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The Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) plays an important role in America’s proud conservation legacy. LWCF has supported efforts to protect habitat in every state and provided funding to nearly every National Park, including Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, and Denali.            The National Audubon Society’s study on Birds & Climate Change in our National Parks … Read more

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Contact your Legislators By Donna Keller Did you know that 2018 is officially recognized as the Year of the Bird? We at Audubon Society of Kalamazoo think every year should be the Year of the Bird, of course, but we acknowledge, along with some national conservation organizations, that 2018 is an especially good year to … Read more

If you missed NPR’s coverage of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act on Joshua Johnson’s 1A program, you can listen to it here. https://the1a.org/shows/2018-03-13/put-a-bird-on-it      

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By Russ Schipper While the 100th anniversary of the Migratory Bird Treaty was announced and celebrated in 2016, 100 years after it was first signed, the Treaty was only ratified by the US Senate in January 1918, making this the 100th year that the Migratory Bird Treaty ACT (MBTA) has been in effect. The good … Read more

By Russ Schipper Neonicotinoid pesticides are very effective at killing insect pests. They are also very effective at harming or killing birds that eat the fruit, seeds, or insects that have fed on a “protected” plant. Some companies, such as The Scotts Company, are phasing them out, but as you can see from this comprehensive … Read more

ASK has its yearly membership renewal drive in August, just before our new season of activities starts in September. Since one bulk mailing is so much cheaper than mailing individual first class notices each month, all members except those who joined April to July will need to renew this fall. This means that some of … Read more

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Update: Just prior to the April 4th Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners meeting, Chairman Dale Shugars removed the resolution descibed below from the agenda. Six people spoke at the meeting in support of a resolution against Line 5. It appears the resolution will be introduced at the next board meeting which is on April 18th. … Read more

Don’t forget the 20th Annual Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) For more information, visit www.birdcount.org. See our calendar for our GBBC field trip.  

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http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2015/12/christmas_bird_count_tallies_s.html    

Have a 4th Grader in Your Life? As part of President Obama’s commitment to protect our nation’s unique outdoor spaces and ensure that every American has the opportunity to visit and enjoy them, the Every Kid in a Park initiative allows fourth graders nationwide to go to the Every Kid in a Park Website  and obtain a pass … Read more

Recently Boy Scouts created a new trail system for the Wolf Lake State Fish Hatchery along with new signage. On the overview map of the area, posted in several places, it shows that the pools have numbers. This should help birders pinpoint the location of  bird sightings they may want to share. Print a copy … Read more

The laboratory at Vanderbilt University is looking for birders of all levels of experience to participate in a project examining how perception and memory for birds differs between beginners and experts. They really do mean all levels of experience, from the true beginner to the expert with decades of study and everything in-between. These experiments … Read more

                              News Release CONTACT:     Andrea Rowland                                                      FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE             616-653-5758                                                             July 7, 2015                         FIFTH THIRD ASKS COMMUNITY TO NAME ENDANGERED PEREGRINE FALCONS KALAMAZOO, MICH- July 7, 2015 – Fifth Third Bank announced it is officially collecting name suggestions from the community to name three of Kalamazoo’s banded Peregrine … Read more

6/11/2015 For local viewers of the Kalamazoo Falcons website, we wanted to pass along some important instructions on what to do if you should find a young falcon on the ground in Kalamazoo.  The first peregrine chick fledged today at 7:17 AM.  Learning to fly and to hunt are dangerous times for a young bird.  … Read more

6/11/2015 One of the chicks graduated from being an eyas to being a fledgling at 38 days of age this morning at 7:17 AM.  The first flight looked successful.  After a brief moment of free fall, she knew what to do with those wings.  All that practice did pay off.  Rebecca and Kewpee stayed close … Read more

Please sign on to this National Audubon Action Alert to prevent the gutting of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. http://www.audubonaction.org/site/News2?abbr=aa_&page=NewsArticle&id=6324&pgwrap=n&autologin=true&utm_source=action&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2015-06-11-advisory#skip_interests

On June 3rd, without a recorded vote, the House of Representatives included a rider, offered by Congressman Duncan (R-SC), in the Department of Commerce’s and Department of Justice’s budget appropriations bill that would prohibit the federal government from prosecuting anyone from violating the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Here is the exact language: This is from … Read more

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