership by our chapter president.


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H00 IN Amos Butler Audubon Don Gorney

H02 IN Laura Fuderer

H03 IN Family Day Carol Pettys

Advocacy for Important Bird Areas

1. Policy/advocacy

Indianapolis has two IBAs located within city limits: Eagle Creek Park (Indy Parks site) and Fort Harrison State Park (Indiana DNR site). These two sites form the bulk of forest cover in the physiographic region of Indiana known as the Tipton Till Plain. Our organization has adopted these sites and conducts advocacy efforts when something threatens the habitat. The most intense pressure put on the IBAs is from various user groups who want their activity included within the site. The most recent instances stem from a local mountain bike group who want miles of trails at both site. Our efforts to keep the mountain bike trails out of a specific, sensitive area of Fort Harrison failed. However, due, in part, to our strong advocacy, the Indiana DNR did exclude mountain bike trails in perpetuity in other sensitive areas of the park by declaring those areas state-dedicated nature preserves. Learning from our efforts with the state, when mountain bike trails were proposed for Eagle Creek Park, one of the country's largest municipal parks, we sprung into action. We rallied our membership base, neighborhood organizations, civic groups, and the public to oppose the trails since they were proposed for sensitive habitat areas. We started an online petition (now, with more than 700 signatures); motivated about 175 people to come to a public meeting held by Indy Parks on the issue; and consulted with City-County Council members. While Indy Parks has not come to a final conclusion, we will continue with our advocacy efforts.

South Bend Elkhart Audubon Society

Maintained an email alert list of 50 to 60 individuals.


45 alerts were sent to our email activist alert list. If just half of the list responded, government officials were contacted by members or friends of South Bend-Elkhart Audubon Society over 1,300 times. Issues ranged from stopping the XL Tar Sand Pipeline, mountain-top removal, and exploitation in the Arctic to protecting the EPA, wetlands, birds, whales, and other wildlife.

Evansville Audubon Society

1. Education

Family Day at Wesselman Woods Nature Center is where members of the Evansville Audubon Society and Southwest Indiana Master Naturalists present a fun-filled day for the whole family! There are games, hands-on displays, workshops and lots and lots of fun for everyone, featuring over a dozen "birdy" activities that include making binoculars, a scavenger hunt, Bird Olympics, making a bird feeder, and planting seeds that will attract birds to your yard. All Family Day activities are FREE to the public.


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H03 IN LD Harry

H04 IN Sassafras Audubon Society Detmer Park bioswale David Rupp

H04 IN Sassafras Audubon Society Christmas Bird Counts

H05 IN Marty Jones

H05 IN Marty Jones

H06 IN Silver Creek Clean Sweep Rod Goforth

H06 IN Rod Goforth

Evansville Audubon Society

The Ohio Valley Birding Festival

1. Education

The Ohio Valley Birding Festival is an Evansville Audubon Society event in partnership with Wesselman Nature Society and John James Audubon State Park featuring guided spring migratory birdwatching hikes in southwestern Indiana and western Kentucky. Areas featured for guided tours include Goose Pond Fish and Wildlife Area; Bluegrass Fish and Wildlife Area; Wesselman Woods Nature Preserve; Eagle Slough Natural Area; John James Audubon State Park; Lincoln State Park; Squaw Creek Mine; Howell Wetlands; Cane Ridge Unit of Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge including Lake Gibson; Oakland City Unit of the Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge: Twin Swamps Nature Preserve; New Harmonie State Park: and a canoe trip to Hovey Lake. A "Big Day" of birding will be offered for the more adventuresome birders.

1. Land management

Sassafras Audubon used its collaborative funding grant to purchase native plants for a bioswale at a new county park. SAS also rounded up a great volunteer crew to plant many of the plants. Our partner, Monroe County Parks and Rec, was thrilled with the effort and the beautiful results.

1. Citizen science

The two CBCs that we sponsor (Goose Pond and Lake Monroe) continue to grow in participation and notoriety. These events are highlights of our year and build camaraderie and momentum for our chapter going into each new year.

Lee Sterrenburg (Goose Pond) and Jim and Susan Hengeveld (Lake Monroe)

Wabash Valley Audubon Society

Developed Social Networking capabilities with an Electronic System to save money and better share and reach members and potential members.

1. Education

Originally, newsletter were sent via post office. We've greatly reduced printing costs, paper use/waste, shipping costs, delays in delivery. We are able to reach members instantly on important policy and other issues of importance. We are utilizing social networking and new brochures to reach and gain new members and gaining involvement from members who formerly were not involved in voluntary efforts.

Wabash Valley Audubon Society

Native Plants Growing in a Planter Adopted on Main Street, Terre Haute, Indiana


We adopted the planter and are growing native plants to educate the public on why and how growing native plants is important. A grant from NAS helped us prepare the soil, site and purchase the plants.

Knob - Valley Audubon Society

1. Land management

After several years of conducting this event in partnership with the local parks department, the larger Ohio River Clean Sweep and local storm water control board took over costs and proided many more volunteers to the event. We feel this was a major accomplishment that our annual event became popular and successful enough that another group would want to work to take over and improve on it.

Knob - Valley Audubon Society

Earth Day Festival at Falls of the Ohio State Park

1. Education

We provided youth and adults with opportunities to view uncommon birds in their natural habitat using binoculars and scopes. Children took home birder's journals and many adults took home bluebird boxes. The event was reported in the metro newspaper with a front page photo of a youth using the scope with a board member and volunteer pointing out the birds they were seeing. The accompanying article quoted a youth who attended the previous year syaing that he remembered that someone "let him look through a telescope and see the birds down on the water falls."


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H07 IN Deborah Brown

H07 IN Jon Creek

H08 IN Beth Deimling

Robert Cooper Audubon Society

Creating a Junior Audubon Society for youth

1. Education

Beginning in January, we started a Robert Cooper Audubon Junior Audubon Society. This entailed creating and maintaing a separate newsletter for children (The Tweet), creating certificates, and having a booth or representative at three local events for children in collaboration with our local PBS station (WIPB), Minnetrista Cultural Center, and Master Gardener's. At these events, we let children look at bird specimens, taught them how to use binoculars and field guides, and explained the related ancestry of birds and dinosaurs. Our education chair Debbie Brown, a retired elementary teacher, also made two school visits where she talked about owls (which are the current focus of The Tweet). An owl-calling field-trip for parents and children was also held. We feel this has been a very successful project. We are noticing an increase in families with children attending certain Audubon programs and field trips. We have also partnered with the local library in advertising our family events. We feel this has helped us reach out more to families.

Robert Cooper Audubon Society

Chimney Swift Conservation and Education


In August of 2011, we applied for Audubon Collaborative funding to pay for the construction of two Chimney Swift Towers in local parks. With the funding received ($330), we have been able to complete construction on one tower. In September 2011, we followed up with a Chimney Swift program by Shirley Needham, who brought in re-habilitated Chimney Swifts as a educational tool and provided a power point presentation and educational materials on protecting Swifts. That evening we counted Chimney Swifts at a local church and submitted our numbers as part of a citizen science project known as Swift Night Out. Later that month, we submitted a letter to a local high school who had recently capped their chimney to keep out the swifts. We requested that they uncap their chimney and offered to provide free educational programs to the community on the importance of Chimney Swifts. After discussions with the school superindentent, we are planning on erecting our completed tower on the high school grounds this year as an alternative habitat for the Swifts who are no longer able to inhabit the capped chimney. Although still a work in progress, we feel that the project was successful because we were able to educate different groups in the community (e.g. general public and school administrators).

Tippecanoe Audubon Society

Completed Middle Eel River Breeding Bird Survey

1. Citizen science

A breeding bird survey was conducted for the second year on the Middle Eel River, in conjuction with a local watershed initiative. The purpose of the watershed initiative is to conduct baseline surveys, and also to work with landowners to reduce impact to waterways draining into, or directly impacting, the middle portion of the Eel River in north-central Indiana. Tippecanoe Audubon surveyed 5 subwatersheds in 2011 - for a total of 8 subwatersheds over the 2 year survey. Tippecanoe Audubon contributed 45 person-hours to the survey in 2011, and submitted a final report to the director of the watershed initiative. Our work on this survey supported the work of the watershed initiative.


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H08 IN Beth Deimling

H09 IN Birding Field Trips Jim Haw

H09 IN Chimney Swift Tower Conservation Cynthia Powers

H10 IN Chuck Tuttle

H10 IN Expanding our reach Chuck Tuttle

Tippecanoe Audubon Society

Improved Education regarding Environmental Issues and how these Issues relate to Local Actions

1. Education

Newsletter articles contained extensive articles on: lead poisoning of birds due to lead ammunition; Mississippi River initiatives focused on water quality and local initiatives focused on nutrient reduction to waterways; the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, updates on plans for drilling off the coast of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and birds that link us with ANWR. Programs covered: songbird rehabilitation and reasons for harm to songbirds; landscaping for birds, wildlife, and energy conservation. A survey of TAS members indicated that our newsletter was valued (by those who responded to the survey), especially for its educational content.

Stockbridge Audubon Society

1. Education

Stockbridge continues to offer an impressive field trip schedule, thanks mainly to our field trip coordinator Jim Haw. On most weekends in the spring and fall, outings are made to a variety of preserves and parks within Fort Wayne and throughout the vicinity. These trips provide a low-pressure learning experience for people new to the group or new to birding. They also serve as an introduction to our chapter and thus a potential source of new members.

Stockbridge Audubon Society

1. Education

Stockbridge obtained $330 in funding from Audubon for construction of a chimney swift tower. We contacted the director of Little River Wetlands Project, a local conservation group, asking whether they would consider having a tower at one of their preserves. The director was enthusiastic and knew of an Eagle Scout candidate who needed a project. We arranged for him to build the tower, drawing on plans and expertise provided by our chapter. The structure was completed in August 2012 at LRWP's Arrowhead Prairie property. A metal sign will be added at some point to explain the tower's purpose and provide information about the natural history of swifts. The tower is expected not only to provide a roosting and nesting site for a declining species, but to educate the public about the value of these interesting birds.

Sycamore Audubon Society

NICHES Land Trust property acquisition

1. Land management

We have a close relationship with the NICHES Land Trust as we feel it is not appropriate for the chapter to hold property, and the chapter frequently provides funding for their property acquisition. We had another successful fund raiser where we provided matching funds from member donations. This project was for Mulvy Pond, a property that would surely have fallen to developers had it not been purchased and protected. It has had productive nesting Sandhill Cranes for several years, as well as providing a valuable wetland habitat for many other species. The property has been purchased and is now open for public access.

Sycamore Audubon Society

1. Education

We have primarily been an organization that focuses on Tippecanoe County, as that is where the majority of our members are. However, with a new board member from White County, we have been able to provide more events and activites for our members and the public in the Monticello area. Having a person "on site" allows for more area knowledge and contacts. One example is providing 2,200 "Owl Fact Sheets" to residents who live on the shores of Lake Freeman and Lake Shaffer near Monticello.


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H13 IN Educate Students Joan Wisniewski

H50 IA Dubuque Audubon Society Bald Eagle Days , 24th Wayne Buchholtz

H50 IA Dubuque Audubon Society Duck Waddle Wayne Buchholtz

H51 IA Russell Tabbert

H51 IA Bird Banding Robert VanErsvelde

H53 IA David Kuehl

H53 IA Bird Checklist David Kuehl

H55 IA Dave Conrads

H55 IA James Durbin

Potawatomi Audubon Society

1. Education

We work with the La Porte County Soil and Water Conservation District to educate students about birds and their importance to our environment We also work with Purdue North Central Campus to educate Summer Camp students about birds and the environmentWe worked with Westville School on the Environthon giving a program on birds. They won 1st place in the Indiana competition


Bald Eagle Watch includes live bird programming for 5th grade students on a Friday, ABout 700 in attendance. Saturday - provide programming with live birds to general public. Individuals at Lock And Dam on Mississippi River with scopes to have visitors look at eagles. 3000 in attendance.

1. EducationField Trip to local wildlife area, Green Island, to view and watch the migration of waterfowl that uses the Mississippi River Flyway. 35 people in attendance.

Tallgrass Prairie Audubon Society (IA)

Prairie & Woodland Management at Sugar Creek Sanctuary

1. Land management

In the prairie we cut invasive woody species, established burn boundaries, and did a controlled burn. In the woodland we cut andstump treated Tartarian honeysuckle and multiflora rose. We maintained the trails and the nature center building.

Tallgrass Prairie Audubon Society (IA)

1. Citizen science

We did 22 bird bandings at the rural property of Robert VanErsvelde and 2 at Sugar Creek Sanctuary. This is a continuation of an activity which we have been doing for 16 years. We are working to become a certified MAPS banding site. Bob is now a sub-licensee for bird banding.

Northern Iowa Prairie Lakes Audubon Society

Birding Equipment for Nature Centers

1. Education

The chapter bought 7 sets of Vortex Razor HD 20-60x85 Spotting Scopes With Manfronto Tripods and Manfronto Micro Fluid Tripod Heads for 6 county nature centers (Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, O'Brien, Osceola, and Palo Alto) and YMCA Camp Foster. Dickinson County Nature Center was given 10 pairs of binoculars and Camp Foster YMCA was given 20 pairs of binoculars plus 20 copies of Petersen's Bird Identification Guides. The cost of this project was $12,079.75. This will allow the naturalists to introduce countless young people to the joy of birding.

Northern Iowa Prairie Lakes Audubon Society

1. Education

The chapter updated our old bird checklists. The species list was reviewed and revised. Rights were obtained for two photographs of trumpeter swans to be used on the front and back covers. 10,300 copies were printed and distributed to the six county nature centers and businesses which sell feeding supplies. The checklists are to be given away to anyone who wishes to take a copy. The cost of this project was $2,027.45. Our goal is to build awareness of our chapter and the fun of birding.

Cedar Rapids Audubon Society

1. Education

Donated $750 to the University of Iowa "School of the Wild" at the McBride Raptor Center. This is is a week long activity. The donation provided binoculars and other equipment for use by 4th -6th Grade students participating in a nature camp ' Avian Education Day". Nearly 1500 students from 25 schools received first hand experience in observing and identifying birds and in helping with mist nets and bird banding.

Cedar Rapids Audubon Society

1. Citizen scienceSome members are documenting species of moths in Iowa. Currently we are up to 1800+ for the state. Check out insectsofiowa.com to see the data. This is an on going project covering several years.


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H57 IA Hank Zalatel

H57 IA Mike Havlik

H58 IA Emily Neal

H58 IA Dennis Kirschbaum

H60 IA Mike Tompkins

H60 IA PRAS Monthly Programs

H63 IA Staff field trip in late April as a part of local observance of Earth Week.

H63 IA Rob Junker

J00 KS Topeka Audubon Society Chapter integrity Carol Morgan

Big Bluestem Audubon Society

Jennett Heritage Area Land Acquisition.

1. Land management

Our Aububon society helped fund and supported the acquisition of land 3 miles South of Nevada Iowa. This land is to be used for wildlife, hunting, prairie development, public use. The dedication of this park was held this last year, with strong support from our membership.

Big Bluestem Audubon Society

Scholarship funding for Children for YMCA camp

1. Education Two children were funded with 50% scholarships to attend YMCA camp near Boone, Iowa. This was for the Y-Camp's Young Naturalist Workshop.

Upper Iowa Audubon Society

Contributed financially to "Camp Discovery"

1. Education2. Citizen science A camp devoted to middle school students held at Luther College, Decorah,

Iowa. The 220 students learned about compasses, GPS, birds and ecology.

Upper Iowa Audubon Society

contributed to Hawk Watch, Effigy Mounds, Marquette, Iowa

1. Education2. Citizen science An annual event held annually at Effigy Mounds, Marquette, Iowa, during

fall migration

Prairie Rapids Audubon Society

'Bremer County 5th Grade County Conservation day in the Park

1. Education 450 Bremer County 5th graders participated in outdoor activities that included Conservation, Education, Environmental, and birding activities.

Prairie Rapids Audubon Society


PRAS provided 8 programs to the members and interested public. We had a very diverse group of programs that directly led to a very large number of participants in our birding field trips. Topics included bugs, Digital photography, Flood Plain management of the Cedar River, Ohio birding and a recap of the PRAS field trip to Southern Texas. The highlight for me personnally was the Mentally and physically challenged group of adults(8) that started coming in Sept and ended being at every meeting with 18 at our May Potluck.

PRAS President Mike Tompkins

Quad City Audubon Society

Provide field trip opportunity at local park in conjunction with Earth Week

1. Education

Quad City Audubon Society

Participate in annual Bald Eagle Days, annual festival sponsored by various Quad City groups

Three-day community event highlighting visiting and nesting bald eagles, with over 2,000 persons attending annually. QCAS staffs an informational booth, and staffs bus tours to view live roosting eagles.

Increase in chapter membership and participation in activities


Active recruitment of members for the local chapter resulted in a significant increase in membership in the calendar year 2011 (from 39 to 66 local chapter members). There was also an increase in participation in all activities, including programs, field trips and social activities. An increase in membership provides us with greater volunteer resources to meet our mission: to inspire people to appreciate birds and other wildlif, and to encourage conservation of natural habitats.


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J00 KS Topeka Audubon Society Carol Morgan

J01 KS Wichita Audubon Society

J01 KS Wichita Audubon Society

J02 KS Jayhawk Audubon Society Gary Anderson

J02 KS Jayhawk Audubon Society Gary Anderson

J04 KS Alsop Bird Sanctuary Patricia Yeager

J04 KS

J06 KS Jeffrey Kasoff

Network with community environmental organizations


Close communication and teamwork with the following organizations benefits conservation and preservation of habitat. Kansas Children's Discovery Center (purchase and setup of birdfeeders), Kansas Native Plant Society (TAS Butterfly Garden), Topeka Parks and Recreation Department (Warren Nature Area), Topeka KACEE Water Festival Organization (education to 4th graders), Kansas Ornithological Society (birding festivals), Army Corps of Engineers (TAS Sanctuary), Kansas Department of Transportation (roadside vegetation management), Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library (educational programs).

1. Land management Resisted the lease offers of oil drilling companies to drill for oil on the Chaplin Nature Center property.

1. Education

We continue to use the Wichita Audubon Society's Chaplin Nature Center as our primary education "tool." There were 5722 visitors at CNC during the 2012 FY. Ninty-five educational programs involving 2396 primarly childern and young adults were conducted. Groups from nineteen primary schools or recreation centers benefited from the educational programs. Programs included butterfly counts and butterfly tagging, bird watching and education classes, identification of anphipians and reptiles, watching the night sky (stars and planets), and Bald Eagle count along the Arkansas River.

16th Annual Eales Day Event

1. Education

Presented our 16th Annual Eagles Day event at a local high school free of charge to the community. Attendance approximately 2000. Provided opportunity for other local organizations to have information/activity tables. Provided two guided field trips to nearby lake for eagle and wildlife viewing. Live eagles and other birds included in programs.

Received several grants for education and outreach to the community on nature

1. Education

Used grants to supplement our sponsorship of a Wetland Learners program for field education for elementary school children in cooperation with area schools. Also used grants to supplement our 16th Annual Eagles Day event for the Douglas County area.

Northern Flint Hills Audubon Society

1. Land management

Our chapter accepted a trust. This small lot is worth much but the original owner wished it to be kept as an urban green space for the birds. Our chapter envisions a place of native prairie scrubs, some native grasses and flowers. We will use permeable pavement for the handicapped parking place and short path to a bench. Other efforts are to create a small blind and to quiet the space from the busy corner. We hope to demonstrate the landscaping use of less thirsty native plants and their connection to attracting varied bird species.

Northern Flint Hills Audubon Society

1. Citizen science Our chapter continues a Christmas Bird Count counted every year since 1949.

Smoky Hills Audubon Society

Sanctuary water pump for tree plantings

1. Land management

A volunteer designed and built a way to manually pump water from our pond into storage cylinders with spigots. This water is transferred to buckets on a trailer bed pulled by a small mower, to water seedling trees planted over the last few years. Our sanctuary chair is 90 years old and had been dipping water from the pond by hand for at least a decade. Recent Kansas heat and drought has been particularly difficult for our young trees (as well as our sanctuary chair!). The water system has been a boon!


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J06 KS Planting Prairie seeds Doug Rudick

J51 KY Raptor Grant

J51 KY

J52 KY Judy Adams

J52 KY Urban Girls/Urban Birds Judy Adams

J53 KY Frankfort Audubon Society Urban Bird Landscape Bird Habitat Conservation Scott Hankla

J53 KY Frankfort Audubon Society Ceci Mitchell

J59 KY Kristi Hanson

Smoky Hills Audubon Society

1. Education

We won't know if the seeds will become prairie plants for at least two years, however, a group of middle school students were taught how to mix the seed in a matrix, how to disperse the seed, and how to ensure good contact with the soil. The visited the sanctuary to perform the planting. They also learned the value of native plants to the ecosystem.

Buckley Hills Audubon Society

1. EducationSelected and sent a local veterinarian to the University of Minnesota's Avian Orthopedic Workshop to gain invaluable skills regarding injured raptor care.

Buckley Hills Audubon Society

Sponsored Raptor Exhibit at Fayette County Science Fair

1. EducationSponsored Raptor Rehab of Louisville bringing education birds for display at teh annual Fayette County Science Fair. Approximately 5,000 students and adults attend. This is our fourth year of sponsorship.

Daviess County Audubon Society

Budding Biotich...Basic Birding Skills

1. EducationWe collaborate with the Western Kentucky Botanical Garden in teaching basic science skills such as, observation, recording, binocular skills and basic bird identification to area third grade students

Daviess County Audubon Society

1. Education

We conducted two series of classes for third and fourth grade girls in an after school program at Girls Inc. These are primarilyTitle I and/or underserved girls. The programs provided basic birding skills while empowering the girls to connect with the natural world.


Frankfort Audubon began planning to transform a two acre arboretum created in 1980 into a bird and people friendly landscape. This will be an ongoing project to establish a variety of native trees and shrubs in an urban setting.

Community Outreach and Public Relations


Frankfort Audubon has expanded its email list to over 400 individuals interested in nature and outdoor activities through "sign-up" sheets at its programs and field events. In addition to emails, FAS sends press releases to local newspapers. Moving from print and traditional mailings to all electronic newsletters and notifications will release funds for conservation and education.

Jackson Purchase Audubon Society

Joined other activists for Earth Day event in Paducah KY Provided information to attendies. Provided fact sheets on public land management, and petitions on several issues concerning Land Between the Lakes in KY and the Shawnee Nat'l Forest in Illinois


provided Audubon Adventures to more teachers this year than previous years.

We are finally finding schools and teaches that are very interested in using these in their classrooms.


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J59 KY Mark Donham

J61 KY David and Susan Chiles

J61 KY David and Susan Chiles

K00 LA Orleans Audubon Society David Muth

K00 LA Orleans Audubon Society Jennifer Coulson

K01 LA Jane Patterson

Jackson Purchase Audubon Society

bird nest program for garden clubs in Paducah KY. Showed a collection of nests with hand painted images of the birds. The participants loved the program

1. Education

Traveled to Frankfort Ky to participate in marched and rallied against mountain top removal and participate in action alerts and local education. provide info on mining issues for example at coffee shops in local area, libraries, and laundromats

We work with other groups in Kentucky, W Virginia, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, by email and at other conferences such as Heartwood Forest Council

Little River Audubon Society

Participation in NatureFest 2012 at Jeffers Bend Envioronmental Center and Botanical Gardens in Hopkinsville, KY manning stations that introduced basics of bird watching and attracting butterflies to home gardens. Positive feedback from participants lets us know this is a worthy project.

1. Education

Nature Fest is an annual event at Jeffers Bend Environmental Center and Botanical Gardens. The environmental activities draws about 1000 local residents each year. This gives our chapter an opportunity to develop an awareness and respect for nature, specifically birds and butterflies. Members of our Audubon chapter are responsible for these two areas.

Little River Audubon Society

Provided classroom sets of Audubon Adventures to five classrooms in our chapter area.

1. Education

One teacher in each of the three counties in our area and two private school teachers received classroom sets of Audubon Adventures this year. Each teacher exposes about 150 students to the environmental lessons and information in this publication. We feel this is an efficient way to promote environmental awareness to the area's young people.

Lobbying for Louisiana's Coastal Restoration Plan

1. Policy/advocacy

Papermill spill results in massive fish kill in the Pearl River Basin

1. Policy/advocacy

Baton Rouge Audubon Society

Sent a young birder to ABA camp

1. Education

BRAS collaborated with the Louisiana Ornithological Society to provide a scholarship for Alex Haun, age 14, to attend the ABA Young Birder's camp in Colorado in the summer. Alex has participated in the BRAS-sponsored KidsWhoBird club since he was 11 years old, and seems quite serious about a future vocation involving birds. As a condition of his scholarship he was asked to do presentations both for BRAS and for LOS and did an admirable jo.


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K01 LA Program by Dr. Chris Clark Jared Wolfe

L00 MD Partnership Expansion Mike Callahan

L00 MD Fundraising Tailgate bird athon Chris Ordiway

L01 MD Maureen Blades

L01 MD Maureen Blades

L02 MD

L03 MD Mark Kulis

L03 MD Susan Polniaszek

Baton Rouge Audubon Society

1. Education

Jared Wolfe, our programs coordinator, worked with the LSU Museum of Natural Science to have Dr. Chris Clark, and leading hummingbird researcher come to speak both to the students at the museum as well as the BRAS membership. He presented his research material to each group differently (one with a more scientific focus, one not) but both were extremely well received.

Southern Maryland Audubon Society

1. Education Developed a beginner birding class for the College of of Southern Maryland at all three campuses.

Southern Maryland Audubon Society

1. Education

Prince Georges Audubon Society

Identification and analysis of alternate sites for a dog park to counter a proposed placement that would threaten water quality of Lake Artemesia.

1. Policy/advocacy

Members of the Prince George's Audubon Society continued work on this issue in the summer of 2011 by visiting and documenting features of several local sites that could be considered as possible sites for a dog park that was proposed by a local municipality. A small team prepared maps and descriptions and submitted a packet to the Maryland National Capital Parks and Planning Commission. As yet, there is no dog park developed at these sites, but the original proposal to cite it too near Lake Artemesia is less likely to happen.

Prince Georges Audubon Society

Outreach to sponsor Audubon Adventures in classrooms

1. Education

Our board has decided to renew sponsorship of Audubon Adventures in local classrooms and/or other educational settings. A member contacted teachers in the spring of 2012 to make plans for the fall 2012 school season.

Chesapeake Audubon Society

Education through dinner speakers

1. Education

Through our dinner speakers we have educated our members on area salt marshes and how the sea level rise will impact birds like the Seaside Sparrow, Saltmarsh Sparrow, and Black Rail. We have also brought in speakers to inform them how planting natives in their yards will benefit birds and other wildlife.

Audubon Society of Central Maryland

Audrey Carroll and Fred Archibald Audubon Sanctuary Improvements

1. Land management

Mark Kulis has become our new Asst Sanctuary Manager. He has reinvigorated the board members and community involvement in improving our two wildlife sanctuaries. Work has begun or been completed on clearing out trails, repairing the gatehouse, and removal of invasive species.

Audubon Society of Central Maryland

Native Habitat Garden at Robinson Nature Center


Susan Polniaszek and Cheryl Farfaras (board members) collaborated, planned and implemented a 2 acre wildlife garden at the new Robinson Nature Center in Howard County. This was done with community volunteers and Master Gardeners of Howard County.


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L50 MI Detroit Audubon Society Safe Passage Great Lakes bird conservation Fred Charbonneau

L50 MI Detroit Audubon Society Field Trips Richard Quick and Jim Bull

M00 MN Audubon Adventures Continued to provide classroom kits Earl Jacobsen

M00 MN Restore Prairie Continued to restore oak-savannah praire on 13 acres owned by the club. Loren Kaiser

M01 MN Duluth Audubon Society Improving Bird Habitat

M01 MN Duluth Audubon Society Saving the Chimney Swifts Jane Cleave

M02 MN Provided oversight to survey RHWP's and banded 56 woodpeckers. Jerry Bahls


Safe Passage Great Lakes (SPGL) is the name of Detroit Audubon Society's 'lights out' program. During 2011 Spring and Fall migrations the goals were to 1) identify and monitor the buildings in the Cities of Detroit and Southfield that were supposed to have lights out during "Safe Passage Days" between 11pm and 5am. The rest of the year the goals were to 2) get legislation introduced requiring lights out in state owned buildings during "Safe Passage Days" 3) make contact with the meteorologists on local television stations and convince them to announce foggy night alerts and remind people to turn their lights out or draw shades and blinds, especially people in taller buildings, 4) get resolutions in support of SPGL from as many cities and counties as we could. Results: We identified 28 buildings in Detroit that were supposed to be participating in SPGL, with 23 of them pretty much in compliance. We did not get any cooperation from the tv meteorologists, but we will keep on trying. Wayne County Board of Commisioners voted to support SPGL and sent us a signed resolution.

1. Citizen science

The Society hosted over 20 field trips this year. We have the most diverse schedule of bird trips in the area, possibly the state. Field trip locations have been chosen to encompass a wide range of habitats and include public parks, bird observatories, state and national parks, local wetlands and reserved areas. The field trips are lead by experienced volunteer birders who frequently lead the same trip year after year. Thus they are intimately familiar with certain sites which frequently allows for the relocation of particular bird species. Trip leader participation in eBird has added a new dimension to our field trips. A wide variety of folks attend our field trips; new birders, bird photographers and serious listers looking for their nemesis birds. Families with younger children enjoy the Woodcock Watch and Owl Prowl and particularly like the Frog Symphony. Attendence ranges between 20 and 50 people at these events, depending on the weather. The diversity of our field trips encourages and allows for participation by people of all ages and abilities. The first step in developing a desire in people to protect birds and nature is to give them an experience they enjoy and remember.

Albert Lea Audubon Society

Albert Lea Audubon Society

1. Land management

Planting of seedlings in the St. Louis River Estuary and Minnesota Point IBA

1. Land managementUsing grant funds, DAS planted, with the help of StreamCorp, thousands of seedlings in the vicinity of Kingsbury Creek by the Lake Superior Zoo. This is an ongoing restorative project.

Josh Bailly - DAS Conservation Chair

Building the first Chimney Swift Tower in the St. Louis River Estuary and Minnesota Point IBA

1. Citizen science

We convinced Kraus-Anderson Construction of Duluth to agree to build DAS's first Chimney Swift Tower for free. The foundation is completed and in the spring the tower will be constructed on the Canal Park Lodge land on the Lakewalk. The tower is going to be just across a pathway from our Purple Martin House.

Audubon Chapter of Minneapolis

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M02 MN Jerry Bahls

M03 MN St. Paul Audubon Society Educational Programs

M03 MN St. Paul Audubon Society

M05 MN

M05 MN

M06 MN Austin Audubon Society

M06 MN Austin Audubon Society Merlene Stiles

M08 MN Agassiz Audubon Society Heidi Hughes

M08 MN Agassiz Audubon Society Public Programs Heidi Hughes

M09 MN Outreach We developed our own website with online signon and donations. Jaime Thibodeaux

M09 MN John Eggers

M10 MN Sue Leaf

Audubon Chapter of Minneapolis

Completed a tree inventory for Roberts Bird Sanctuary

1. Land managementThe inventory is both vertical and horizontal, using 32 computer generated random plots- each 35 feet in radius. It includes species, size, volume, and ground cover.

1. Education

As usual, our birding education work included both adult and school children classes. Examples include the birding class for adults at the Maplewood Nature Sanctuary. The class is limited to 16 people and always fills up quickly. Elementary school programs involved some 2,565 students.

"Minnesota Bird Celebration Day"

1. Education

Promoted and Co-sponsored with MN Audubon the first ever "Minnesota Bird Celebration Day" which featured Audubon members, a Boy Scout Troop, and elected officials in the wonderful St. Paul Crosby Park. David Yarnold was in town and joined us for this event on May 31, 2012.

Minnesota River Valley Audubon

Funding of busing and interns for the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge

1. Education

We made 2 grants to the Refuge Friends Inc that supports the Minnesota Valley National wildlife Refuge. One grant was for $2,000 that is then matched with an additional $4,000 to help pay for the busing of school children to the refuge for programs throughout the year. The other grant was for $2,000 to help pay for summer interns that work with children at the refuge during the summer.

Minnesota River Valley Audubon

Donation of binoculars to area nature centers

1. Education With the help of 3 grants we were able to donate a total of 40 pairs of binoculars to 3 area nature centers.

Invasive Species Removal at the Hormel Nature Center

1. Land management

Audubon plans a team effort to remove buckthorn from an area of the Hormel Nature Center. This has become an annual project that includes volunteers from the Hormel Nature Center, other conservation groups, and students at Riverland Community College.

Built a Chimney Swift Tower

1. Education

The Chimney Swift Tower is the first one to be built in Austin. The Hormel Nature Center is used by 75,000 people every year. The Spring Bird Hikes for the community and the 4,300 shool children that use the Center are learning about Chimney Swifts.

Agassiz Audubon Society identified and promoted birds at the Agassiz Valley Water Resources Mgmt Project in Warren

1. Land management

Agassiz Audubon Society collaborated with the Middle-Snake-Tamarac Rivers Watershed District in the opening the impoundment up to recreational bird and wildlife observation - and connected Audubon Minnesota with the Watershed District regarding a base-line survey of avian populations at the impoundments


Agassiz Audubon Society created new connections with the public through a new partnership with the Northwest Regional Libraries and Warren Senior Center - presenting programs on Attracting Wild Birds, Birdwatching, Owls and the Christmas Bird Count.

Mississippi Headwaters Audubon

New website www.spearheadMHAS.org

1. Education

Mississippi Headwaters Audubon

LaSalle Lake land conserved by the DNR with assistance from our advocacy


We wrote letters of support for the purchase of the LaSalle Lake area by the Trust for Public Lands. The property became a state Recreation area and scenic and natural area as well

Wild River Audubon Society

Held a public showing of Robert Kennedy Jr.'s "The Last Mountain."

1. EducationThis is a movie that would never, ever play in our rural, conservative community. We had a packed house. We charged no admission, it was one of our regular programs, that are free and open to the public.


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M10 MN Joe Sausen

M11 MN

M14 MN Bluff prairie restoration Joel Dunnette

M14 MN General Outreach Joel Dunnette

M16 MN Pam Perry

M16 MN Jennifer Lust

Wild River Audubon Society

Drew about 25 people to the annual CBC-- longest data collection period in east central Minnesota

1. Citizen science This is our most popular activity every year. Very dedicated bunch, giving up a day immediately before Christmas to count.

Central Minnesota Audubon Soci

Control of European buckthorn in local parks

1. Land management

Zumbro Valley Audubon Society

1. Land management

Collaborated with Audubon MN and Olmsted County parks to get state grant for restoration of oak savanna and bluff prairie at 3 sites in SE MN. Sites were: Chester Woods county park (total of 100 acres), Magellssen Bluff near Rushford (20 acres), and Coon Hill in Red Wing (21 acres). We helped with planning, paperwork, coordination and site selection, as well as some work on the ground.

Zumbro Valley Audubon Society

1. Education We had one or more of our displays at 9 events, attended by about 8000 people, and had conversations with about 700 people.

Brainerd Lakes Area Audubon Society

Spring Bird Hike Series at the the Northland Arboretum IBA: Come Birding with BLAAS!


From May 3 through June 2, free bird hikes were held on Thursday and Saturday mornings. These birdwatching outings lasted about an hour and were coordinated by the Brainerd Lakes Area Audubon Society (BLAAS). Co-sponsors were the Northland Arboretum and Audubon Minnesota. The hikes were popular with people of a variety of ages from families with young children to grandparents, and included beginners and experienced birders.

Ten bird hikes were done this spring and there were a total of 138 participants or about 14 participants per hike. Each hike had an experienced birder as a leader plus an assistant to help record the bird species seen and help those on the hike see and hear birds. The number of different species found on the hikes averaged about 30 species per hike with slightly lower numbers in early May and higher numbers towards the end of May. Overall, combining the species seen from all the hikes totaled 69 different bird species including Brown Thrasher, Baltimore Oriole, 9 species of warblers, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Green Heron, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Cedar Waxwing, Scarlet Tanager, and many more.

The Northland Arboretum IBA is a great place to look for birds due to its network of walking trails that can take you through a variety of habitats, and May is one of the best months of the year for watching birds because there are new migrants arriving from the south almost every week. Bird checklists are available at the Northland Arboretum building along with maps of the area.

Brainerd Lakes Area Audubon Society

Great Programs! Great Attendance!

1. Education

We take tremendous pride in reaching out to members/public through our quality programs. Our attendance continues to go up at our programs and that means we are reaching more people and gaining members, interest and support. We offer one on one time with people at these programs, supply them with brochures, posters, information, connections, and refreshments. Our program topics that we offered are as follows: Birdsafe/Lights Out, Northwoods Phenology, Troubled Waters: A Mississippi River Story, Solar Energy: Rural Renewable Energy Alliance, For Love of Lakes with author Darby Nelson.


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M50 MS advocate for protection of ecosystems on public lands.

M51 MS Jackson Audubon Society Christmas Bird Count JAS has run our CBC since 1971 and we have excellent participation. Mary Stripling

M51 MS Jackson Audubon Society Birding Field Trips Rynetta Coetze

M52 MS Earth Day Event Assisted with Earth Day Event/ Bird Fest at Local Zoo Diane Lafferty

N00 MO Habitat Management Bill Mees

N00 MO Urban Ecology Restoration Allison Vaughn

N01 MO St. Louis Audubon Society Bring Conservation Home Mitch Leachman

N01 MO St. Louis Audubon Society Karen Meyer

Oktibbeha Audubon Society

Worked with other organizations to stop harvest of bottomland hardwoods and habitat to protect Red-cockaded woodpeckers on public lands

1. Policy/advocacy2. Land management Joel Okula and Margaret

Copeland



We have 24 JAS Bird Field Trips per year and use these activities to educate participants about birds in our area and to bring awareness of threats to birds to local citizens

Pine Woods Audubon Society

1. Education

Columbia Audubon Society (MO)

1. Land managementExtensive work at Society owned nature areas including stream team cleanup and trail improvements to Columbia Audubon Nature Sanctuary (CANS) and controlled burn at Wildhaven Nature Area.

Columbia Audubon Society (MO)

1. Land management Work with other organizations to restore abandoned sewage plant in central Columbia.


Bring Conservation Home was formally launched in March 2012 and provides on-site assistance to small, private landowners in the greater St. Louis area for the restoration of native plant and animal habitat on their grounds. For a small fee, trained Habitat Advisors offer advice in landscaping with environmentally healthy and sustainable native plant species, the removal of invasive plant species, water conservation on the urban landscape, and other stewardship practices that promote healthy habitat for birds, native wildlife and people. When owners achieve certain levels of conservation on their lands, they will earn one of three levels of certification.

Lower Meramec IBA Threat Averted


In the fall of 2011, St. Louis County presented a budget that proposed to close and/or sell four county parks that are critical elements of the Lower Meramec Important Bird Area. St. Louis Audubon joined a diverse coalition of individuals and organizations in opposition to this plan stating, in part, the plan risked the loss or degradation of habitat for as many as 150 bird species, with at least 7 at-risk species known to nest in the area. Audubon gave testimony at public hearings, submitted written comments to the County and local media, and encouraged members to voice concern to their elected officials. The pressure paid off on December 7, 2011 when a budget compromise was announced that kept all targeted parks open and within public ownership. In addition, a group has been formed to develop ballot measures to prevent such a proposed sale of park property and to provide guaranteed funding for park maintenance.


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N02 MO Festival Christine Kline

N02 MO Bird Banding Karen Smith - Library Chair

N04 MO GLADE Greg Swick

N05 MO

N05 MO

N08 MO Rod and Ellen Sallee

Burroughs Audubon Society

Wings over Weston Festival


In collaboration with Missouri Department of Conservation, Missouri Department of Natural Resources / Missouri State Parks, Lakeside Nature Center, Operation Wildlife, Missouri Master Naturalists (2 chapters), Missouri River Bird Observatory, and more, put on the Wings Over Weston IBA Festival. The festival educatedschool children and the general public on the Iatan/Weston River Corridor IBA, bird migration, the importance of conservation of habitat, and what they can do at home. The festival also included reaching out to local school districts for a full field trip day.

Burroughs Audubon Society

Increased Educational Opportunities at Burroughs Audubon Nature Center and Library


The number of educational and citizen science programs offered at the Burroughs Audubon Nature Center and Bird Sanctuary was significantly increased from prior years. A total of 16 programs were offered to the general public through out the year. Eight of the programs involved citizen science activities such as bird banding and bird censuses like the Great Backyard Bird Count and ongoing eBird site listing.

Greater Ozarks Audubon Society

1. Education

We held our third successful summer academy for Ozarks high school students (14 this year) and worked with them after the week-long session to accomplish conservation projects in their home communities. GLADE has helped us foster a new generation of conservation leaders in the Ozarks--a number of graduates from past years are now enrolled in college conservation-related programs. It was our final year of TogetherGreen support, but we also successfully raised the funds necessary to continue GLADE in FY2013. Photos are available through TogetherGreen.

Ozark Rivers Audubon Society

Monthly Program - evening lectures

1. Education

Several speakers gave lectures throughout the year at Chapter monthly meetings to educate the public and Chapter members on various conservation and bird related topics. Speakers included well known birders and individuals from the Missouri Department of Conservation.

Ozark Rivers Audubon Society

Work on restoration of remnant prairie at Ozark Trails Nature Center, Rolla, Missouri

1. Land management

The Chapter continued work on restoring a remnant prairie at the Ozark Trails Nature Center, Rolla, Missouri to improve bird and other wildlife habitat. Chapter members and volunteers assisted in removing invasive species from the prairie, including Autumn Olive and Cedar trees over several work days and made significant progress toward bringing the prairie back to its natural state.

Ozark Gateway Audubon Society

Hosted the state conference for the Audubon Society of Missouri in April 2012


Networking, Habitat Information for Cliff Swallows

Our chapter hosted the state conference in Joplin, MO. We were responsible for all parts of the weekend activities- lodging, banquet, field trips, lunch coordination, opening and closing activities, and silent auction. Our Friday night program was enjoyed by all ...Chris Pistole, education director at Wildcat Glades Audubon Center gave his interpretive program of John James Audubon. All day Saturday and Sunday morning featured field trips to local birding sites. The banquet program was on Cliff Swallows. Our closing took place with the count of species seen and lunch at the Audubon Center.


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N08 MO Vicki Cassady

N09 MO Betty Richey

N09 MO policy/advocacy Anita Ranolph

N10 MO

N10 MO

N14 MO After school programs

N14 MO College interns

N15 MO Fieldtrips Terry McNeely

N15 MO Membership recruitment Terry McNeely

N50 MT Bill DeMeyer

N50 MT Osprey project Kayhan Ostovar

Ozark Gateway Audubon Society

Children's Christmas Bird Count


Our chapter sponsored an educational program and bird identification event for children ages 7 and up. This took place at the Wildcat Glades Conservation & Audubon Center in Joplin, MO. The morning started as children learned about bird id, binocular use, and how to compile lists of birds observed. Then they went on a hike to observe birds on various trails at the Center with birders from the chapter. The event ended with lunch and awards. 35 Children took part and were accompanied by parents....so not only did the kids learn so did the parents!

River Bluffs Audubon Society

had program on Bird ID, and have education material on butterfly garden /using Missouri native landscaping in kiosk at butterfly garden

1. EducationI help maintain a butterfly garden on an area Jefferson City has let River Bluffs Audubon plant and maintain that also has seeds that several birds eat.

River Bluffs Audubon Society

1. Policy/advocacy wrote letters in support of Jamerson Island Shallow Water Habitat Restoration

East Ozarks Audubon Society

work was begun on a chimney swift tower,butterfly/hummingbird garden,information kiosk at Engler Park, Framington,MO

1. Education2. Land management chapter member initiated the project which involved obtaining city

approval, fundraising, soliciting volunteers

East Ozarks Audubon Society

Improved chapter programming

1. EducationMajor effort was made to make to make at least 50% programming directly bird-related. More emphasis was placed on publicity resulting in higher attendance.

Midland Empire Audubon Society

1. Education2. Citizen science MEAS Helped with transportation cost for rural schools in the Mound City

area to attend programs at Squaw Creek NWR.

Midland Empire Audubon Society


MEAS provided money for transportation and other cost to Missouri Western and Northwestern University students. This enable the students to do habitat restoration and educational programs.

Grand River Audubon Society

1. Citizen science Actually got people other than members to participate in 2 field trips. This time was used to kindle the interest in birds and their habitats.

Grand River Audubon Society

As we are a very small group. We recruited a new member that has been very active in chapter issues. He also works hard with area school children and offers many new ideas.

Yellowstone Valley Audubon Society

Still in a lawsuit involving the use of ATVs in the Pryor Mountains, it is in the appeals process at the moment

1. Policy/advocacy Not all roads open to ATVs, need to be shared with birders and hikers and horses

Yellowstone Valley Audubon Society

1. Education The project is studying the reproduction and mercury content of the young nestlings


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N51 MT Birdathon Fundraising Loreene Reid

N51 MT John Shellenberger

N52 MT Brian Shovers

N52 MT Brian Shovers

N53 MT Jim Brown

N53 MT Larry Weeks

N54 MT Flathead Audubon Society Paula Smith

N54 MT Flathead Audubon Society Linda Winnie

Sacajawea Audubon Society

1. Education

Our birdathon is becoming our most successful fundraiser each year. We are getting more beginner birders and even young children to be involved and a great deal of fun is being had by all. Often new birdathon team members learn much and go on to be more involved with birds, conservation and Audubon. We will continue to expand this activity.

Sacajawea Audubon Society

Conducted Bird Surveys on 3 IBAs

1. Citizen science

We are consistantly monitoring the IBAs in our area with 3-4 annual bird surveys on each, thus further documenting their value and use. The data from most of these surveys is being entered into eBird. We are involving more locals in the surveys, building enthusiasm for the areas.

Last Chance Audubon Society

1. Education2. Citizen science3. Land management Provide funding for native plantation at local grade school for education

and bird habitat development in community

Last Chance Audubon Society

Natural History Lecture Series

1. Education2. Citizen science3. Policy/advocacy4. Land management Provide lectures on local nature and environmental topics for citizens in

the community

Five Valleys Audubon Society

Land Use Planning in Missoula County

1. Land management

For several years we have been reviewing all subdivision proposals in Missoula County with an eye to protecting important bird habitat and species of conservation concern. We usually make a site visit if riparian or wetland areas are involved to evaluate what would be an appropriate vegetated buffer. Based on the site visit and the science behind disturbance and successful nesting we recommend to the County a no build setback distance from the riparian or wetland zone. Occasionally we testify at County Commissioner hearings to explain our recommendations. This past year our recommendations resulted in setbacks approved by the County being increased from 25 to 100 feet on a property in the IBA and from 50 to 100 feet on a property in the Swan Valley.

Five Valleys Audubon Society

Extensive School Education Program

1. Education Larry Weeks assisted by a university student performed 16 school visits and 6 field trips.

Co-sponsor with Montana Audubon of WINGS ACROSS THE BIG SKY BIRD FESTIVAL in Kalispell June 8-10, 2012

1. Education

The bird festival theme was "Birding and Conservation: The Crown of the Continent" and featured pre-festival workshops on private landowner conservation efforts in the Flathead Valley and complex regional forest and wildlife conservation issues in the face of climate change and related threats to natural ecosystem health, keynote and afternoon speakers on a wide variety of topics, and 27 morning birding field trips in Glacier National Park and Flathead Valley wetlands and riparian areas. More than 260 people attended.

Owen Sowerwine Natural Area Accessible Trail

1. Land management

The Trail Opening Ceremony for the new 750 foot long ADA Accessible Trail at the Owen Sowerwine Natural Area took place June 15, 2012, at the Treasure Lane entrance. The Owen Sowerwine Committee worked on plans and logistics for the trail project since the summer of 2011. The trail bed and viewing area were cleared and brushed by volunteers during the 2011 October Owen Sowerwine Work Day. The new accessible trail and viewing area expands the range of people who will be able to visit Owen Sowerwine and enjoy its natural features.


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N55 MT Pintler Audubon Society Wildlife corridor advocacy Jack Kirkley

N55 MT Pintler Audubon Society Jack Kirkley

N57 MT Field Trips Beth Hill

N57 MT Bird Identification Classes Beth Hill

N58 MT

N58 MT

1. Land management

Helps support Red Rock Lakes IBA and adjacent wilderness quality lands in the Centennial Mountains/Valley

Several letters were submitted regarding proper management of wilderness quality lands and wildlife corridors in this region. Thus we add one more citizen's voice to this effort to protect out natural heritage from harmful management practices (e.g., high altitude sheep grazing in grizzly bear critical habitat.

Sage Grouse breeding grounds protection/ advocacy


Opposition to a proposed destructive powerline, and potentially harmful windfarm turbines

We submitted comments in opposition to a huge powerline project (MSTI) that could have had adverse effects on Sage Grouse leks in SW Montana and eastern Idaho. This powerline proposal has, for a number of reasons, been put on hold, and probably is a "dead" proposal.

Also, I offered comments which were incorporated as improvements in an MOU that Montana Audubon managed to obtain with a newly built wind farm faciltiy in northern Montana ( Kevin Rim ) for protection/monitoring of nesting Golden Eagles.

Upper Missouri Breaks Audubon Society

1. Education

After several years of not having any real organized field trips we put forth an effort to have something every month. Some were hugely popular, others not. But, we are inspired to keep up with monthly and are hoping to find some new field trip leaders so more can be offered (and I can take a break)

Upper Missouri Breaks Audubon Society

1. Education

We held a beginner bird id class of two sessions and two field trips this year. We also held a raptor identification class that was so popular we needed to have 2 field trips for all the registrants. We plan to repeat both of these classes again this year.

Bitterroot Audubon Society

Habitat Restoration Projects Using BAS Funding and Volunteers along with dissemination of the new brochure, "Our Birds Call This Home"

1. Education2. Citizen science3. Land management Bitterroot River Important

Bird Area

The Bitterroot Audubon Chapter is excited to be able to offer small grants to landowners for enhancing riparian habitat along the Bitterroot River IBA. We established guidelines, developed applications, sent out public announcements, developed a brochure, received 4 proposals & consulted with landowners. This involved about 30 person hours. 3 proposals were accepted. One grant was for $1000 for purchasing shrubs to plant after bank stabilization work was completed. Involved about 32 person hours. The second grant was for volunteer labor alone. About 60 person hours were provided. The third grant was for $385 and volunteer labor, about 48 person hours.

Sherry Ritter, IBA Committee Chairperson

Bitterroot Audubon Society

Byron Weber Memorial Scholarship and Accomplishment #3 A Fund Raising Activity of developing a 2013 BAS Calendar. The proceeds will be for the Scholarship Program

1. Education

Using money donated by the estate of Byron Weber, who founded the Bitterroot Audubon Chapter, BAS has established the above Scholarship Program. A committee has developed the criteria: currently attending a Montana College/University; at least sophomore status; majoring in the natural resource field; good academic standing and financial need. A permanent committee is being formed and a brochure will be developed to inform financial aid offices of Montana educational institutions of higher learning. It is anticipated that applications will be accepted in 2013 for Fall Semester.In order to be able to assist make this an ongoing program, BAS has embarked on a fund raising activity which is our Accomplishment #3. We developed a beautiful 2013 calendar of "Birds of the Bitterroot Valley" with photographs from Bitterroot Photographers of Bitterroot Birds. So far we have sold close to 500 calendars and profited over $3000. The calendar has proven to have a very strong educational component as well.

Skip Horner, Scholarship Committee & Becky Peters, Calendar Fund Raiser


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P03 NE Student Art Contest Jackie Scholar

P03 NE Eric Scholar

P05 NE Wildcat Audubon Society Books have sold out Connie McKinney

P05 NE Wildcat Audubon Society Continue to maintain a blue bird trail in Wildcat Hills Alice Kenitz

P50 NV Lahontan Audubon Society Robin Wilson

P50 NV Lahontan Audubon Society Alan Gubanich

P51 NV Red Rock Audubon Society Habitat conservation Robert Wilkin

P51 NV Red Rock Audubon Society Carol or Richard Cantino

P52 NV Mine Claim Post Pull Pete Bradley

P52 NV Lois K. Ports

Q04 NJ Conservation Scholarships Harden Fowler

Q04 NJ Osprey Platform Wendy Malmed

Q06 NJ Hannah Suthers

Audubon Society of Omaha

1. Education

A metro area-wide art contest for grades K-12 with the subject matter being birds. Children who are home schooled are eligible as well. Each class is juried and awards and prizes are given in each category. There is no entry fee charged.

Audubon Society of Omaha

Preserve, manage, and maintain Audubon Prairie

1. Land management To manage our virgin 14 acre prairie within the metro Omaha area and protect it from adjacent development encroachment.

Support Wildflower Book of local wild flowers

1. Education

Maintain Blue Bird boxes at Wildcat HIlls

1. Education

Important Bird Area of Nevada

1. Land managementThe IBA program in Nevada worked with communities to provided habitat restoration through 9 projects throughout the state and attracting 518 volunteers. These projects met and exceeded state conservation goals.

Out fitting Mobile Classroom

1. Education We are filling our mobile classroom with educational materials to help get children outside, to excite interest in science and wildlife.

Urban Burrowing Owl Project

We are continuing to install owl burrows to mitigate the loss of natural burrows in Floyd Lamb State Park, Las Vegas NV. We have installed 21 new burrows and the ones that were installed last year were used by the owls.

Established meetings in our West Branch


We have always had members that were not able to attend meetings because they live in Pahrump, NV (60 miles away over a mountain range). We have been able to start having monthly meetings and our speakers commit to both the Las Vegas meeting and the Pahrump meeting so we have the same program at each venue each month. We have leadership in the West Branch and have grown our membership in Pahrump.

Bristlecone Audubon Society

1. Land management

Obtained grant to provide work crews to remove the extant hollow PVC mine claim markers which lead to the death of birds and reptiles. This project saves the lives of cavity nesting birds and other wildlife that would have become trapped and died. This is a two year project to remove all such markers from the state of Nevada public lands.

Bristlecone Audubon Society

Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge Cooperative Education Campout

1. Education

The members of Bristlecone Audubon partnered with the staff at the Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuges to provide a weekend camp-out with educational activities. Two Refuge employees presented at our meeting and discussed the goals for the future of the refuge. Then two weeks later the Bristlecone group provided a Sparrow Identification workshop at the Refuge for visitors and members. Then they led two days of bird field trips on the refuge.

Monmouth County Audubon Society

1. EducationBased on submitted essays and grades we awarded two $1500 scholarships to Monmouth County high school seniors who intend to pursue careers in the environmental field.

Monmouth County Audubon Society


Our chapter financed and helped erect two Osprey Platforms. One was located in a saltmarsh Oceanport NJ the other in the Manasquan Reservoir in Howell NJ.

Washington Crossing Audubon Society

Funding and support of Featherbed Lane (Sourland Mountains) bird banding station

1. Citizen scienceWe provide funding and support to the Featherbed Banding Station to help advance the study of migrant birds. This banding station is run by Hannah Suthers and has been in operation for over 30 years.


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Q06 NJ Tyler Christensen

Q07 NJ Don Torino

Q07 NJ Audubon Adventures Don Torino

Q50 NM Community Education Dennis Beaver

Q50 NM Terry Timme

Q51 NM Lynn Schuler

Q51 NM Conservation Raymond VanBuskirk

Washington Crossing Audubon Society

Funding and support of the Nicoya Penninsula Avian Research Station, Panama

1. Citizen science

We provided start up funding for bird banding/avian research station. They have completed their first annual field season and will continue and expand their operation this coming year. Their efforts have contributed more information to the study of Neartic-Neotropical migrants. This project also works in conjuction with the following project and provides an international approach to the study of declining species.

Bergen County Audubon Society

Overpeck preserve butterfly habitat restoration project


BCAS restored a section of a county park that was a former dump site using native plants , we focused on butterfly habitat but also migratory birds , this brought back the Monarch butterly plus 21 other species, also Hummingbirds and many other migratory bird species. this also gave us the cvhance to show home owners what plants to use in thier yards . and also helped us introduce many kids to nature

Bergen County Audubon Society


by supplying Audubon Adventures to 11 schools it allowed us access to do more Great Backyard bird counts, introduction to bird ID and all about butterfly programs. also got involved with School habitat projects and nature walks students

Southwestern New Mexico A. S.

1. Education

Continue community education through website, bimonthly chapter programs, monthly field trips, collaborating with other local organizations for presentations and field trips and other activities at Gila River Festival, Gila Water Festival, and Gila Conservation Education Center.

Southwestern New Mexico A. S.

Published "Greenways" brochure for Silver City

1. Education

With Audubon Collaborative funding and in partnership with Gila Information Resources Project we developed and published a guide to three walking trails in Silver City, NM. The brochure included information on hiking and birding along the trails as well as the natural and local history or the area. The three areas are, San Vicente Creek, La Capilla wetlands and Boston Hill. In conjunction with the publication we had a series of five guided hikes. We published 1000 of the brochures and distributed over 950 of them within six months through our meetings and the Silver City Visitor's Center.Brochure is available to download at http://www.swnmaudubon.org/images/Greenways.pdf.

Central New Mexico Audubon Society

Support in the establishment of Valle del Oro NWR in Bernalillo County, New Mexico, our first Urban Wildlife Refuge


Attended meetings, public hearings, publicized in newsletter and on Web site, generated feedback with mail-in postcards, participated in the naming campaign, contributed to community and newspaper publicity. The result was the establishment of the First Urban Wildlife Refuge in Bernalillo County, Valle de Oro NWR, announced by Secretary of State Salazar at a public meeting in Albuquerque, NM

Central New Mexico Audubon Society

Initiation of native grassland restoration project in the Middle Rio Grande Valley at Rio Grande Nature Center State Park; ongoing project

1. Education

Restored native upland grass and New Mexico sunflower to the edge of an important wetland habitat in the Middle Rio Grande Valley. We were also working in collaboration with the Rio Grande Bird Research banding team to then monitor the change in bird life in the newly restored habitat. This project is ongoing and over the next few years we plan to restore all of the habitat around the wetland, including an area for native pollinators.


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Q52 NM Field trip program Linda Mowbray

Q54 NM Nancy Stotz

Q54 NM MVAS Facebook Page community outreach David Griffin

R01 NY Buffalo Audubon Society For the Birds! Niagara Loren Smith

R01 NY Buffalo Audubon Society Loren Smith

R02 NY Cats Belong Indoors Stella Miller

R02 NY Connecting Kids to Nature Stella Miller

R03 NY Katie Finch

Sangre de Cristo Audubon Society

1. Education2. Citizen science3. Policy/advocacy4. Land management Published an annual field trip brochure and conducted 20 plus field trips

during the year.

Mesilla Valley Audubon Society

Broad Canyon Ranch activities

1. Land management

Engaged members in on-the-ground restoration activities and 2 BioBlitzes at Broad Canyon Ranch (supported by a TogetherGreen grant to Audubon New Mexico), and completed regular bird surveys in both upland and riparian habitats at Broad Canyon Ranch (supported by Collaborative funding to the chapter).

Mesilla Valley Audubon Society

In order to broaden our on-line presence and attempt to engage a younger demographic, MVAS established a Facebook page in late 2011.

1. Education We are in years 3 and 4 of providing the Audubon New York For the Birds! program to schools in Niagara County (Western New York).

Habitat Restoration at Joseph Davis State Park

1. Land management

We received approximately $360,000 in funding to remove invasive species and to restore native shrub-scrub habitat at Joseph Davis State Park. This funding comes from the US Fish & Wildlife Joint Venture Habitat Restoration Fund and the National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Sustain Our Great Lakes Fund - both affiliated with the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. These projects should be completed next fiscal year.

Huntington-Oyster Bay Audubon Society


We coordinated an island-wide Cats Belong Indoors campaign, partnering with 20 other entities including pet stores, vets, other chapters, cat rescue groups, animal shelters. After creating our own brochure on the topic, we had it translated into Spanish, and it is being distributed in Mexico. For this fiscal year, we will be distributing it in local Latino communities once we have identified them. http://www.hobaudubon.org/pdfs/CatsIndoors.pdf

Huntington-Oyster Bay Audubon Society

1. Education

We have begun hosting monthly programs for children-Little Naturalists (ages 3 to 6) and Young Naturalists (six and up). At fiscal year end we had conducted our pilot program, which was so successful that we created an active education committee which is now hosting these monthly programs. In addition, we created a brochure, Connecting Kids to Nature which is available in print and online. We are hoping to secure a grant to have this translated into Spanish. http://www.hobaudubon.org/parentscorner/pdf/brochure-ideas-for-connecting.pdf

Jamestown Audubon Society

Together Green Volunteer Days


Thanks to a Together Green Grant, we were able to partner with a watershed organization and have two clean ups, one on the Conewango, and one at the Burgeson Sanctuary. At the Sanctuary, we had over 80 new volunteers on a rainy, raw day. Groups were divided up, and first they were given background on why they were doing activities, including pulling invasives, planting natives, cleaning a dump site.


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R03 NY Woodcock Whirl Planned Giving Ruth Lundin

R04 NY Peggy Maslow

R04 NY Jennifer Wilson-Pines

R05 NY Gene Huggins

Jamestown Audubon Society

1. Education

To reach the 50-somethings, and give a "soft sell" planned giving talk, we held an event at a local brewery where woodcocks can be heard from the parking lot. Free beer and snacks, a woodcock dance (yes, we got our board chair to dance), and then a trivial pursuit that included natural history, woodcocks and planned giving questions. It was a capacity event. We were successful in reaching our target audience. It will be years before we know if it will result in more donations...

North Shore Audubon Society

Teacher involvement in support birds

1. Education

In our fourth year of going into 4th grade classes and presenting a program on bird identification and then providing a bird feeding station outside the classrooms along with field trips, we have motivated the teachers to educate their students and participate in Project Feederwatch. Every year new teachers are included.

North Shore Audubon Society

Ocean Conservancy International Beach Clean Up

1. Citizen science

Since 1994, the Chapter has sponsored an annual beach clean up. Beginning with a single site, Manorhaven Beach Park, Port Washington, which has seen a steady number of volunteers drawn from Boy and Girl Scouts, and a steady decline in debris from over a ton of debris removed with the help of marine service volunteers to a few hundred pounds in recent years. We have expanded to three sites, Baxter's Beach, Port Washington, and Garvies Point Preserve, Glen Cove. We follow the Garvies Point clean up with a family education program; usually a live bird presentation.

Onondaga Audubon Society

Bird Festival At The Derby Hill Bird Observatory, May 12, 2012


Publicity regarding the Derby Hill Bird Observatory and the Onondaga Audubon Society.

It was described as a fun event for the whole family. The times were from 10:00am. to 5:00pm. Visitors participated in five activities. Our hawk counter, KyleWright introduced people to migrating birds of prey. He specifically told the public why raptors migrate along a narrow corridor next to Lake Ontario. Kyle informed our guests on key identification marks to help identify hawks and eagles as they flew overhead. Three field trips were led by Gene Huggins. Gene provided significant identification guide lines for the smaller passerine birds. He also introduced some of the common trees and shrubs, (introduced and native) to Derby Hill. Information on invasive plants and what steps are being taken to curb their proliferation was brought before the public. Raffles and a silent auction were conducted by board member Niles Brown. Several vendors were also present sellling craft items. One of the highlights of the day was a live bird demonstration given by Ron Walker from Friends with Feathers.


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R05 NY Tom Riley

R06 NY Rockland Audubon Society Bluebird Trail Elyse Fuller

R06 NY Rockland Audubon Society Field Trips Elyse Fuller

R07 NY Anne Swaim

R07 NY Anne Swaim

Onondaga Audubon Society

Communications Improvement


Informing the public about field trips, public programs, environmental concerns and facts about birds.

Our website was greatly improved with more detailed information. Attractive graphics and an easy to read layout have promoted interest and a desire to know more about birds. We have expanded our Home Page by providing the Derby Hill Bird Observatory Home Page. The About Page gives summary data on the area we serve, mission statement, meetings and field trips along with two sanctuaries. The Birding Page provides information on the various Christmas Bird Counts that will be held in December and January. The Conservation Page outlines concerns about our changing climate and the effect that it has on migration patterns. A Night Migration Page has recently become part of the Derby Hill Bird Observatory Page. People who visit this site can have a better understanding of what bird species travel through our area during the night. The Public Programs Page gives information about the Bird Festival and currentprograms.


Further developed and implemented Bluebird Nestbox Network in state and county parks and on private land in Rockland County and Southeast Orange County. 34 Daisy/Brownie scouts with help from 25 parents and 3 RAS board members built the boxes. Educational programs were offered to each group before building the boxes. Eleven chapter members and community members monitored the boxes throughout the season. We updated a brochure on the bluebird trail that we used at programs as well as community events. We collaborated with the following to accomplish the project: Audubon New York, Marydell Faith & Life Center, Palisades Interstate Park Commission, Ramapo Equestrian Center, Rockland County Division of Environmental Resources, Rockland Audubon Members, John Rogers of NYS Bluebird Society, Stony Point Battlefield State Historic Site, Tappan Cemetery, and Alan Wells Photography. Final results for the nesting season are pending a few monitors' report. In addition, we offered 2 educational program about bluebirds and the bluebird trail to two different groups with a total attendance of 50 adults.


Offered 45 field trips that attracted typically over 10 people to each. These field trips offered a means for outreach to the public, allowed us to attract new members, and educated the public about birds and other aspects of nature.

Saw Mill River Audubon Society

Increasing engagement of Latino/a organizations

1. EducationOngoing work on Together Green planning grant to initiate conversations with local Latino/a organization to explore how local Audubon chapters might be of service to them.

Saw Mill River Audubon Society

Continued restoration of sanctuary habitats including Forestry Management Plans & implementation

1. Land management ongoing work to assess and improvement habitats in our eight chapter-owned sanctuaries


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R08 NY Youth Outreach Initiative Sandra Morrissey

R08 NY Eastern Bluebird Project Sandra Morrissey

R09 NY Local bird populations Renee Davis

R09 NY Kelly Erlwein

R11 NY Young Naturalists Club Juliane Wohler

R11 NY Judy Davis

Bronx River-Sound Shore Audubon Society

1. Education

We continued our Yourth Birding Club, conducting monthly field trips. New this year was a 5-session school bird program that reached 100 second-grade students in two Mt. Vernon schools, an underserved and financially challenged diatrict. Each session had a theme, such as "What makes a Bird a Bird?" and "Beaks and Feet." For one session we had the local nature center bring in live birds. We believe we sparked an interest in birds with these youngsters and hopefully they will make good decisions about conservation and the environment when they are adults.

Bronx River-Sound Shore Audubon Society


We have over 200 nestboxes on our bluebird trail, which is monitored by over 25 volunteers, two of whom are children. We banded or recaptured almost 400 bluebirds. The banding project is not only contributing to scientific research on birds, it is a great educational tool, as we involved over 100 people in the banding process.

Sullivan County Audubon Society

Provided data on IBA Bashakill Wood Duck populations, Sullivan County winter waterfowl, and fall migrating raptors to the NYS DEC

1. Education2. Citizen science3. Policy/advocacy Annual reports provided to the state DEC or to the HMANA Hawk

Migration website.

Sullivan County Audubon Society

Student Nature Photography Contest in grades 4 to 6 of Sullivan West Elementary School

1. Education2. Citizen science Digital photography and

computer skillsProvide judges and prizes for student photos; publish winning photos in our newsletter and on our website.

Great South Bay Audubon Society

1. Education

Thanks to our education chairs, Juliane Wohler and Janet Gremli, the GSBAS has a Young Naturalists Club that meets the first Sunday of every month at Brookside County Park from 1 to 3 pm. Every month Juliane and Janet explore nature, the park's environment, and conservation with their young club members. Some Sundays there is a craft related project and other Sundays the club hikes the park's trails, Several times a year a special event is planned. The future of our environment is in the hands of our youth and Juliane and Janet do a wonderful job educating our young club members and their parents and siblings through play and fun.

Great South Bay Audubon Society

Japanese stiltgrass remvoal at Heckscher State Park


The GSBAS' Japanese stiltgrass removal was part of our participation in ANY's "Audubon in the Parks" program and with TogetherGreen funding was a success for three reasons. First, it removed a non-native, invasive plant species from a state park. Second, it was a wonderful teaching and outreach tool as we had a college intern, Lauren Schnal, head up the project and Sayville High Students who did the work. GSBAS President, Judy Davis, and Lauren has an opportunity to discuss Audubon and conservation issues with the students in a casual manner. Thirdly, this project was also a teaching and outreach tool for our entire membership through articles written in our bi-monthly newsletter, The Sandpiper, and through posts on our website and Facebook wall.


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R12 NY Fall hawkwatch [email protected]

R12 NY Advocacy on hydrofracking Eleanor Moriarty

R14 NY Lois Gundrum

R14 NY For the Birds! Lois Gundrum

R15 NY Betty Borowsky

R15 NY Joe Grupp

Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society

1. Citizen science

Operated Franklin Mt. Hawkwatch at our wildlife sanctuary for 23d consecutive year. This activity brings many visitors to the sanctuary, provides opportunities for education on bird conservation, and increases interest in other Chapter activities.

Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society

1. Policy/advocacy

Our Chapter continues as a major participant in the ongoing consideration of hydrofracking in NY State. Activities have included submitting comments and attending public hearings during environmental reviews; education of members and others on the issues surrounding hydrofracking; support of local and state coalitions involved with the issue. Our work has contributed to significant improvements in hydrofracking regulation, and to local bans on the activity.

Capital Region Audubon Society

International Migratory Bird Day

1. Education

Our second major accomplishment was to partner with the Albany Pine Bush Discovery Center to offer a full day of family programming on International Migratory Bird Day, including 2 birdwalks, a children's "Migration Challenge," and a talk on the importance of the Pine Bush as a migration stopover. Altogether, more than 120 people attended this program ... more than twice the attendance we had last year.

Capital Region Audubon Society

1. Education

We piloted Audubon NY's 'For the Birds!' elementary school program in two 4th grade classes at School 2 in Troy, New York. Three volunteers were involved and Pam Musk of Audubon NY helped out. The program was a great success. The kids enjoyed it and learned a lot. We were thrilled to introduce this program to our region, since so many of the children in our cities are starved for contact with nature.

South Shore Audubon Society

Sent underprivileged youngsters to an environmental camp run by TR Sanctuary

1. Education

Eleven (11) children from Roosevelt, Long Island--a relatively low income community in Nassau County-- were sent to a four day campout at Schiff Boy Scout Camp in Wading River, Long Island. The program was organized and run by the staff of the Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary and Audubon Center (TRSAC).The program was funded through SSAS savings and Collaborative Project Funds. The children received environmental education and exposure to the great outdoors, in hopes of instilling a lifelong interest in the natural world. Aside from exposing the children to nature, the parents and guardians of the students became familiar with the importance (and fun!) of nature activities as well.

South Shore Audubon Society

Bird Surveys of territory in our area


On two days each week surveys of bird population were done in local areas. In addition, winter waterfowl surveys were done each month of numerous local ponds along the south shore of Nassau County.


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R17 NY "Bag It" Campaign Debra O'Kane

R17 NY Tom Damiani

R18 NY Lending movies to assisted living facility in Middletown NY Lynn Barber

R18 NY Lynn Barber

R20 NY Michael Bochnik

R20 NY Michael Bochnik

R21 NY June Summers

R21 NY RFalconcam.com June Summers

R24 NY First Annual Appeal Letter Fund Raising Jeanne Alpert

North Fork Audubon Society


There might be something that I can't think of right now.....

Using the film "Bag It" as a jumping off point, the NFAS has spearheaded a campaign to eliminate single use plastic bags on the North Fork. We believe that the Town of Southold should lead the movement to eliminate their use, rather than waiting for County legislators to "do the right thing." Plastic bags litter our landscape and waterways, and they pose a threat to birds, mammals and fish. Entire states (Hawaii) and countries (Ireland) have managed to pass legislation to ban these bags; why can't we? We've engaged our young North Fork Naturalists (11-17 year olds) in this effort, and they made a short film about it with Paul Stoutenburgh, who led an environmental filmmaking class this summer. (go to www.paulstoutenburgh.com to view "The Baginators." There's a petition on Change.org, and we've been collecting signatures on paper as well.

North Fork Audubon Society

Inlet Pond County Park Trail system improvement

1. Land management

I'm not sure if this actually falls into "land management." Stewardship might be a better term.

With 2 dedicated volunteers and our young summer intern, long time Board member and plover steward Tom Damiani improved the walking/birding trails that are on the 55 acres behind the Red House (our headquarters) at Inlet Pond County Park in Greenport, NY, and updated the trail map. This is a very tangible, positive activity for our local community of nature enthusiasts and walkers, because those that know the park love it. Those who don't and experience the trails in the park because of a bird walk or other activity at the Red House, are always happy and surprised to discover them.

Orange County Audubon Society

1. Education

Orange County Audubon Society

Continuing to spend bequest on 6 1/2 Station Road Sanctuary

1. Land managementLeveling and widening trails; Upgrading stairs put in by girl scout (many years ago) for gold award; Adding hand rails and stair in another steep area; cutting down buckthorn trees.

Hudson River Audubon Society

Establishing a e-mail list to alert members about urgent issues, and upcomming events

1. Policy/advocacy

Our e-mail list (using MailChimp) came to fruition this past year surpassing 100 addresses and was critical in alerting our membership to urgent environmental issues, a last minute change in a date for our chapter meeting and saved us from printing an extra newsletter in June.

Hudson River Audubon Society

Saving Westchester County''s Nature Centers from closing


The county executive attempted to close all the nature preserves and centers. With the help of social media, newsletter , e-mail blasts, working with fellow chapter and speaking out at the budget hearings the county legislators put the funding back in.

Genesee Valley Audubon Society

Endangered Species Education

1. EducationThe Rfalconcam ties GVAS to the community, we frequently give presentation on Peregrine Falcons as endangered species for schools and civic groups.

Genesee Valley Audubon Society

1. Education

The Rfalconcam.com is a live web-cam on a Peregrine Falcon nest box in downtown Rochester. It takes a lot of effort on the part of a large group of volunteers to keep the cameras going. They also keep an eye on the young falcons after they leave the nest and blog on the web site so the fans that watched them grow up can continue to follow them.

Central Westchester Audubon Society

Because of the increase in camp fees we needed to raise additional funds to cover them. Therefore, we sent out our 1st annual appeal letter which brought in close to $4,000 (almost double the funds formerly raised by our Birdathon). The Birdathon also added a few hundred dollars more.


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R26 NY Jamaica Bay Program John Rowden

R26 NY Project Safe Flight Susan Elbin

R27 NY Susan Krause

R27 NY habitat restoration Joy Cirigliano

R31 NY Pat Fitzgerald

R31 NY waterfowl protection Pat Fitzgerald

R33 NY Larry Federman

R33 NY Bird Friendly Communities Larry Federman

R34 NY Audubon in the Parks Bill Ostrander

R34 NY Nature Strollers Field trips for children with young children at local parks and trails Joan Ostrander

R50 NC Lights Out Charlotte Jill Palmer

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R51 NC Birding 101 classes Dennis Burnette

R51 NC Jack Jezorek

New York City Audubon Society

1. Education2. Citizen science For the third year in a row, NYC Audubon volunteers surveyed three

beaches for horseshoe crab populations and five beaches for shorebirds.

New York City Audubon Society


Nearly 100 buildings participated in our Lights out NY program, 60 architects participated in workshops of bird-friendly building design, more than 40 members of the Audubon Council of NY participated in bird collision monitoring training.

Four Harbors Audubon Society

Tree party for Arbor/Earth Day

1. Education Educating people on the importance of trees and ways to help trees. Also gave hundreds of free trees.

Four Harbors Audubon Society

Bird and Butterfly Native Garden at public library

1. Education

Southern Adirondack Audubon Society

placement and monitoring of bluebird boxes

1. Citizen science Bluebird boxes provide new nesting sites for bluebirds. Monitors report the success of the boxes and assure that House sparrows do not nest in them.

Southern Adirondack Audubon Society

building and installation of monofilament fishing line receptacles

1. EducationThe monofilament fishing line receptacles, placed at popular, local fishing spots allow for people who fish in the area to dispose of their fishing line so that waterfowl and other wild life does not become entangled in it.

Northern Catskills Audubon Society

Coordinate Christmas Bird Count

1. Citizen science For as long as I can remember, our chapter has sponsored the Catskill-Coxsackie CBC. Beginning last year, I am the new compiler for the count.

Northern Catskills Audubon Society

Bird Friendlly Campus pilot project

We are working with Bard College to create a model of a bird friendly campus to be replicated at scale, across the country. Bard will be the first college in the country to have accomplished this.

Chemung Valley Audubon Society

1. Education Collaboration with state parks

Conducted 5 bird walks at state parks and designed a bird checklist for one of the parks

Chemung Valley Audubon Society

1. Education

Mecklenburg Audubon Society

Flyway Initiative-Bird Friendly Communities

In April of 2012 Mecklenburg Audubon Society received training from Forsyth Audubon to look at the possibility of implementing a Lights Out program in Charlotte. Further research was done and we "tested" a pre-planned route to determine if bird strikes were an issue in Charlotte. Ten days of monitoring determined there was and planning was started for the fall 2012 migration season.

Mecklenburg Audubon Society

Breeding Bird Atlas - Year Two

1. Citizen scienceMecklenburg Audubon is partnering with Mecklenburg County Natural Resources to complete a three year breeding Bird Atlas in the County. Year two was completed in the Spring/Summer of 2012.

Don Seriff, Mecklenburg County Natural Resources

T. Gilbert Pearson Audubon Society

1. Education

Our chapter's theme is Nature 101. We wish to be THE group for nature study in Guilford County NC. We had 110 attendees at the three classes we ran. After the indoor program we took the participants out to the park to look for and identify birds. For many attendees this was their first time doing any birding, and they were very excited about the activity. We got several new chapter members from this activity.

T. Gilbert Pearson Audubon Society

Completed the Audubon Wildlife Overlook at Southwest Park.


The Chapter funded the construction of this deck last year and this year had a roof put over half of the deck for protection from the sun and rain. We also donated several pairs of binoculars and field guides to the park which can be checked out by folks who use the viewing deck. We are also maintaining the area around the deck as a meadow hoping to attract grassland birds.


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R52 NC Lights Out program

R52 NC Ron Morris

R54 NC Website redesign Communications Norman Budnitz

R54 NC Tom Driscoll

R55 NC Wake Audubon Society Bird Conservation John Connors

R55 NC Wake Audubon Society Young Naturalists Group Sean Higgins

Audubon Society of Forsyth County


We began a Lights Out program last fall and spring, monitoring bird collisions among buildings in downtown Winston-Salem, NC. We were able to get some buidlings to turn off their lights during peak migration periods.

Kim Brand and Allison Sloan

Audubon Society of Forsyth County

Establishing native grass habitat at Tanglewood Park, Clemmons, NC

1. Land management Working with the Tanglewood Park staff and a hired consultant, an area was selected for controlled burn and reseeding with native grasses.

New Hope Audubon Society

We completely redesigned our website <newhopeaudubon.org> with a new logo, new pages, and new functionality. People can place their bird seed orders on-line for our annual bird seed sale and order Bluebird and Wood Duck houses that we sell for fund-raising. Christmas and spring bird count participants can download checklists, view recent results, and look at cumulative data from both counts since their inception in 1977. We have a calendar of events that can be easily updated on a daily basis. We use PayPal for donations and sales.

New Hope Audubon Society

Bird blind and bird feeding station

1. Education

We funded and helped build a bird blind and bird feeding station at the Children's Garden of Wonder at the North Carolina Botanical Garden (NCBG) at UNC-Chapel Hill. The blind was built to accommodate small school groups, approximately 10 children and 2 adults, and all other visitors to the NCBG. The NCBG reports that the blind is used every day and is a valuable addition to their education programs.

Chimney Swift Roosting Chimney Project


The chapter is raising money to build a Chimney Swift roosting chimney on the grounds of the NC Museum of Natural Sciences. Design and budget planning have been completed. A "Buy a Brick" campaign was started last year and continues. Two grant proposals were written and one was funded. We have worked with scientists at the museum to make sure that the chimney will be equipped properly for them to conduct studies on Chimney Swift migration. The chimney will also be equipped to send video of the birds entering and leaving the roost.


The Young Naturalist Club is open to youth age 12-18, with an interest in nature and wildlife. Most trips are free. In 2012 they have been involved in monthly excursions (101 youth and 37 adult, usually parent, participants), plus two overnight excursions, one to Jones Island and Bear Island in Hammocks Beach State Park and one to Cape Hatteras National Seashore. This group also participated in five service projects, including collecting litter, planting a native wildflower meadow, building bat boxes, restoring a salt marsh and conducting a citizen science nightjar survey.


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R58 NC Tom Tribble

R58 NC Tom Tribble

R60 NC Avary Doubleday

R60 NC

R62 NC Sue Wells Research Grant Bob Cherry

R62 NC Bob Cherry

R63 NC Christmas Bird Count Christine Gibson

R63 NC Christine Gibson

S00 ND CBC and Great Backyard bird counts had yet another very successful year Matt Mecklenburg

S00 ND Chapter structure The roles of programs coordinator and field trip coordinator were filled Matt Mecklenburg

Elisha Mitchell Audubon Society

Planning for Campaign for the Birds

1. Land management

The design work and engineering drawings for the eco-filter wetland at BLBS were completed. We finished most of the planning for Campaign for the Birds, including setting up a database of around 2,000 potential donors. We drafted brochures, letters and lists of sponsorship opportunities for Campaign for the Birds. A successful Campaign for the Birds will allow us to re-engineer the eco-filter wetland, thus protecting water quality; channel joggers and dog walkers around BLBS instead of through it; make BLBS fully handicapped accessible; expand the overlooks at the lake to accommodate larger groups; and expand removal and control of invasive-exotic vegetation and install native wildflowers, plants, shrubs and trees.

Elisha Mitchell Audubon Society

Survey of visitors to Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary (BLBS), that we manage and of which we are part-owners

1. Land management

We found that about 60,000 people visit BLBS annually, and that most consider BLBS "very important" to them. We also collected stories from individuals about why they valued BLBS. We will use these data in Campaign for the Birds, the fundraising campaign we are starting. We hope to raise $200,000 for major improvements to BLBS (see Accomplishment 2) and to add to our Endowment.

Highlands Plateau Audubon Society

Partnered with The Bascom, Center for the Arts, in an avian themed exhibition in May 2012

1. Education

Co-sponsored, along with Audubon NC, a popular exhibit at The Bascom Center for the Arts, Highlands NC. Provided docents for the exhibit. Provided educational "backpack" materials for young persons to introduce them to field ornithology. Used The Bascom as the origination location for all birding outings for the month of May.

Highlands Plateau Audubon Society

Initiated weekly Saturday field trips, May through September

1. Education

For the first time in Chapter history, we offered regular bird walks, every Saturday morning from May through September. This correlated with substantialling increased membership and local public awareness of Audubon and hopefully the local avifauna. In addition, cosponsored bird walks with the Franklin Bird Club.

Brock Hutchins, Chapter Outings Chairperson

High Country Audubon Society

1. Education

The purpose of the Sue Wells Research Grant Program is to provide high school or university students with financial assistance for research concerning birds of the North Carolina High Country. Funds must be used in support of research or field work in ornithology, or in an area of study that will directly benefit birds or bird habitat.

High Country Audubon Society

High Country Audubon started a new partnership with Daniel Boone Native Gardens

1. EducationThe second Tuesday morning of every month from April through October High Country Audubon Society volunteers led bird walks through Daniel Boone Native Gardens and the nearby Strawberry Hill.

Great Smoky Mountains Audubon Society

1. Citizen science Members participated for the first time in the annual Christmas Bird Count here in Haywood County, North Carolina

Great Smoky Mountains Audubon Society

Mountain Chapters Meeting at Cataloochee Valley, North Carolina

1. Policy/advocacy

The GSMAS board organized the first Mountain Chapters meeting which was held on a Saturday in Cataloochee Valley. It gave each chapter in the Western North Carolina mountains an opportunity to share with others ideas and projects which work well, or not-so-well, and a chance to brainstorm ideas for future plans. This will become a biannual event.

Fargo-Moorhead Audubon Society

Education and Citizen Science


Fargo-Moorhead Audubon Society

Created more leadership positions


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S50 OH Audubon Society of Ohio Allan Beach

S50 OH Audubon Society of Ohio Rick Lisi

S51 OH Julie Dougherty

S51 OH Julie Doughert

S52 OH Our Bluebird Trails

S52 OH

S55 OH Dayton Audubon Society Aullwood Intern Support DAS financially supports Aullwood Audubon interns

S55 OH Dayton Audubon Society Scholarships & Grants Cindy & Jim Beckman

S57 OH Gerry Brevoort

Binocular Station - Cincinnati Zoo


Mill Creek Restoration Project


Blackbrook Audubon Society

Collaborated with city of Mentor to assist in future plans for Mentor Marsh and birding.

1. Land management Met with city leader in charge of Mentor Marsh area of the city of Mentor to discuss future plans on boardwalk.

Blackbrook Audubon Society

Worked iwth school teacher to establish a birding area for the school and her science classes.

1. Citizen scienceProvided bird feeders and seed to classroom science teacher so she could enhance the students knowledge of birds. Also provided a classroom kit of Audubon Adventures.

Black River Audubon Society

1. Citizen science

Our collaborative efforts with local Metro Parks, Lorain County Community College

Black River Audubon Society

Established and monitor four Purple Martin Colonies


1. Education

1. Education Dayton Audubon Society offers scholarships for students who have targeted environmental education.

Columbus Audubon Society (OH)

Central Ohio Chapter, Ohio Young Birders Club

1. Education

The Ohio Young Birders Club (OYBC) is a dynamic, student-led club with the unique mission to promote volunteering and contributing through nature-related service projects, foster interest in nature and conservation, encourage young people to spend more time outside, introduce young people to career opportunities in the wildlife and conservation fields, and connect young birders with adult mentors willing to share their time, knowledge, and transportation. (Not to mention the goal of helping young birders have fun while birding!) Columbus Audubon sponsors the central Ohio chapter of the OYBC. The organization was started by the Black Swamp Bird Observatory in Northwest Ohio, and now includes several chapters throughout the state, of which ours is the most active. A Youth Advisory Board of members of the chapter plan monthly or more frequent birding and nature-focused events. The chapter also engages in service projects, including placing bird feeding stations at several local elementary schools, building bird houses for species such as bluebirds, and even building and erecting and osprey nesting platform. the OYBC is open to youths ages 12 - 18.


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S57 OH Service in the Preserves Katryn Renard

S61 OH Don Rosenbeck

S61 OH Eric Broughton

S62 OH Audubon Miami Valley Community involvement

S62 OH Audubon Miami Valley Community building

S63 OH Weeders in the Wild Terri Martincic

S63 OH Public Outreach Tom Romito

Columbus Audubon Society (OH)

1. Land management

The SiP program celebrated thirty years of providing work crews for land management and maintenance in Ohio public lands, primarily preserves owned by the Division of Natural Areas and Preserves (DNAP). Volunteer work crews do tasks such as removing invasive species, planting native species, maintaining and repairing trails, and similar services. Work crews go out monthly, usually for a full day but sometimes for two to three days. Crews range from 20 - 40 people.

Tri-Moraine Audubon Society

Facilitating Purchase of Camp Myeerah for Public Use

1. Land management

The owners of Camp Myeerah, the Girl Scouts of Western Ohio, received an unsolicited offer from an individual to purchase the property for use as a private hunting area. Members of the Tri-Moraine Audubon Society have lobbied the Girl Scouts to consider other options delaying the sale. TMAS members have secured the support of the Trust for Public Land. The preliminary steps for the purchase of the property for public use have been taken and are currently underway.

Tri-Moraine Audubon Society

Habitat Restoration at Camp Myeerah

1. Land management TMAS is working with the US fish and Wildlife Service and other local partners on a habitat resporation program at Camp Myeerah.

Togethergreen Fellows Grant 2012

1. Land management

I gratefully received the 2012 TG Fellows Grant for my conservation action project, "Save the Big Woods". With local community college students and volunteers, we are working to combat invasive plant species (primarily garlic mustard, w/ some honeysuckle and multiflora rose) in the nature preserve within Hueston Woods State Park, Butler County, Ohio. This IBA is one of the last stands of virgin hardwood forest in Ohio, supporting resident and migrating birds that require mature forests and beautiful native spring wildflowers.With the TG grant, we will be able to expand our volunteer efforts, purchase tools, and involve local schools. We will install trailhead information signs with footbrushes. The grant will also help support our spring Bird Festival in the park, where we can showcase our conservation efforts in the IBA to children and their families.It touches my heart to have the resources to take action to help preserve this special woodland area that I love.

Gail Reynolds, President, Audubon Miami Valley Chapter

AMV Art Contest (first annual!)

1. Education

Students K-12 in several area schools participated in an art contest culminating in an exhibit and awards ceremony. Each student had to learn about the bird he/she chose from two categories: Birds of the Midwest, or Endangered Bird Species. Urban schools were involved that we had not reached before in our other chapter activities. The exhibit & ceremony was a multi-generational, multi-cultural event! Very successful & gratifying.

Janet Ziegler, Member-at-large, Audubon Miami Valley Board

Western Cuyahoga Audubon Society

1. Education2. Citizen science3. Land management Controlling invasion plant species a little bit at time. Several weeding days a

year help keep buckthorn, phragmities, garlic mustard and others at bay.

Western Cuyahoga Audubon Society


We participated in Cleveland International Film Festival, Science Olympiad at Cleveland State University, Northeastern Ohio Science and Engineering Fair at Cleveland State University, Buzzard Day at Hinckley Elementary School, Advisory to Detroit-Shoreway EcoVillage, Cleveland Walk for Salvation, open houses at Cleveland Lakefront Nature Preserve, and Rocky River Funfest.


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S64 OH Chapter Programs Mark Purdy

S64 OH Mark Purdy

S66 OH Jeff Harvey

S66 OH Jeff Harvey

S69 OH Canton Audubon Society Public Interaction Alan R. Dolan

S69 OH Canton Audubon Society Public interaction Alan R. Dolan

Greater Akron Audubon Society

1. EducationPrograms open to the public continue to be the chapter's main activity. A slate of 9 programs was offered, covering a variety of nature-oriented topics presented by local experts and chapter members.

Greater Akron Audubon Society

Bath Nature Preserve Support


We continued work on alien invasive plant species at Bath Nature Preserve. In the spring, work focused on garlic mustard removal. In the summer and fall, work focused on buckthorn. All work was done in collaboration with the University of Akron biology department and Bath Township parks department. One chapter program was held at the preserve, and one field trip was conducted at the preserve.

Audubon Society of Mahoning Valley

Saving Beaver Creek State park IBA from logging and fracking

1. Policy/advocacyWe partnered with many organizations to influence state regulators to keep our IBA from being fracked and logged. We got their attention and pledge to stay out of the IBA.

Audubon Society of Mahoning Valley

Bring more people into bird watching


We partnered with our local metroparks to hold scheduled walks in a closed area with large numbers of birds. We were able to show over 90 citizens how important habitat is to birds.

"The Big Year" - A Night at the Movies

In October, 2011, with the release of "The Big Year", we co-hosted with the Mohican Audubon Society (the chapter just west of us in Ohio), a "Night at the Movies with Greg Miller". It consisted of a dinner at a local restaurant (Buehlers Restaurant) and a trip to the theater complex to see the movie. Greg Miller is a resident of the Millersburg, OH area, just west of our territory in Mohican A.S. territory, and is a member of Mohican Audubon. He conducted a big year several years ago. He was the basis for Jack Black's character in the movie. He was also named as the bird consultant for the movie. We had 40 people for the dinner and movie that night. The next month, in November, Greg was the speaker at our monthly program meeting. We had 70 people attend his program, more than double our normal monthly meeting attendance. We had to move the meeting to a larger room for this meeting. He is a very amicable person, and a good ambassador to the public for any chapter.

50th Anniversary Celebration all of 2012

1. Education

January 30, 2012 marked 50 years since the founding of the Canton Audubon Society. We published a calendar of 50 Activities for 50 Years. Most were our activities, some were in coordination with other organizations. Each activity had a CAS host or contact with the activity. At each activity, participants gave us their names and contact information. Each month, all entries for the previous month's activities were entered into a drawing to win some prizes. Each quarter all names were entered into a quarterly prize drawing. In January 2013, there will be a drawing for a prize winner for the entire year. Prizes are a mix of donations, and purchase. Most of the activities went as published. Weather cancelled an event or two, and there were some un-attended activities. For the most part the year was a success. In June we had a 50th anniversary dinner celebration, with 80attendees for the celebration, and a program presented by Julie Zickafoose (of Bird Watcher's Digest). A commemorative pin was issued to all attendees.


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S70 OH Back Yard Naturalist Series Sandra Buckles

S70 OH Jim Tomko, Sandra Buckles

S71 OH Rich Niccum

S71 OH Magee Marsh Birding Trip Rich Niccum

S72 OH Su Snyder

S72 OH Cheryl Harner

T05 OK Woodward fence removal Les Imboden

T05 OK Scissortail Celebration II Tim O'COnnell

T08 OK General Information Booth at Pelican Festival and Home and Garden show

T09 OK Chapter management Donald Winslow

Audubon Society of Greater Cleveland


EducationASGC Education Comm provided many events including the Backyard Naturalist Program at our Education Center and had monthly Speakers at the Natural History Museum in Cleveland. ASGC also had Bird and Wildlife Nature walks in our Sanctuary's. Land ManagementASGC Continues to maintain and improve our over 500 acres of Sanctuary land. Trail maintenance and improvements and Blue Bird houses and Owl Homes.

Audubon Society of Greater Cleveland

bird and wildlife Nature walks


Jim Tomko, Our In house Wildlife and Bird Specialist scheduled, researched and walked the trails ahead of time, to be aware of what the guest would see. Jim is always a Wealth of Information on what is happening in the Aud Soc Sanctuary's and gives "hands on" Demonstrations.Sandra Buckles also organized and Lead 7 activities at Ed Center for SABN with average attendance of 30. We are very Proud of Sandy's Success and leadership of our Education Comm and all the Events she organizes and leads.

East Central Ohio Audubon Society

Promotion of Great Backyard Bird Count

1. Citizen science Through our newsletter we promoted the Great Backyard Bird Count to our members and encouraged them to take part in the event.

East Central Ohio Audubon Society

1. Education

We organize an annual field trip to Magee Marsh and the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge. This calendar year it took place on May 15, 2012. 20 participants took part in the field trip. Some were seasoned birders and a number of others were novice birders. The goal of the trip is to expose central Ohio members to a highly critical important bird area and also provide a chance to spend time with expert birders and see migratory species that we might not otherwise get to see.

Greater Mohican Audubon Society

Shreve Migration Sensation

1. Education

This is a Birding and migration event held at a rural school- with many Amish local attending the event. There are many displays, speakers in birding, wetland info, and field trips. Wonderful educational event with over 1,000 attendees

Greater Mohican Audubon Society

Bobolinks and Butterflies at Byers Woods


We have held an educational event to conserve grassland birds, and have effectively changed the parks way of manageing local grassland to protect and promote bobolinks.

Payne County Audubon Society

1. Land management

In conjunction with IBA coordinator, Eric Beck, Les Imboden organized a group of volunteers from the Payne County Audubon Society to travel to Woodward, OK and spend a working weekend marking fences- and removing fences- from native grassland to improve habitat for Lesser Prairie-Chicken.

Payne County Audubon Society

1. Education

This year, we did a Scissortail Celebration in the spring to welcome the birds back as opposed to bidding them farewell. Other than CBC's, this was our most popular field trip outing, and it attracted a diverse mix of families and college students who don't normally attend other Audubon events.

Grand Lake Audubon Society

Earth Day at Lendonwood Gardens for all 3rd graders

1. Education

Deep Fork Audubon Society

Completing incorporation application with the state of Oklahoma

The chapter developed its constitution and bylaws and completed and submitted the application for incorporating in the state of Oklahoma. The application was approved. This activity was successful because we are now incorporated.


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T09 OK Donald Winslow

T51 OR Salem Audubon Society Michael Babbitt

T51 OR Salem Audubon Society Michael Babbitt

T52 OR Barclay Browne

T53 OR Sooney Viani

Deep Fork Audubon Society

Creating Urban Bird Habitat

1. Education

We provided materials for a month long display at the local public library, article and photos in the local newspaper, and a Saturday afternoon workshop on creating urban bird habitat. The activity was successful due to the number of library patrons who were able to view the display. We received positive feedback from a number of people who viewed the materials.

Addressing financial viability as we progess with our nature center, and continue traditional activities

1. Education

Receiving a large bequest some years back, for a nature center, was a great opportunity. But it has presented challenges, as we struggled to agree on just what to do, while supporting our traditional activities at the same time. The year a new board has united to begin to seriously tackle our budget challenges as a whole. We still have a lot to do but greatly improving our understanding, planning and organization has been a huge step. Strategic planning done the previous year no doubt helped. Currently we have some great new or improving programs such as beginning birding classes, educational presentations and events, field trips, and nest-box building and distribution.

Nature Reserve management

1. Land management

Some years ago we were given an 8-acre oak woodland in a residential/commercial area of West Salem, Willamette Valley, Oregon. It needed a lot of restoration work, and in this last year or two we have gotten a much better program in place. We have superb volunteers who have obtained grants and comprise and supervise teams that remove invasive weeds, improve trails, cart off trash, and help inform the public about this wonderful gem in their neighborhood. Thanks to these folks, we no longer speculate about handing off this responsibility to the city.

Lane County Audubon Society

Audubon in the Schools Program

1. Education

Audubon in the Schools Report Fall 2011 to Spring 2012TOTALS Students= 992 Classroom Visits=42 No. Schools=14Fourteen classrooms were granted scholarship waivers for the donation for the school term 2010-11.Students reached since inception of program in spring of 2005 = 9631

Rogue Valley Audubon Society

Establishment of a cordial working relationship with the manager of the Denman Wildlife Management Area (WMA)


Denman WMA is a prime area in southern Oregon for birds and the birders who observe and study them. For the past 3 years, Rogue Valley Audubon has been conducting a systematic census of bird populations at Denman and submitting the results to Cornell Ornithological Lab's e-Bird database. Our ability to do so has been impeded by higher priority activities at Denman such as hunting and bird dog trials. As a result of RVAS-initiated contacts, the manager of Denman has been working with us to reduce scheduling conflicts and take account of bird habitat needs in his planning process and maintenance activities. RVAS, in turn, has helped him update the list of bird species at Denman.


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T53 OR Ornithological research Gwyneth Ragosine

T54 OR Education classes and programs offered at our nature center. Michelle Shula

T54 OR Land management Volunteers work to remove and replace non-native plants. Susan Atkisson

T55 OR Diane Kook

T55 OR Lake Abert Steve Dougill

T56 OR Robin Hartmann

T56 OR Diana Wales

T57 OR Pony Creek Eric Clough

T57 OR 2011 Christmas Bird Count Tim Rodenkirk

T59 OR Ann Vileisis

Rogue Valley Audubon Society

Establishment of Bob Black Research and Education Fund

1. Education

In 2011 RVAS established the Bob Black Research Fund to supplement our grade-school level educational activities with support for bird-related research projects by high school and college students as well as experienced birders. During the period covered by this report, fund moneys were used to support two studies of local bird habitat by students at Southern Oregon University and an ongoing, multi-year study of nesting American Dippers in a creek running through a local park. Plans for the 2012-13 fiscal year include financial support to help high-school students formulate and carry out conservation-related senior-year projects.

Audubon Society of Corvallis

Public education with outreach component and general presentations monthly

1. Education

Our education director is working with home-schooled children, as well as with public schools.

Audubon Society of Corvallis

Operating and maintaining a nature center.


East Cascades Audubon Society

Lewis's Woodpecker nest boxes


Placed nest boxes in an area that attracts Lewis's Woodpeckers. Successful nesting activity has led to additional nest sites through out the area. Lewis's Woodpeckers are a State Sensitive species and ABC Red List species.

East Cascades Audubon Society

1. Citizen science2. Policy/advocacy Surveyed and gathered data on bird migration and populations related to a

unique ecosystem and an Oregon IBA.

Umpqua Valley Audubon Society

Important Bird Area designation for the North Bank Habitat Area


Continued work on data collection and preparation for submission of an application to have the North Bank Habitat Area designated an IBA. The property is owned and managed by BLM, with whom we are partnering in this project.

Umpqua Valley Audubon Society

Month-long "Swift Watch" - September


Partnership with City of Roseburg Parks & Recreation - UVAS volunteers were in the Fir Grove section of Stewart Park in Roseburg three nights per week during the fall migration - in support of the Vaux's Swift roost site in the Clay Place chimney. We provided information about swifts in particular and migratory birds in general. We again received great media coverage, and had great turnout every evening we were there. During this fiscal year, we started planning for the fall, 2012 migration - revising our brochure, adding partners, and planning for an expanded presence during the next fall migration. We also worked with the City of Roseburg to fix and secure a door at the base of the chimney. In addition, we collected data on migration numbers and reported them to Vauxhappening.org.

Cape Arago Audubon Society

1. Education Engaged local high school students & teachers in habitat restoration project along tidal slough/marsh bordering school property.

Cape Arago Audubon Society

1. Citizen science Gathering data used by researchers and conservationists worldwide to inform strategies to protect birds and their habitat.

Kalmiopsis Audubon Society

Chetco National Wild & Scenic River--ongoing advocacy to protect river from instream mining

1. Policy/advocacy

Our group has been instrumental in pushing for a mineral withdrawal on the National Wild & Scenic Chetco River--20 plus miles of which have been threatened by large scale, in stream mining. We've worked for both an administrative withdrawal and also are working for a permanent Congressional withdrawal.


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T59 OR Shorebird program Ann Vileisis

T60 OR Oak Wood Land Restoration Darrel Samuels

T60 OR Ellen Minichiello-Boles

T61 OR Siskiyou Audubon Society Susan Bush

U00 PA Philip Krajewski

U00 PA Phil Krajewski

Kalmiopsis Audubon Society

1. Education

We hosted a very successful program about the importance of the Oregon Islands NWR and local marine reserves as habitat for seabirds --using fabulous photos from one of our member photographers. It was very well attended and served a need to educate local people about this little understood resource. This educational effort is foundation for conservation advocacy, especially since sea birds face future threats in our area.

Klamath Basin Audubon Society


Klamath Basin Audubon Society

1. EducationWe give grants to schools and help with trips to Refuges, bird walks, making school grounds bird friendly, to Outdoor Science Schools, and other classroom programs as teacher need.

Refer back to Q#15 & Q#16

Sponsorship of the "Caterpillar" mobile classroom, offering hands-on study and nature education for children. An estimated 250 school children served by our continuing sponsorship this year.

Tiadaghton Audubon Society

Eels and Mussels Project - This has been an on-going involvement since we were awarded a Together Green Grant. We are working with the USFWS and USGS to catch and release (to date) over 300,000 American Eels in the Upper Susquehanna watershed. We also have spent some of the money to fabricate signs to be erected (spring 2013) in the Pine Creek watershed


Tiadaghton Audubon Society

Four Corners Project - We are currently working with the Tioga County Planner and the PA DCNR to help to protect a very large swath of deep forested land that is owned by the State of PA and is currently unleased for gas drilling. We are supporting the efforts of the two mentioned entities to develop a protected area within the guideline of a HVC High Value Conservation Forest



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U01 PA Robert Evans

U01 PA Wingbeat Blog Robert Evans

U02 PA Lycoming Audubon Society ? Litter pickup Gary Metzger

U02 PA Lycoming Audubon Society

U03 PA Protection of Heller Caves lawsuit Settled out of court to protect valuable habitat for threatened bat species. Dr. Stan Kotala

U04 PA Wyncote Audubon Society Great Brunschwyler

U05 PA Dorothy Downie

U05 PA Watershed Education Diane Smith

U06 PA Our arts and crafts festival Jim Sanders

U06 PA Our scholarship program

Valley Forge Audubon Society

Continued support of the John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove


The John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove is our local Audubon Center and especially important since it is Audubon's first home in the US. We continue to support the center and its endeavors through donation and promotion. Our activities there have included several bird ID courses and other programs, an International Migratory Bird Day Bird-a-thon, Backyard Bird Count, and the construction of a Chimney Swift Tower.

Valley Forge Audubon Society

1. Education

To save on costs and reduce paper waste we transferred our quarterly printed newsletter to an online blog. The blog, combined with our website and Facebook page have allowed us to reach a larger audience in the community and gives us the opportunity to quickly update people on educational and political conservation issues. Our Backyards for Nature group have also created a blog to share tips on creating healthy habitat at home.

Our Adopt-a-Highway project along old route 220

1. Land management We continue to clean up litter along a 2.0 mile stretch of a state highway between Montoursville and the Lycoming Mall, a locally busy roadway.

Attempted to help preserve the primitive nature of Rose Valley Lake, a PA Fish Commission property.

1. Land management

We failed. The PA Fish Commission signed Marcellus shale gas development leases, agreed to allow land development by granting access through their public properties, and the surrounding municipality (Gamble Township) has supported additional home development.

Juniata Valley Audubon Society

1. Policy/advocacy

1. EducationWe have a new Education Chair, and have hopes for initiatives in 2012-2013. We also have a new, enthusiastic publicity chair who, we hope, will bring some new people to our chapter.

Bucks County Audubon Society

Tropical Storm/Hurricane Recovery

1. Land management

After severe flooding and property destruction resulting from Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee, operations were consolidated to one building, a new location for bird seed sales was constructed and occupied, trails were repaired and/or improved.

Bucks County Audubon Society

1. EducationWorked with the New Hope-Solebury School District and the Bucks County Conservation District to develop and implement upper elementary school watershed education including both in-school and field components

Northeast Pennsylvania Audubon Society

1. Education

This is a two day juried art and craft festival where many of the artists are wildlife and nature artists, where other environmental organizations are represented, and there are live animal demonstrations. We have an education area where, this year our theme was Rachel Carson. This festival is well known for its quality presentations and the proceeds pay for our scholarship program while teaching the public about the environment.

Northeast Pennsylvania Audubon Society

1. Education

We give a $4,000 college scholarship to a high school senior for environmental studies, full scholarships to send teens to environmental camps, and have a scholarship for educators' continuing education. This year we sent our scholarship co-chair, Mary Ann Lunniss, who is in charge of our camp scholarships, to Hog Island. We have found many participants of our scholarships working in environmental fields.

Chris Weigand and Mary Ann Lunniss


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U07 PA Annette Mathes

U07 PA Annette Mathes

U08 PA

U08 PA Public Outreach

U09 PA Bluebird box trail established and monitored bluebird boxes Alice Marquart

U09 PA Debby Meade

U10 PA Rain Garden Initiatives Jim Bonner

U10 PA Rain Garden Initiatives Center Expansion Jim Bonner

U12 PA

U12 PA New leaders Donna Hocker

U13 PA Bob Wasilewski

U13 PA Junior Bird Club Diane Madl

Appalachian Audubon Society

Included Boy Scout troop and Brownie troop in Birdseed sale

Allowed the Boy Scout and Brownie troops to raise funds for their own activities; offered children's activities at the sale in which they participated. Followed up by presenting a program on birds to the Brownie troop.

Appalachian Audubon Society

Raised $2,320 in Annual Appeal for Middle Creek Initiative

1. Land management

Annual appeal raised $2,320 for the Middle Creek Initiative, a project headed by the Labanon Valley Conservancy and the PA Game Commission to preserve the land in and around the Middle Creek Wildlife Refuge to help ensure survival of the Tundra Swans that stop at Middle Creek during migration.

Lehigh Valley Audubon Society

Lehigh Valley Bird Town Coalition

gathering together similar minded organizations

Built upon Audubon Pennsylvania's Bird Town, a coalition of 25 organizations has been formed to help promote conservation and environmental awarness.

Lehigh Valley Audubon Society

1. Education

Our main focus is on public outreach and education through programs on birds and the envirment around us. Mostly by our "education" committee, though other help as time allows. We have had a tremendous year with so many things going on that I frankly have lost track.

Seven Mountains Audubon Society

1. Citizen science

Seven Mountains Audubon Society

Audubon Chapter Outreach

1. Policy/advocacy Established chapter presence on Facebook, Chapter Blog, And electronic newsletter attempting to go paperless

Audubon Society of Western PA

1. Land managementASWP completed several rain garden projects including the completion of a series of gardens in a high-priority watershed that will reduce stormwater runnoff by over 600,000 gallons per year

Audubon Society of Western PA

ASWP took control of Succop Conservancy, adding a 3rd Reserve and 2nd Center to our potfolio. The Conservancy is a 50-acre former farm estate from which we are offering a similar slate of programs as we do at our Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve Location. During the 1st year we made over $500,000 of improvements to the physical structures and are planning a $1.25 million expansion.

Conococheague Audubon Society

Completed 50th anniversary celebration


Conococheague Audubon completed a year of celebrating our 50th birthday with a tour of Mill Grove, a birding hayride, and Thanksgiving with the Birds. We concluded the celebration by kicking off the next 50 years with the Christmas Bird Count. These events brought a wide group of participants together to enjoy the out-of-doors and Audubon's mission.

Donna Hocker, Immediate Past President

Conococheague Audubon Society

Sustaining the organization

We successfully recruited new members to leadership positions. Our president and vice president have never held leadership positions in the chapter. Two of three new board members are also new to leadership roles. New leaders are critical to sustaining the organization.

Greater Wyoming Valley Audubon Society

Peregrine Falcon Nest Site Monitoring


Volunteers monitor three peregrine falcon nest sites (and a fourth, recently-discovered pair); coordinate with the PA Game Commission for nestling banding and nest site protection/management; coordinate with a private corporation for nestling banding and nest site protection/management on company-owned land

Greater Wyoming Valley Audubon Society

1. Education2. Citizen science3. Land management Youth birding club; teaches bird identification and habitat

conservation/protection


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U14 PA York Audubon Society Thomas Smith

U14 PA York Audubon Society Thomas Smith

U15 PA Weed Warriors Project Janet Price

U15 PA Festival of the Birds Fundraising Janet Price

U16 PA Gary Kinkley

U16 PA Gary Kinkley

U17 PA Chapter surviival! Michael D. O'Brien

U17 PA Michael D. O'Brien

Doug Tallamy provided local program promoting A Case for Native Gardening, Bringing Nature Home

1. EducationCo-sponsored event with Garden Club of York and York County Master Gardeners. Event provided environmental educational displays and Doug Tallamy speaking.

Improving Habitat at Kiwanis Lake IBA

1. Land management

Installed rock and timber structures in Willis Run to improve fish habitat so endangered bird species would have improved food sources nearby and expand roosting habitat. PA Fish & Boat Commissioner provided $3,000 funding for project.

Presque Isle Audubon Society


Collaborative effort with Sea Grant to eradicate invasive plant species at Presque Isle State Park with special focus on bird banding areas and areas most overrun by invasives. Participants were volunteers who were oriented and educated about each targeted invasive including identification and best methods of removing.

Presque Isle Audubon Society


Our 5th annual birding festival during which participants were edcuated about bird species and habitat at Presque Isle, created a species checklist which was shared with PSO for migratory bird day census, participated in workshops devoted to teaching participants about various aspects of birding and habitat at the park and elsewhere

Quittapahilla Audubon Society

Hosting A Weekend Family Program

1. Education

We held a family program in the city of Lebanon which is within our Chapter's home county. We had 43 attendees with 10 children for a program with education animals from our local zoo. The attendance was modest, but it was a good start.

Quittapahilla Audubon Society

Continuing And Expanding Our Camp Scholarship Program

1. EducationWe were able to assist in helping five children to attend the nature camps of their choice. Two went to Audubon's Hog Island Camp and three went to a camp in Costa Rica!

South Mountain Audubon Society

Fill some of our "vacant" positions.

Our year prior to this, our chief goal was to fill the vacant President and Vice-president positions. We had finally accomplished that for this reporting period. Our 2nd reported goal for this period was to fill some of the other vacancies. We did manage to fill the Secretary position and one member stepped forward and took on the Treasurer's job. Unfortunately, in two months the President and Vice-president tern are up and it appears we will return to having them vacant as we have not found anyone who might step forward.

South Mountain Audubon Society

Celebrate our 30th Anniversary as South Mountain (Gettysburg Areas) Audubon Society Chapter.

Chapter anniversary milestone

This was our Number 1 listed goal of 3 asked for by last year's annual report. We were very seriously considering dissolving our chapter due to falling membership and lack of participation as our membership was aging with no "new blood" materializing. But we decided to hang in another year with no President, Vice-president, Treasurer or Secretary. We were also without actual Publications, Membership, Newsletter, Education, and Hospitality coverage as well as a few other areas going uncovered. However, we decided to hang on until our 30th year and hold an anniversary luncheon. This was quite successful and we even had a few more attendees than our normal turnout which is usually around 24 including our (mostly vacant) officers / board members. We had an informative speaker who shared the life and history of John James Audubon and it was very well received by the crowd.


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U18 PA Cathy Setzer

U18 PA Cathy Setzer

U20 PA Thomas Dick, VMD

U20 PA Thomas Dick, VMD

U21 PA George Miller

U21 PA Birding 101 class Ron Montgomery

U22 PA John C Keator

U22 PA Festival of Wood John C Keator

U50 SC Public Presentations Rick Riebesell

U50 SC CBC Protocol Charlotte White

U51 SC Joe Cockrell

U51 SC Sarah Latshaw

Bartramian Audubon Society

Starker Scholarship in Environmental Education

1. Education We coordinate and provide an annual scholarship to a student at Slippery Rock University for $1,000.00

Bartramian Audubon Society

Ferguson Scholarship for Environmental Education

1. Education We coordinate and provide an annual scholarship to a student from Westminster College for $1000.00

Allegheny Plateau Audubon Society

Opposition of inappropriate wind turbine siting

1. Policy/advocacy Actively opposed siting of wind turbines with concomittant environmental disruption and threats to species of special concern in IBA area.

Allegheny Plateau Audubon Society

Allegheny Front Hawk Watch

1. Citizen science Hawk migration observation carefully manned and site maintained from August through December and March through May

Seneca Rocks Audubon Society

Grassland habitat on IBA 21

1. Land management Partnering with PA Game Commission on maintaining grasslands within SGL 330 on IBA 21

Seneca Rocks Audubon Society

1. EducationThe class served to grow and appreciation for birds and their habitats and also brought new people to our programs, with a few new memberships as well.

Gifford Pinchot Audubon Society

We cosponsored an environmental movie night at Grey Towers National Historic Site, Milford PA

1. Education

The films consisted of famous environmentalists and conservationists such as JJ Audubon, Rachael Carson, J. Muir etc.

The Chapter cosponsored a film series shown to the general public as well as chapter membership.

Gifford Pinchot Audubon Society


The chapter staffed a booth at the annual Festival of Wood at Grey Towers National Historic Site for 2 days. We sold birdseed and bird houses, demonstrated different feeders and feeding techniques and answered general inquiries from thousands of people.

Hilton Head Island Audubon Society

1. Education

Our chapter increased its participation at its monthly meetings through engaging popular speakers that were designed to meet a broad interest level. We also introduced a 'Meet the Bird' segment at the beginning of each meeting. Tailored to the novices, this helps all members with their identification and knowledge about various species.

Hilton Head Island Audubon Society

1. Citizen science

The CBC committee updated its protocol for upcoming counts. This project is led by experienced birders, many of whom are aging and not able to participate to the fullest. Efforts were made to add additional members to teams to begin training them to eventually take on leadership roles.

Charleston Natural History Soc

Restoration of native wetland plants on our McAlhany Nature Preserve

1. Land management

We are actively restoring a wetland that was converted to agricultural uses ~50 years ago, by re-contouring the land and applying seeds representative of the native flora. We have been fortunate to receive ample rains this year, supporting our establishment of a new pitcher plant bog on a site that has been devoid of wetland plants for 50+ years.

Charleston Natural History Soc

Successful transition to an all-electronic format for our newsletter.

1. Education

We have successfully improved our newsletter, The Lesser Squawk, from its traditional paper format to an interactive Web 2.0 format over the last year. Not only does this save us a substantial amount of money in printing and mailing costs, it allows us to deliver a better product by taking advantage of the extensive resources available through our members and on the internet.


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U55 SC Birding For Teachers

V01 SD Bluebird House Trail Dave Ode

V01 SD Public Bird Feeders Dave Ode

V02 SD Nancy Hilding

V02 SD

W00 TX American Kestrel Project Reba Collins

W00 TX Robert Rinker

Waccamaw Audubon Society


A Board member implemented and has maintained this once a year program for teachers in two counties, one served by our Chapter and one not. Teachers come for a hal-day program of birding information and then birding time with Chapter members. It has been a huge success and some teachers even return year after year. One of the participants last year, October 2011, made a fabulous CD of the day of birding and shared it with WAS.

Bill Lanham, WAS Board member

Missouri Breaks Audubon Society

1. Land management Chapter maintains and monitors bluebird houses on Farm Island State Park and the Oahe Dowstream Recreation Area.

Missouri Breaks Audubon Society

1. Land management Chapter maintaned habitat plantings and bird feeders at Farm Island State Park and the Pierre Arboretum.

Prairie Hills Audubon Society of Western S.D.

Litigation over Phase 2 amendments to the Black Hills National Forest Land And Resource Management Plan


In October 2011 we and 3 other conservation groups filed a petition for relief from the Phase 2 Amendments to the Black Hills National Forest Land And Resource Management Plan - in Federal District Court in Wyoming. This lawsuit is about how the amendments don't adequately protect biodiversity.To litigate over a Forest Plan, you must go through a project. This represents cumulation of years of work of reading/reviewing, commenting and filing appeals/objections , which actions insures standing, on forest planning and projects in the Black Hills

Prairie Hills Audubon Society of Western S.D.

Created first christmas bird count on Native American Reservation in SD

1. Citizen science

Our secretary (Doris Respects Nothing) and others worked to create the first ever (to our knowledge) christmas bird count on a Native American Reservation in SD. It was on the Oglala Sioux Tribe's Reservation - Pine Ridge. It is continuing again this year, with Peter Hill taking over organization of it and it will be an official count this year.

Doris Respects Nothing and Peter Hill

Dallas County Audubon Society

1. Education

Cedar Ridge Preserve participated in the American Kestrel Project. This is a multiyear project aimed at better understanding the nesting habits of the American Kestrel. A nesting box was installed at The Preserve and is being monitored by Audubon Dallas.

Dallas County Audubon Society

Cedar Ridge Preserve trail, habitat and preserve management

1. Land management

Work has continued on the trail grant. Many parts of the Fossil Valley trail, Cattail Pond Trail, and Escarpment Road were graded to fill in holes and ravines caused by flowing water. We also created washouts to shed water from the trail. A foot bridge was constructed along a portion of Fossil Valley and several new steps were installed or reworked throughout the system.

The Preserve installed a car counter to get a better understanding of the number of visitors to the property.

The Preserve constructed (6) six new picnic tables this past summer.

In June 2012, (6) six honey bee colonies were installed on a high point just off the Cattail Pond trail overlooking the pond. This joint venture with The Preserve, and the Texas Honeybee Guild, will help pollinate the flowers of The Preserve and provide the Honeybee Guild with honey.


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W01 TX Grants Susan Thrower

W02 TX

W02 TX

W04 TX Tyler Audubon Society Dennis Scott

W04 TX Tyler Audubon Society Langley Island Stewardship Expand trails on Langley Island on Lake Tyler Joseph Marsey

W05 TX Houston Audubon Society

W05 TX Houston Audubon Society Protection of a rookery

Fort Worth Audubon Society

1. Chicken Ranch Property 2.Monthly Field Trips Open to Public


1.Chapter continued providing support for a 20 acre tract in Tarrant County. We have placed bird boxes and other artificial habitat. The chapter sponsers field trips to the sight.

2. The FWAS hosts two field trips a month that novice birders and members of the public can attend. One takes place at Village Creek Drying Beds and the other at a local city park.

Fort Worth Audubon Society


The chapter donated approximately $10,000 in grants of various amounts to the following organizations: 1) Louisville Lake Environmental Learning Area (LLELA) for development of habitat plots in a Northern Bobwhite Quail reintroduction area, 2) Rogers Wildlife, Inc., funding medical care and feeding of rescued animals, and 3) Fort Worth Nature Center to fund raptor education visits to local schools.

Texas Panhandle Audubon Society

Lecture Series on Texas Panhandle History and Birds around the World

1. Education

A Series of Two lectures on History of the Texas Panhandle by Environmental Historians and Authors. Alex Hunt and Dan Kerr, and by Steve Bogener. The lectures described the early conflicts between pastores and cattlemen in the Panhandle area and the more recent cultural history of the Panhandle area.

Texas Panhandle Audubon Society

Two new publications- Birds of the Texas Panhandle and Birding Map of the Texas Panhandle

1. Education

This new publication builds on our long-time Bird Checklist of the Texas Panhandle. However, this expanded (8 page) publication lists bird occurrences by quadrant (NE, NW, SE and SW) and by month. It can be used by persons wishing to locate a specific bird in time and space. Printing of this publication was made possible, in part, by a grant from the Audubon Foundation of Texas. The Birding Map of the Texas Panhandle, compiled by Barrett Pierce for the TOS meeting in Amarillo in January 2012 show the publicly accessible areas in the Panhandle that contain diverse populations of birds.

Binoculars for Tyler State Park

1. Citizen science Donated binoculars to park ranger for use in state park field trips. Asisited in two park field trips.

1. Land management

Purchase of an 11 Acre addition to Damuth Bird Sanctuary

1. Land managementThis acreage fronts a county road; this purchase will allow Houston Audubon's members and supporters easier access to this Piney Woods sanctuary.

Jim Winn, Interim Executive Director

1. Land management

This island rookery at one of our High Island sanctuaries was surrounded by a pond that dried up during drought conditions. The pond protected the island by creating no land access for predators. The pond was also home to many alligators who also protected the rookery from predators. Houston Audubon considered many options for filling the pond to protect the rookery and decided to purchase approximately $44K worth of water from the local utilitity board to fill the pond. The purchased water and some eventual rain combined to protect this vital land area. Once again, the birds returned to this rookery to nest.

Jim Winn, Interim Executive Director


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W06 TX Interactive Bird Box Janet Wallace

W06 TX Bookmarks Outreach Bryan Stone

W10 TX Scott Cutler

W10 TX Eddie Chew

W14 TX 3 Regional CBCs Lubbock, White River Lake and Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge Anthony Hewetson

W14 TX Cameron Carver

W15 TX Preservation of Habitat H. M. Darley

W15 TX Education about birds H. M. Darley

W16 TX Jim & Kitty Anding

W16 TX Jim & Kitty Anding

W17 TX Bill Brooks

W17 TX Habitat Creation Priscilla Jarvis

W19 TX Bexar Audubon Society IBA Mary Kennedy

W19 TX Bexar Audubon Society Mary Kennedy

Central Texas Audubon Society

1. Education

I in cooperation with a Heart of Texas Master Naturalist built an interactive bird box to use at programs, speaking engagements and special event days. The box is titled "Birds of Texas"-illustrates approximately 24 pictures of birds and the names. Participants match the picture with the name and receive a "beep" for the correct response. This has been a big hit at every event. We can change the board to insects, wildflowers, amphibians or any subject that we may be talking about.

Central Texas Audubon Society

We designed and printed bookmarks about our chapter, meeting times and locations and distributed to the local libraries, convention and visitors bureau and Chamber of Commerce.

El Paso Trans Pecos Audubon Society

1. Policy/advocacy Proposed modification to a highway project to allow wildlife passages and easier acces to Franklin Mountains State Park.

El Paso Trans Pecos Audubon Society

1. Education Staffed the bird viewing platform at Keystone Heritage Park and Wetlands for two mornings each month.

Llano Estacado Audubon Society

1. Citizen science

Llano Estacado Audubon Society

Bird Surveys for Tahoka Lake Pasture

1. Land management Several bird surveys were conducted on the Tahoka Lake property to help better understand bird distribution on this protected property.

Prairie - Timbers Audubon Society

1. Land management

Help the preservation of wildlife habitat through financial and volunteer support of North Texas bird oriented organizations such as Heard Museum, Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge, and Blackland Prairie Raptor Center. This included prairie restoration work, providing support for educational birds, support for demonstration native gardens, and support for a butterfly garden.

Prairie - Timbers Audubon Society

1. Education

Provide for public education and enjoyment of birds and the environment through programs at monthly meetings, bird identification classes, beginners bird walks, birding field trips, and newsletters. and other birding activities in the North Texas area.

Rio Brazos Audubon Society

Butterfly / Hummingbird garden surrounding our chimney swift tower at Lick Creek Park

1. Citizen science

Butterfly- and Hummingbird-friendly native plants are maintained in a garden at a local city-owned nature park. Plants provide a food source for larval and adult butterflies and for hummingbirds. Site also resulted in beautification of site, and surrounds and informational kiosk that is mounted around the chimney swift tower. Informational displays are changed monthly.

Rio Brazos Audubon Society

Bluebird nesting boxes, many trails maintained by 23 individuals

1. Citizen science

Chapter members build bluebird nesting boxes from used fence boards and plastic political signs. Chapter members give talks on nestbox management, are available for consultation and site placement, distribute forms for data collection, tabulate results.

Bastrop County Audubon Society

Binoculars For Childrens' Education

1. Education2. Citizen science We purchased 10 pairs of child-friendly binoculars which are available on a

"lending library" basis for educational purposes.

Bastrop County Audubon Society

Judy Ing Memorial Swift Tower

1. Education2. Citizen science We secured permission to erect a swift tower in the Bob Bryant Park in

Bastrop, TX, and we built it.

Survey of Southernmost Edwards Plateau IBA

1. Land management Surverys performed on 2 San Antonio Natural Areas, 1 Texas State Natural Area, and on a private ranch near San Antonio.

Flying Wild Teacher Training

1. Education2. Citizen science Trained 62 teachers to use Flying Wild curriculum in their classrooms, thus

reaching approximately 1,800 students with conservation activities.


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W25 TX Gary Kelley

W52 UT Bryan Dixon

W52 UT Ron Hellstern

W54 UT Wasatch Audubon Society Wasatch Audubon sponsored 100 Audubon Adventures to area classrooms Dennis Collins

W54 UT Wasatch Audubon Society Christmas Bird Counts John Bellmon

W56 UT Red Cliffs Audubon Society Roger P. Cole

X00 VT Bruce MacPherson

X00 VT Liz Lee

X01 VT Bill Marshall

X01 VT Laura Tobin

X03 VT Hollie Bowen

Golden Triangle Audubon Society

Maintenance of Sabine Woods Preserve

1. Land management

Golden Triangle Audubon mobilized quarterly volunteer work days at Sabine Woods. Members of GTAS maintained trails for visitor access, planted approximately 50 donated small trees (oak, hackberry and mulberry), added three visitor benches with memorial inscriptions, mowed open area on the East end of the preserve, suppressed three species of invasive or undesireable plants.

Bridgerland Audubon Society

Bear River Land Conservancy

1. Land management

Assisted in the establishment of a land conservancy organization: Bear River Land Conservancy. Transferred our conservation easement on the Bear River Bottoms to that organization. Used grant money and a plethora of volunteers to work on restoration and enhancement of the habitat.

Bridgerland Audubon Society

Project Feederwatch in Schools


Provided binoculars, feeders, identification materials and seeds to local schools. Teachers were trained in the recording procedures and each participating school was enrolled in Cornell Lab's Project Feederwatch.

School Classroom envirnmental information

1. Education

1. Citizen science Wasatch sponsored 4 Christmas Bird Counts, including Ogden, Bear River Bird Refuge, Morgan and Antelope Island.

1. Land management Worked with Grand Staircase Escalante Partners to achieve funding for the rehabilitation of a spring and wetlands area northeast of Kanab, Utah.

Green Mountain Audubon Society

In conjunction with the University of Vermont, we hosted a nationally known speaker, Steve Kress, who discussed Seabird Restoration and Project Puffin.

1. Education

Dr. Kress lectured to an audience of 75 people about seabird restoration techniques developed by Project Puffin. These techniques have been adopted throughout the country to help restore seabird populations. Social attraction techniques have been used in Vermont as an important part of the Common Tern Restoration Project lead by Audubon Vermont's Mark LaBarr.

Green Mountain Audubon Society

Save Bolton Valley Nordic and Backcountry


Worked with the Vermont Land Trust in support of their fundraising campaign to raise $1.8 million to purchase the Bolton Valley Nordic Center, an 1100 acre property. We conducted monthly bird walks at the Bolton Valley Nordic Center, which contains montane habitat with a network of trails connecting with Vermont's Long Trail, from March through August. The Bolton Valley Nordic Center property is located within 30 minutes of nearly half of Vermont's population. See our website at http://greenmountainaudubon.org for details about this project and our role in it.

Northeast Kingdom Audubon Society

Aerie Lindsey Camp Scholarship Drive

1. Education

We managed to award 5 youth camp scholarships to local youth ages 12 to 15 to Acadia Institute of Oceanography. This entailed selecting the winners from 2 dozen applicants and then successfully raising the necessary funds from our membership to pay for the scholarships.

Northeast Kingdom Audubon Society

Youth Birding class-field trips (2)

1. Education Were able to offer 2 seperate afternoons of bird identification classes followed up by short filed trips to reinforce skills learned in class.

Southeastern Vermont Audubon Society

Provide free public environmental education programs

1. Education

Presentations re: Alaskan Brown Bears, Gannets in the Gaspe, Guatemala, Vernal Pools, Black Bears in Vermont, Montague Plains, MA Management Area, Local Birds, Bugs and Birds in the Tropics, Cranes and Birding in NM, Birding Optics.


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X03 VT Provide joint programming and field trips with other organizations. Hollie Bowen

X04 VT Ron Payne

X04 VT Carol Ramsayer

X05 VT Alma Beals, President

X06 VT Roy Pilcher

X06 VT Youth education Marsha Booker

X08 VT Lois Davis

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X50 VA Monthly Programs Bonnie Wilson

Southeastern Vermont Audubon Society

Coordination with other local environmental groups

1. Education

Otter Creek Audubon Society

Participation in the QUEST program through the Vermont Center for Ecostudies

1. Citizen science

The Audubon chapter throughout Vermont participated in a friendly competition for a period of 12 months, submitting bird sightings through eBird. Otter Creek Audubon, through extraordinary effort and benefitting from having varied habitat, was successful in placing first. This second year, there has not been a significant drop-off in submission of records to eBird, an important conservation tool.

Otter Creek Audubon Society

Birding classes at the Cornwall Elementary School:

1. EducationThree classes were offered with a joint grades 1-2 classroom, but both in class and field components. Five volunteers from our chapter assested the leader environmental educator with the children.

Ascutney Mountain Audubon Society

13th Annual Herricks Cove Wildlife Festival - 0ver 2500 people attended - day of fun and education for adults and kids


Rutland County Audubon Society

Bird Monitoring West Rutland Marsh IBA


We continued to monitor bird populations using the marsh as our outdoor classroom. We educate students on class trips and friends on monitoring walks. All data is entered on ebird as a citizen science effort. We advocate for protection of the area and we work with the county forester for land management.

Rutland County Audubon Society


We run Audubon Adventures programs in classrooms, we host school trips, we put on displays at the state fair and always seek to expand youth education.

Taconic Tri-State Audubon Society

Four Winds Nature Institute education program in 3 schools

1. Education

Train volunteers to work with individual classes K - 6 and prepare needed materials. Environmental - hands on nature areas are presentedwith activities that take place inside and outside.to increase knowledge and awareness of our local environment. The units are related toVermont science standards and enhance citizen science for the students and the volunteers.

Taconic Tri-State Audubon Society

Ongoing partnership with One World Conservation Center


Northern Neck of Virginia Audubon Society

1. Education

9 monthly programs are provided to members with public invited. Programs covered habitat for wildlife, including birds; Quail habitat and habits; A Study of Vultures; Winter Birds on the Rappahannock; Bob's Big Year of Birding


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X50 VA Paul Servis

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X52 VA Va Beach Student Artshow Bob Zabot

X53 VA Betsy Saunders

X53 VA Bird population monitoring Julie Kacmarcik

X54 VA Kaycee Licklider

X54 VA

X55 VA Carl Kikuchi

Northern Neck of Virginia Audubon Society

Bluebird Box Sales & Gifts for private/public placement and monitored trails


Annually, the Chapter makes & sells or gifts approximately 500 blue bird boxes. Two monitored trails were funded with boxes and baffles this year. One was on private property near Kilmarnock, VA, with 20 new boxes; the other was at Westmoreland State Park, Montross, VA with 20 new boxes. An additional box was installed at a local Montessori school. The Chapter partners with the local Master Naturalists to monitor two previously established bluebird box trails with reports to the Virginia Bluebird Society.

Cape Henry Audubon Society

Successful in appointing new Education Committee Chairman

1. EducationRecruited volunteer to serve on Board as our Education Chairman. He has been instrumental in acquiring 4 schools for Audubon Adventures starting in FY 2012-13

Candie Delnore, Richard Strauss

Cape Henry Audubon Society

Successful in appointing a new Conservation Chairman

1. Policy/advocacy

Recruited volunteer to serve on Board of Directors as Conservation Chairman. She brings up issues at our montly meetings and provides names, addresses, samples of letters, etc to address certain conservation issues in our area. (Coal fired plant proposal in nearby Smithfield).

Candie Delnore, Patricia Quinn

Virginia Beach Audubon Society

1. Education

Annual VBAS Va Beach School system Art Contest. Held annually for grades 1 - 12 in three categories, Elementary, Middle and High School. The Annual Theme is conservation related and prizes awarded for twop three in each category. (We have pictures of most of the completed artwork.

Richmond Audubon Society

Birdhouse building education

1. Education

Our Education committee held "build your own birdhouse" events for families at six branches of the Chesterfield County Library system. Children heard an education program about Eastern Bluebirds and built their own bluebird box from kits developed by our volunteers. This program was hugely successful according to feedback from our contacts with the library system, and we have been invited back to repeat this year.

Richmond Audubon Society

1. Citizen scienceWe support three on-going banding projects, a MAPS banding station, a Prothonotary Warbler nest-box banding program, and a Northern Saw-whet Owl banding program.

Northern Shenandoah Valley Audubon Society

Mointor a 105 box bluebird trail at Blandy Experimental Farm

1. Citizen scienceMointored boxes twice a week during season and data used by researchers a Cornell University. Several dummy eggs used to mointor box temperatures.

Northern Shenandoah Valley Audubon Society

Enviromental Fair at Powatan School

1. Education Presented 20 minute programs to 300 middle school age children in small groups.

Audubon Society of Northern Virginia

Regional Bird and Wildlife Surveys


ASNV has conducted a breeding bird survey on trends in Northern Virginia every year since 1995. The survey again this year engaged some 60 volunteers. The results were published in a booklet as well as a brochure, and the full data set is available on our website. Other citizen science projects included wildlife counts (birds, butterflies, dragonflies) at the Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge and a large property of the Bureau of Land Management. Our expertise has drawn requests from local governments to assess the wildlife value of two new potential acquisitions for natural preservation.


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X55 VA Audubon at Home Terry Liercke

Y00 WA Seattle Audubon Society Matt Mega

Y00 WA Seattle Audubon Society

Y01 WA McWhorter Ranch - Ed Rykiel

Y01 WA Junior Audubon Cherie Beaudrand

Y02 WA Tahoma Audubon Society Open Space Council Krystal Kyer

Y02 WA Tahoma Audubon Society Sue Wattier

Audubon Society of Northern Virginia


With help from a $25,000 Together Green grant, our AAH "Wildlife Sanctuary" certification program made significant progress in achieving sustainability throughout our very large region. With over 30 volunteer Audubon at Home Ambassadors, we doubled our property certification from the previous year. The total of certified properties is now 102, covering nearly 800 acres. We sold native plant "starter kits" in collaboration with our partners, Virginia Native Plant Society and Earth Sangha. We held training workshops for new AAH volunteers, working in partnership with Virginia Master Naturalists and Virginia Master Gardners.

Mapping Seattle's Urban Tree Canopy


Completed mapping of tree canopy cover data for all 89 neighborhoods in Seattle, including both 2009 and 2011 tree canopy cover as well as ecosystem service measurements of carbon sequestration, water quality contributions, and air pollution removal.

Protecting Marbled Murrelet Habitat from Inappropriate Wind Power Development

1. Policy/advocacy

Seattle Audubon led successful coalition campaign to block development of a proposed wind power project on Radar Ridge (state forest land in southwest Washington state) to prevent fragmentation of key habitat for threatened Marbled Murrelet

Lower Columbia Basin Audubon Society

1. Land management supporting WDFW's efforts to bring this pristine shrub steppe land into conservation, other Audubon Chapters supported this as well

Lower Columbia Basin Audubon Society

1. Education

We have a very active Junior Audubon that meets monthly. The education committee does and outstanding job providing learning opportunities to youth in locals schools, in addition to one event per m nth there are field trips. There is active outreach to our Spanish speaking students and their families.

1. Policy/advocacy

Completed work on a county-wide task force to develop a set of recommendations and plan for conserving open spaces across Pierce County, and to propose possible 10-year funding mechanisms to increase to ability to conserve such lands. County council unanimously adopted the recommendations in July 2011 and has since funded the creation of a new staff position to coordinate across departments.

Connecting Youth to Nature


Continued to run weekly after school programs for free to youth at three different sites: Blix Elementary in Tacoma, Surprise Lake Middle School in Milton, and at the North Fort Youth Center located on Joint Base Lewis McChord. The OSPREY Clubs connect kids with nature through experiential learning outdoors, with science experiments, and through hands-on stewardship projects. The major project completed in 2011 was the design and installation of a rain garden at the North Fort Youth Center in collaboration with JBLM and Sound Stewardship Partners, and a grant from the Russell Family Foundation.


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Y03 WA Spokane Audubon Society Kim Thorburn

Y03 WA Spokane Audubon Society Carmen Yount

Y04 WA Research Grants Paul Woodcock

Y04 WA Nestbox Project Joe Meche

Y05 WA Palouse Audubon Society

Y05 WA Palouse Audubon Society Membvership Growth Membership

Y06 WA Tom Scribner

Shrub-Steppe Conservation


Spokane Audubon represents environmental nonprofit organizations on the BLM Citizen Advisory Committe as our regional office moves toward its DEIS for the RMP for its substantial shrub-steppe lands and on the Arid Lands Initiative that is prioritizing Shrub-steppe conservation policy efforts. the BLM wildlife biologist on the RMP team worked with Spokane Audubon to develop an IBA nomination of critical habitat for sage-grouse, sharp-tailed grouse, and other sage obligates. We provide lek monitoring and other field activities for greater sage-grouse and Columbian sharp-tailed grouse restoration and recovery projects. We participate in shrub-steppe bird counts on BLM lands. We also have a long-term relationship with Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge, working on habitat restoration, bird counts, Friends group, etc.

Newsletter, Birds of Eastern Washington calendar and other outreach

Public awareness and outreach

The volunteer editor of our newsletter, the Pygmy Owl, is a professional design specialist and wildlife artist. The exceptional quality of its content and layout is available to the public on our website and at libraries and events. 2013 is the fourth year for which we have produced the Birds of Eastern Washington calendar. We hold a contest for member photographers to select the calendar's photos. Its sales represent important revenue for the chapter. We also sell the calendar at a locally owned bookstore and hold a program ("calendar reading") there in late October in which we present biological and conservation information about the birds on the calendar and the photographers provide information about their photos. The chapter underwrites Bird Note on our community radio station.

North Cascades Audubon Society

1. EducationAnnually our chapter gives research grants to Western Washington University students to help fund projects in environmentally related fields totaling $1000.00

North Cascades Audubon Society

1. Education Backyard Habitat/ Bird-Friendly Communities

NCAS has places hundreds of nest boxes in the community through chapter and public events. Boxes were donated to schools and donations from individuals are accepted to help fund the program. Information on cavity nesting birds, their habitat adn conservation is included.

Conservation Project Funding

1. Citizen science

An application seeking $500 for the construction and placement of a Ferruginous Hawk Nesting Platform was granted by the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife. The grant is funded by their ALEA program and will be completed during the next year.

Mike Costa and Tom Weber

Through mailings and program announcements, the chapter was able to exceed a 20% membership growth. Local membership increased from 128 to 154 members - National Audubon membership increased from 330 to 401 members.

Ron Force and Diane Weber

Blue Mountain Audubon Society

Maintain and upgrade two bluebird trails--one of 26 boxes, a second of 130 boxes

bird conservation - bluebirds and tree swallows


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Y07 WA Pilchuck Audubon Society Kathleen Snyder

Y07 WA Pilchuck Audubon Society Kristin Kelly

Y08 WA Monitored and counted Trumpeter Swans in the Sequim, WA area. Mary Porter-Solberg

Y08 WA Shirley Anderson

Y09 WA Denny Granstrand

Y09 WA Richard Repp

Y10 WA Mark Oswood

Y10 WA Mark Oswood

Y11 WA Kitsap Audubon Society Sea to Sea trail access Judy Willott

Blue Mountain Audubon Society

Co-sponsored with Fort Walla Walla Museum lecture by Jack Nesbit on naturalist David Douglas, attended by 98 persons

1. Education

Assisted in having Port Susan IBA recognized by Western Hemispheric Shorebird Reserve Network

1. Citizen science Did land surveys and paid for aerial surveys of shorebirds to have Port Susan recognized as area of regional importance for shorebird migration

Co-Hosted Liveable Snohomish Co Summit and Candidate forum


SnoH20mish: Learning about our water resources:The event was sponsored by Pilchuck's Smart Growth Program, Futurewise, Snohomish Group of Sierra Club, Transition Port Gardner, Citizens to Protect the Upper Snohomish River Valley and KSER 90.7FM radio. About 150 people attended. Experts presented a wealth of information on the challenges and solutions to protect our water resources in Snohomish County and Puget Sound.

Olympic Peninsula Audubon Society

Participated in the Trumpeter Swan Study

1. Citizen science

Olympic Peninsula Audubon Society

Continued the Backyard Birding Program

1. EducationThe program is for local people who want to enjoy birds in their backyards. Monthly classes increase their skill in identifying birds and their songs and provide information on plantings and habitat for food and nesting.

Yakima Valley Audubon Society

Construction of a bird viewing blind/feeding station at the Yakima Area Arboretum, assisting a Boy Scout doing his Eagle Scout Project


We assisted with design work, supervising construction, labor and money in helping a Boy Scout build a bird viewing blind and feeding station at the Yakima Area Arboretum. Bird seed for the feeding station is provided by our chapter. The bird blind is located used by many people visiting the arboretum.

Yakima Valley Audubon Society

Vredenburgh Bluebird Trail - a trail of 132 bluebird nest boxes


We continued work on the Vredenburgh Bluebird Trail, a trail of 132 bluebird nest boxes. All boxes are cleaned out in the spring and monitored weekly through the breeding season. Many people work in both of these activities.

North Central Washington Audubon Society

Second annual Chelan Ridge Hawk Migration Festival

1. Education

A one-day festival offered in partnership with the US Forest Service, HawkWatch International, and the City of Pateros. We provided activities for children and families, including demonstrations of live raptors, vendors (optics, books), and hands-on activities. In addition, field trips to the Chelan Ridge site provided visitors to experience counting and capture/banding of migrating raptors.

North Central Washington Audubon Society

"What's that Bird?" program

1. Education

Our "What's that Bird?" program provides almost-real (carved, wooden) "birds" that are placed in trees and shrubs. We provide small youth-sized binoculars, simplified field guides, and checklists for children and families. This "gateway activity" to real birding is provided for elementary school classes and visitors to environmental festivals and other events, throughout North Central Washington.

North Kitsap Forest & Bay Intiative

1. Education2. Land management Saving of approximatley 7000 acres of Forest, Trails, Wetlands, Shorelines,

and sustainable harvest bay.


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Y11 WA Kitsap Audubon Society The final Birding Trail map for Washington State Jim Ullrich

Y12 WA Environmental monitoring Sue Danver

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Y13 WA Audubon Adventures Our chapter sponsored 46 Audubon Adventure kits in local classrooms.

Y13 WA Lobbying

Y14 WA Russ Kastberg

Y14 WA Public Programs Bob Arnsdorf

Y15 WA Rick and Debbie Jahnke

Y15 WA Ron and Rosemary Sikes

Y16 WA Rainier Audubon Society Amy Schillinger

Y16 WA Rainier Audubon Society Adele Freeland

Y17 WA Eastside Audubon Society Membership

Development of the Puget Loop Birding Trail Map


Black Hills Audubon Society

Monitoring of West Rocky Prairie

Black Hills Audubon is the lead organization monitoring water quality and biological species in the WA Dept. of Fish and Wildlife lands adjacent to an approved gravel mine site, on rare prairie lands about 10 miles south of Olympia, WA. A 10-12 year plan is in progress. Funding comes from a settlement agreement with the prior owner of the two sites. Partnering organizations include the Capitol Land Trust, the Center for Natural Lands Management, and the WA Departments of Fish and Wildlife and Natural Resources.

Black Hills Audubon Society

Expansion of Birding Classes

1. Education

Black Hills Audubon now offers three beginning and two specialty classes in bird identification, with beginning classes followed by field classes; regular program meetings open to the public many of which feature presentations by research scientists; and educational programs for schools and other conservation groups when requested.

Shelley Horn and Kris Schoyen

Vancouver Audubon Society

1. Education Tammy Bjorkman, interim chair

Vancouver Audubon Society

1. Policy/advocacyOur conservation chair, Gretchen Starke had a very active role in advocating for Vancouver Audubon locally and statewide. Please contact her with any specific questions.

Gretchen Starke, Conservation Director

Willapa Hills Audubon Society

Restoration of acreage at Indian Jack slough


We have been involved in this project for a number of years. In 2011 we helped restore several wetlands on a 188-acre parcel. Our on-going efforts include monitoring amphibian egg masses, monitoring native fauna test plots, installing bird boxes and routinely surveying bird species on the site.

Willapa Hills Audubon Society


Willapa Hills Audubon is a strong advocate of public education and science. We brought experts to speak on varied issues during the 2011 year. These include: Siberia, Wetlands Conservation, Landscaping, Taxidermy Workshop, Hiking, Kids' Day, South Cascades, Frog Malformation, Columbia River Gorge, Penguins.

Admiralty Audubon Society

Preservation of Kah Tai Lagoon Nature Park in perpetuity


Lobbied the City of Port Townsend and Port of Port Townsend, WA Recreation and Conservation Office, and National Park Service to protect the Kah Tai Lagoon Nature Park in perpetuity. A 1981 Land and Water Conservation Fund grant was co-sponsored by the City and Port for the park, however the Port was legally challenging the requirement to preserve Port owned land in the park.

Admiralty Audubon Society

Kah Tai Lagoon Nature Park Bird Survey

1. Citizen scienceTwo year bird survey every two weeks of Kah Tai Lagoon Nature Park in Port Townsend, WA from Oct 2009-Oct 2011. Kah Tai Lagoon Nature Park Bird Survey Report was published July 2012.

Wild Spaces in Urban Places Grant


Utilized grant money to fund installation of six snags in the Green River Natural Resources Area (GRNRA) managed by the City of Kent, WA. The project utilized a design using concrete anchors and steel post, with a portion of a tree installed at the top of the post. This design eliminates the problem of rotting trees sunk in the dirt.

Great Washington State Birding Trail - Puget Loop

1. Citizen science2. Land management Worked with Christie Norman of Washington Audubon on selection of

birding sites to be included on the new Puget Loop Birding Trail

Membership communication improvements

Better communication through outreach calls, email & snail mail renewal reminders. Facebook & Twitter accounts. & website.

Jim Rettig & Andy McCormick


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Y17 WA Eastside Audubon Society Park Trail with interpretive signage about birds and their habitat Tim McGruder

Y18 WA Created a Facebook Page Barbara Jensen

Y18 WA Same above

Y20 WA Whidbey Audubon Society Emergency Response Steve Ellis

Y20 WA Whidbey Audubon Society Sarah SchmidtY21 WA Skagit Audubon Society

Y22 WA Kittitas Audubon Society Habitat augmentation Built and istalled over 300 new bluebird nsting boxes Jan Demorest

Y22 WA Kittitas Audubon Society Perch Pole Project Bud Rechterman

Y23 WA schlorships

Y23 WA project wildlife adventure Margaret Schifner

Y25 WA Richard Rogers

Y25 WA Randy Smith

Completed Marymoor Park, Redmond, WA Audubon Bird Loop trail system with interpretive signage

Conservation & habitat preservation

San Juan Islands Audubon Society

1. Education Created Facebook page for information exchange about birds and their habitats in the San Juan Islands. Over 150 have joined.

San Juan Islands Audubon Society

Worked on Birding Trails Maps

1. Education Worked with others chapters in Washington to complete the last of the birding trails maps.

Aided in the response to the sinking of the MV Deep Sea and subsequent diesel fuel spill in Penn Cove


In May 2012 the MV Deep Sea sank and spilled diesel fuel in Penn Cove. This incident occured at the same time and at one of the same locations that the Pigeon Guillemots, the only seabird to nest on Whidbey Island, were beginning their nesting activities. For weeks following this incident our volunteers monitored beaches for signs of wildlife impacted by the fuel. There were several other bird species utilizing the cove at this time of the year including; gull, cormorant, scoters species, Bald Eagle, Great-blue Heron. We shared data with Department of Ecology, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, and the Department of Natural Resources.

Revising and updating of the Shoreline Master Plan for Island County, Washington


Through our Conservation Committee we worked with the Island County Administrator and other local county agencies and other non-profits to help revise the Shoreline Master Plan for Island County, WA. Additionally, we worked on the Critical Areas Ordinances that contain language vital to the protection of the Habitats of Local Importance. This has been a two year effort and continues to date.

Major extensions of bluebird nest box trails; Public library exhibit on vaux swifts


1. EducationOwl Nesting Box Construction Instructions; Habitat Enhancement

Created Owl Nest Construction Pamphlets; Built and installed 14 raptor perch poles on local landowners' sites

Central Basin Audubon Society

1. Education two schlorships of $750.00 each presented to graduating high school seniors

Central Basin Audubon Society

1. Education

Vashon-Maury Island Audubon Society

Fourth Grade Birding Program

1. Education

For more than 20 years, we have educated every fourth grader on our island on birds (identification, use of scopes and binoculars, proper behavior around birds, etc.). The program includes several sessions of classroom time and a day at the beach identifying seabirds. The program also includes education by an artist in drawing birds. The program was highlighted nationally by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Vashon-Maury Island Audubon Society

Birding Field Trips and other educational opportunities

1. Education

We continue to offer guided birding every 2d Saturday, all year round. We also offered about six educational programs during the past year, usually to audiences of 30 to 40 people. Our basic birding class was not offered last year, but we did offer some specialized classes (Birding by Ear, Gull Identification).


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Y26 WA Arnie Martin

Y26 WA Arnie Martin, festival chair

Y51 WV Terry Bronson

Y51 WV LeJay Graffious

Y54 WV Kristin Alexander

Y54 WV Outdoor Explore! Ellen Murphy

Z02 WI Madison Audubon Society John Minnich

Z02 WI Madison Audubon Society Karen Etter Hale

Grays Harbor Audubon Society

Began working on opposition to building a coal export terminal adjacent to Grays Harbor NWR

1. Policy/advocacyco-founded local group to develop informational material to present at public forums. group membership was around 15. Developed PowerPoints to show at public forums in 2012.

Grays Harbor Audubon Society

Sponsor of and financial agent for Grays Harbor Shorebird Festival

1. Education

Had 1,520 attendees at Festival, from 5 states. Money raised used for elementary schools nature education program, preparatory to school trips to Grays Harbor NWR in late April/early May to view refuge and see annual migration of shorebirds.

Mountaineer Audubon Society

Introduction to Birding class

1. Education

A series of 4 classes were conducted from February through May 2012 to introduce non-birders to birding and increase the birding skills of current birders. 5-10 people participated in each class, which was followed by a field trip.

Mountaineer Audubon Society

Conducted Morgantown Christmas Bird Count

1. Citizen scienceContinued to coordinate and compile results of Christmas Bird Count circle centered in Morgantown, WV. Report submitted to National Audubon CBC database.

Potomac Valley Audubon Society

Accessible Trail Completion

1. Land management

A .4 mile accessible trail had been completed at the Yankauer Nature Preserve. The trail will allow youth in wheelchairs, veterans from the local VA hospital, and seniors from local senior centers to enjoy nature and programs

Potomac Valley Audubon Society

1. Education

A new program that gets youth outside to explore the myriad of public lands in our area. No cirriculum or lessons... just exploring nature and allowing nature play while being nurtured by a professional naturalist/educator guiding the experience and keeping kids safe.

Wildlife sanctuary management

1. Land management

At Faville Grove: We hired a full-time Land Steward to coordinate sanctuary management. He oversaw our crew of five summer interns, and more than 100 volunteers in managing over 500 acres, including removing invasive species, replanting in existing restorations, and conducting bird and wildlife surveys.At Goose Pond: Resident manager, summer interns, and volunteers managed more than 600 acres, including bird and wildlife surveys, and the planting of 85 acres of newly restored prairie.

Badger Army Ammunition Plant master planning

1. Policy/advocacy

Madison Audubon has participated in the planning process for the future of the 7,354 acre Badger Army Ammunition Plant since it was decommissioned in the 1990s. When DNR began its master planning this year, we strongly urged that the property be managed as a whole; that management of grassland and shrubland habitat and birds be the primary focus at Badger; and that any proposed recreation must be non-motorized, low-impact, and compatible with grassland bird conservation. We recommended that nontoxic ammunition and fishing tackle be required on the property.


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Z03 WI Community Recognition

Z04 WI Lakeland Audubon Society

Z04 WI Lakeland Audubon Society leadership

Z05 WI AMBLE promotion Bird Research Marty Gallagher

Milwaukee Audubon Society

Management of Milwaukee Audubon Society Land / Natural and Cultural Heritage Area Near the Horicon Marsh International Wildlife Refuge

1. Land management

The Milwaukee Audubon Society managed and began restoration planning for an approximately 47 acre parcel containing a natural and cultural heritage area near the Horicon Marsh International Wildlife Refuge and segments of the Niagara Escarpment in Dodge County, Wisconsin. The Milwaukee Audubon Society acquired the land in December 2010. The property is primarily wooded and has a small stream that runs through the site. The site also contains a fen and a potentially restorable wetland (on the agricultural portion of the property). The Milwaukee Audubon Society has drafted a land management plan and has already begun land management activities on the property with volunteers (e.g. invasive species control, tree planting, inventory, etc). The property acquisition was announced at the MAS Natural Landscapes Conference in February 2011. The Natural Landscapes Conference in February 2012 highlighted the Horicon Basin.

Andrew Struck, President, Milwaukee Audubon Society, Inc. or Jim Uhrinak, Secretary, Milwaukee Audubon Society, Inc.

Milwaukee Audubon Society

Bird City Wisconsin Development and Capacity Building

1. Education

The Milwaukee Audubon Society successfully spearheaded the development and capacity building of Bird City Wisconsin in 2011-12, a recognition program for communities that take steps to protect and enhance bird populations and habitat, similar to what Tree City USA has done for community forestry. Bird City Wisconsin has recognized 54 Wisconsin communities as "Bird Cities" during this reporting period. The Milwaukee Audubon Society received another Together Green Innovation Grant for approximately $20,000 in 2011-12 as well as a significant grant from the Natural Resources Foundation to further develop and expand Bird City Wisconsin and grow the number of communities recognized. With the past Together Green Innovation Grant funding, Bird City Wisconsin has been able to develop and host a website with significant educational value and content (www.birdcitywisconsin.org). The Milwaukee Audubon Society is currently collaborating with Chapter Services of the National Audubon Society to develop a "Bird Town Handbook" that will carry the Bird City Wisconsin model nationally.

Andrew Struck, President, Milwaukee Audubon Society, Inc.

We were able to restore 3 successful field trips last year led by a knowledgeable birder

1. Education Our newsletter editor was able to use her personal friendship to gain favor with our previous field trip leader to again lead some trips.

We filled our vacnat chapter presidency, by moving the Secretary into it and filled the Secretary position with a prior Treasurer

We are still hurting for volunteers. We have a "greying membership" that have "been there, done that" and are loath to volunteer.

Northeastern Wisconsin Audubon Society

Facilitated AMBLE (Avian Mortality from Botulism Events, a USGS program for Lake Michigan) in Green Bay, Sturgeon Bay, and Newport Beach. Volunteers observed beach conditions, Great Lakes birds dying from botulism, burying carcasses, sent statistics to USGS.


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Z05 WI Marty Gallagher

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Z07 WI Margie Winter

Z07 WI Diana Beck

Z10 WI Diane Lembck

Z10 WI Diane Lembck

Z11 WI Larry Graham

Northeastern Wisconsin Audubon Society

Bird Friendly Landscaping Demonstration Plot

1. Education

Native trees and shrubs were planted by students and volunteers across from the entrance to the Green Bay Wildlife Sanctuary in conjunction with other groups in the Green Bay Bird City Alliance. This will be followed by understory planting in 2012 to attract wild birds. The third year signage will be added to identify plantings and possibly a rain garden.

Sheboygan County Audubon Society

We are a source for nature programming at Maywood Nature Center. We provide monthly evening programs that are local and statewide and providing funding support for the Bluebird Boxes.

1. Education2. Citizen science3. Policy/advocacy We also purchased a T-14 Purple Martin House and help with the

monitoring. We were empty this year, but hope to do better next year.

Sheboygan County Audubon Society

Bird Banding - For the last 4 years we have provided bird banding at Maywood. We have made arrangements to continue that next spring


Fond Du Lac County Audubon Society

Promotion of High School Prairie Restoration Efforts

1. Land management Our chapter donated the educational sign for the prairie. We also assisted in obtaining the grant money for the restoration.

Fond Du Lac County Audubon Society

Wild Walks Exploring City Public Access Land

1. Education connecting people to nature

Wild areas within the city could be accessed if people knew that they were public land. This helps people to find wild areas right in their back yard.

Wisconsin Metro Audubon Society

Tally of Invasive Plant Species for Waukesha County

1. Citizen science

I was part of a team of people searching and mapping where three new invasive plants of the future may be in Waukesha County Wisconsin. The plants we were on the lookout for were phragmites, Japanses knotweed, and teasel. The hope is to have these eradicated before large populations become established. Removal of teasel has been urged because the wings of bats become snagged on it.

Wisconsin Metro Audubon Society

Six Diversified Educational Programs

1. Education

Program titles: 1. Kirkland's Warbler in Wisconsin, 2. Birding in England and Scotland, 3. A Region Built on Water: Milwaukee's Use and Abuse of a Vital Resource,4. Raptors and the Expereinces of a Hawk Watcher, 5. Earthcare, Greener Roofs and Gardens, 6. Falconry: a Modern Falconer and His Birds of Prey We're pleased that we have continued to increase awareness of and attendance at our programs.

Aldo Leopold Audubon Society

$5500 for bird friendly trees for city of Stevens Point after severe wind storm; help plant and water trees under city forester guidance.

Peplace lost trees with shelter and food trees.

After a severe windstorm resulted in severe tree loss chapter appropriated $1500 for city forester to plant bird ffiendly trees. Chapter members helped plant and water these trees. City wide raffle used to raise $4000 more toward project with trees to be planted next spring.


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Z11 WI citizen action Anne Graham

Z12 WI Monarch Tagging Janet Wissink

Z12 WI Carla Hansen

Z17 WI Neil Howk

Z17 WI Neil Howk

Z18 WI land easement Neil Deupree

Z18 WI invasive species control Victor Illichmann

Z19 WI Wildlife Rehabilitation Dan Jackson

Z20 WI Hoy Audubon Society Conservation Stan Rosenstiel

Z20 WI Hoy Audubon Society John Krerowicz

Z22 WI Chapter Development Governance Local people started our new chapter Michelle Carlisle

Z22 WI Members led various trips and programs Randy Korb

Aldo Leopold Audubon Society

Invasive plant species action committee

An invasive plant species committee formed to survey area for "hot spots". A giant hog weed infestation was located and chapter members, neighbors and others recruited to revove plants before they dropped seeds. Activity will have to continue for more years.

Winnebago Audubon Society


The community is invited to join us in an alfalfa or clover field, where we first talk about the life cycle of the monarch butterfly. We have posters and usually caterpillars and chrysalis' for them to see. Then we give instructions on how to net a monarch and handle them. We purchase tags from Monarch Watch to the tag the butterflies that we participants net. We also record data before tagging and releasing the butterfly. A great hands-on experience.

Winnebago Audubon Society

Wisconsin Amphibian Program


This program brings Randy Korb (TogetherGreen Hero) into elementary schools in our area with his live native amphibians: salamanders, toads, true frogs, and tree frogs. Students have the opportunity to see, hear, touch and interact with the animals. This is a valuable experience for children who may not otherwise be exposed to these animals. We also hold a Frog Night Hike for the public to attend, which includes the indoor presentation followed by a hike at a local wetland to hear and see the amphibians in their natural habitat.

Chequamegon Audubon Society

Nomination of Bayfield, Wisconsin for the "Bird City Wisconsin" program

1. Policy/advocacy

Our chapter worked with staff from the city of Bayfield to apply for certification as a "Bird City" in Wisconsin. We were able to demonstrate in a written application that Bayfield met at least seven of 22 criteria in four categories including: creation and protection of habitat, participating in programs promoting effective community forest management, limiting hazards to birds, and public education. Bayfield was accepted in the program in March, 2012.

Chequamegon Audubon Society

Sponsorship of Chequamegon Bay Birding and Nature Festival

1. EducationOur members provided one of the keynote addresses and led numerous programs and field trips during the annual event that was attended by nearly 300 people.

Green Rock Audubon Society

1. Land management Green Rock Audubon has an easement on a forest site adjacent to the Sugar River in Green County.

Green Rock Audubon Society

Land Restoration to Native Habitat


Green-Rock Audubon owns 250 acres of land that is partially rented out for farming, some of the land is in CRP and the rest is being restored to native habitat using controlled burns, spot treatment of herbicides.

Coulee Region Audubon Society

Fund Raiser for Local Wildlife Rehab organization.

We developed a Snowy Owl Campaign and helped raise about $2000 from members and the general public.

Purple Martin and Eastern Bluebird Conservation

1. Education 22 Bluebird trails fledged 956 EABL, 675 TRESW, 32 HOWR, 8 BCCH5 PUMA colonies fledged 134 PUMA

Certified Kenosha as Bird City Wisconsin

1. Education Certified Kenosha as a Bird City Wisconsin and celebrated it during an International Migratory Bird Day Festival

Gaylord Nelson Audubon Society

Gaylord Nelson Audubon Society

Started offering programs and field trips

1. Education


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Z50 WY Murie Audubon Society

Z51 WY Bighorn Audubon Society Sarah Mentock

Z51 WY Bighorn Audubon Society Wayne Schatz

Z53 WY About 20 participants from age 8 to 82. Dennis Saville

Z53 WY IBA Roadside Cleanup Mark Gorges

Z56 WY Destin Harrell

Z56 WY Barbed wire removal Destin Harrell

Z57 WY Laramie Audubon Society Sophie Osborn

Z57 WY Laramie Audubon Society Social media Sophie Osborn

Our blog site was a goal to help educate and communicate with members and visitors. Got folks weaned off paper newletter to save costs.

1. Education

Provide birding leaders for bird walks at the Bradford Brinton Museum.

1. Education Our local Audubon Society provided a birding leader for the monthly birding field trips at the Bradford Brinton Museum.

Provide a sign for the Sheridan Walkway System

1. Education We provided the input for a sign along the new Walkway system to identify the flora and fauna in the area.

Cheyenne-High Plains Audubon Society

Spring Bird Identification Class at Laramie County Community College

1. Education

Cheyenne-High Plains Audubon Society

1. Land management

Fourteen volunteers spent four hours collecting trash from illegal dumping along about two miles of a country road that runs through a local IBA. We coordinated with the two ranch owners who allow us to bird on their property and who were very appreciative of our efforts. The Cheyenne Parks and Recreation Department used dump trucks to dispose of the trash, furniture and tires that we collected and piled.

Meadowlark Audubon Society

Buffalo berry bushes planted

1. Land managementLast year Russian olive trees were removed from the Yellowtail Wildlife Area. This year buffalo berries were planted to replace and improve the food sources available for the wildlife.

Meadowlark Audubon Society

1. Land management

Six miles of barbed wire was removed from a 6 to 8 strand fence to allow better wildlife movement. The fence should be no higher than 42 inches to protect sage grouse flight and no lower than 16 inches off the ground to let pronghorn to pass under them.

Consulting with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on renovations to Hutton Lake National Wildlife Refuge

1. Land management

We have spent several years consulting with USFWS on this issue, providing them with our thoughts on how to maximize use of the refuge (by birders and other wildlife watchers) while minimizing impacts to wildlife. We've also provided information about threats to the refuge, have helped facilitate clean-up, generate local support for the improvements, etc. We (members of Laramie Audubon Society) are the biggest user of the refuge and the USFWS has been very receptive to our input. Renovations are finally underway.

Establishing chapter website, blog, e-mail, and facebook page

We think having a chapter website, blog, facebook page, and e-mail address allows us to engage more with our members and allows us to provide information about local birds and birding to visitors to our area. It also facilitates education about and conservation of the birds in our area.

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