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International
Policy
Domestic Habitat & Sites
Pesticides and Birds
Cats Indoors Campaign
Miscellaneous

 
   

International

  New Protected Areas in Bolivia Offer Refuge for Rare Red-fronted Macaw. February 25, 2010. View Release
   
  New International Tourism Initiative Launched To Save Endangered Birds. February 17, 2010. View Release
   
  The Appalachian Regional Reforestation Initiative (ARRI), American Bird Conservancy’s Colombian Partner Fundación ProAves, and the Cerulean Warbler Technical Group (CWTG) invited high school science and Spanish teachers to participate in a pen-pal program to link students aged 14-16 from the Appalachians of the United States with students in the Andes of Colombia. September 3, 2009. View Release
   
  The island of Santiago, the fourth largest island in the Galapagos Archipelago, has been declared officially goat-free. Feral goats were released on the 226-square-mile island in the 1920s. The goat population exploded, and by the 1990s the goats had destroyed much of the shrub and tree vegetation in the sensitive highlands of the island. August 25, 2009 View Release
   
 

A new report on one of the world’s bird biodiversity hotspots in Peru finds that most of the species at greatest risk there currently have little or no protected habitat. Conservation groups now plan to use the report to guide land protection efforts in the region. August 6, 2009. View Release

   
 

Future Looks Brighter for One of World's Most Threatened Birds: Reserve Created for Niceforo's Wren – Just 50 Birds Remain. American Bird Conservancy, its Colombian partner Fundación ProAves, and World Land Trust–US have taken a significant step forward in their efforts to protect the Niceforo's Wren, a Critically Endangered bird restricted to the last remnants of dry forest in the Chicamocha Valley of the eastern Andes of Colombia. June 23, 2009. View Release

   
  Rare Blue Parrot Back from the Brink of Extinction. The Lear’s Macaw, a striking blue parrot found in Brazil, has been downlisted from Critically Endangered (the highest threat category) to Endangered as a direct result of conservation action, according to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. June 9, 2009. View Release
   
  Peru Recognizes Private Conservation Areas on Community Lands in High Andes. Project to Conserve and Restore Endangered Forest Fragments Saves Rare Birds and Boosts the Quality of Life for Communities. May 20, 2009. View Release
   
  Groundbreaking Study Reveals Rare Bird’s Remarkable Journey. May 6, 2009. View Release
   
  Endangered Socorro Doves Arrive at the Albuquerque Zoo: Species Extinct in the Wild to be Bred for Return to Its Native Island. November 20, 2008. View Release
   
  New Reserve and Nest Box Success Offer Hope for Eventual Reintroduction of Endangered Thick-billed Parrots to the U.S. November 19, 2008. View Release
   
  First Protected Area Established for Critically Endangered Blue-throated Macaw. October 31, 2008. View Release. View Release in Spanish
   
  President Bush Asks Congress to Ratify Key International Conservation Treaty. September 29, 2008. View Release
   
  Last Refuge of Newly Rediscovered Fuertes’s Parrot Saved by Conservationists: Last Refuge of Newly Rediscovered Fuertes’s Parrot Saved by Conservationists. March 5, 2008. View Release
   
  Spectacular Bird Reserve Opens to Tourists. February 13, 2008. View Release
   
  Last Stand for Imperiled Brazilian Atlantic Biodiversity Ark. December 6, 2007. View Release
   
  Four Seasons’ Hotel Chain Threatens Grenada’s National Bird with Extinction. October 18, 2007. View Release
   
  Lear’s Macaw Making a Remarkable Comeback in Protected Reserve: New Survey Finds Species on Brink of Extinction Growing in Numbers – Now Up to 750 birds. July 18, 2007. View Release
   
 

Little-Explored Ecosystem Yields First Photos of "Smiling" Bird and Rare Parakeet: Image of Virgin Mary Saves Rare Bird Sanctuary in South America. June 26, 2007. View Release

   
  Next U.S. Species to go Extinct May be Two Hawaiian Birds : Global Warming Heightens Threat to Their Survival. April 25, 2007. View Release
   
  Long Sought After Bird Spotted in Peruvian Nature Reserve: Endangered species known only from captured individuals seen in wild for first time. March 22, 2007. View Release
   
  Chevron Abandons Plans for LNG Plant in Biodiversity Hotspot Ruling May Help Xantus’s Murrelet. March 13, 2007. View Release
   
  Land Purchase Helps to Save Endangered Parrot. March 5, 2007. View Release
   
  Mitsubishi Foundation Grant Protects Coastal Wetlands in Mexico Leverages Funds for Critical Restoration Work. February 16, 2007. View Release
   
  Recently Discovered Species Gains Protection: New Forest Reserve Created for Colombian Rarities. January 18, 2007. View Release
   
  EU Permanently Bans Imports of Wild Birds: Conservation Groups Hail Ban that Will Save Millions of Birds a Year. January 8, 2007. View Release
   
  Four Season Resort Spells Doom for Grenada's National Bird. January 8, 2007. View Release
   
  Spectacular Hummingbird Protected by First Conservation Easement in Northern Peru. July 18, 2006. View Release
   
  Race to Halt Global Amphibian Crisis Boosted by Rediscovery
of Endangered Frogs in Colombia: New Protected Area Proves Timely In Fight Against Fungus Epidemic. June 6, 2006. View Release
   
 

Crucial Site for Endangered Frogs and Birds Saved: Conservation Partners Join Forces to Protect Mountain Habitat Slated for Development. April 3, 2006. View Release

   
  First South American Reserve for North American Songbird. August 17, 2005. View Release
   
  "Extinct" Bird Rediscovered in Mexico: Scientists Thrilled By First Confirmed Sighting in Almost A Decade. July 9, 2004. View Release
   
  "Missing" South American Parrot Rediscovered After 90 years, Photographed For the First Time. July 28, 2003. View Release
   

Policy

  US Taking Action Enforce the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. January 14, 2010. View Release
   
  Congress Dedicates Critical Funding to Help Hawaiian Species at Epicenter of Global Extinction Crisis. November 05, 2009. View Release
   
  Scientists to Investigate Impacts of Wind Energy on Migratory Wildlife: Industry and conservation representatives set research priorities. July 23, 2009. View Release
   
  House Hearing Raises Profile of Key Bird Conservation Initiative, Proposes New Bills to Protect Migratory Birds. May 13, 2009. View Release
   
  Administration Moves to Restore Endangered Species Act. April 28, 2009. View Release
   
  Petitioners Urge Federal Communications Commission to Protect Millions of Migratory Birds. April 14, 2009. View Release
   
  Senate Bill Introduced to Conserve Rapidly Disappearing Migratory Birds. April 7, 2009. View Release
   
  Earth Hour: Turning Lights Off Reduces Greenhouse Emissions, Protects Migratory Birds American Bird Conservancy Says: Please Keep Them Off during Spring and Fall Migration. March 27, 2009. View Release
   
  Secretary Salazar Releases Study Showing Widespread Declines in Bird Populations, Highlights Role of Partnerships in Conservation. March 20, 2009. View Release
   
  Maryland Plan to Limit Horseshoe Crab Harvest Will Help Save Rapidly Declining Shorebird Population. March 17, 2009. View Release
   
  Despite Record Population, Lead Contamination Still Hindering California Condor’s Recovery. March 3, 2009. View Release
   
  Fishermen Work to Keep Birds Off the Hook. February 12, 2009. View Release
   
  Statement from American Bird Conservancy on the Appointments of the Secretaries of Interior and Energy, and Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. December 16, 2008. View Release
   
  New Regulation Opens Loophole in Endangered Species Act. December 11, 2008. View Release
   
  Agency Initiates Process to Delist Threatened Marbled Murrelet: Move Threatens Rapidly Declining Species and Its Old Growth Forest Habitat. October 2, 2008. View Release
   
  Agency Proposes Listing Two Hawaiian Birds on Brink of Extinction under Endangered Species Act: Agency Unveils New Approach to Ecosystem-based Approach to Listing and Designating Critical Habitat. September 30, 2008. View Release
   
  Senate Bill Introduced to Conserve Rapidly Disappearing Migratory Birds. September 17, 2008. View Release
   
  Fisheries Regulators Choose Short-term Economic Interest Over Species Survival. August 22, 2008. View Release
   
  Congressional Hearing Today Investigates Declining Bird Populations. July 9, 2008. View Release
   
  Congress Acts to Save Migratory Birds: Report Highlights 71 Migratory Species of Conservation Concern; Alarming Population Declines in 29 Songbird Species. June 11, 2008. View Release
   
  Bird Studies Implicate Lead Bullet Residues as a Possible Threat to Human Health. April 30, 2008. View Release
   
  Legislation Introduced to Conserve Rapidly Disappearing Migratory Birds. April 14, 2008. View Release
   
 

New Jersey Legislature Approves Measure to Protect Endangered Red Knots: Ban on Horseshoe Crab Harvest Helps Restore Crab and Bird Populations. March 18, 2008. View Release

   
  Groups Seek Emergency Listing of Red Knot Under Endangered Species Act: Data in scientific report highlights need for immediate action February 28, 2008. View Release
   
  Federal Court Orders Cell Tower Safeguards for Migrating Birds: Decision could save millions of birds killed each year in tower collisions February 19, 2008 View Release
   
 

House Passes Bill to Curb Invasive Species Devastating National Wildlife Refuges: Invasives Destroying Habitat, Endangering Wildlife October 23, 2007. View Release

   
  Horseshoe Crab Decision Threatens Red Knots. October 18, 2007. View Release
   
  Governor Schwarzenegger Signs Bill to Protect Endangered California Condors. October 13, 2007. View Release
   
  California Votes to Protect Endangered Condors by Banning Lead Ammunition. September 5, 2007. View Release
   
  House Passes Bird-Friendly Interior Bill: Spending Increases Approved for Conserving Migratory Songbirds & State Wildlife Grants. June 28, 2007. View Release
   
  Bald Eagle to be Removed from Endangered Species List: Growing Population Heralds Conservation Success. June 27, 2007. View Release
   
  Wind Energy Regulations Needed to Protect Birds. June 6, 2007. View Release
   
  Renewal of Tax Credits for Wind Energy Should Require Protections for Birds and Bats. April 30, 2007. View Release
   
  IPCC Report: Global Warming Threatens Many Bird Species with Extinction: Protecting Forest Habitats an Important Part of the Global Warming Solution Scientists Say. April 6, 2007. View Release
   
  "Canaries in the Coalmine" Show Global Warming Causing Harm to Wildlife. February 7, 2007. View Release
   
  Lead Paint in New National Marine Monument Poisoning Thousands of Albatrosses: American Bird Conservancy Told Federal Funds Not Available for Cleanup on Midway Atoll. December 12, 2006. View Release
   
  Delaware Imposes 2-Year Moratorium on Horseshoe Crab Take. November 21, 2006. View Release
   
  Federal Communications Commission Announces Rulemaking that Could Protect Millions of Migratory Birds. November 3, 2006. View Release
   
  U.S. Senate Passes Crucial Legislation to Protect Migratory Birds: Bill now winging its way to the President to be signed into law. September 30, 2006. View Release
   
  Senate Passes Fisheries Legislation, Protects Seabirds. June 19, 2006. View Release
   
  House Passes Key Migratory Songbird Bill. May 17, 2006. View Release
   
  Federal Communications Commission to Decide the Fate of Millions of Migratory Birds. April 11, 2006. View Release
   
  Strong Federal Funding Bill for America's Migratory Songbirds Passes Crucial Committee Vote. March 29, 2006. View Release
   
  Atlantic States Propose Two-Year Ban on Horseshoe Crab Take: Imperiled Shorebirds to Benefit. November 11, 2005. View Release
   
  Avian Influenza Spreads: Role of Wild Birds Debated. October 26, 2005. View Release
   
  No Protection for Aliens, Declares U.S. Government. December 10, 2004. View Release
   
  Hawaiian Bird Likely Extinct: Government Must Act Now to Prevent Dozens More Losses. December 1, 2004. View Release
   
  Conservationists Hail Decision to Protect Prehistoric Creature and Imperiled Bird. February 28, 2003. View Release
   
  Bush Administration Assault on Endangered Species Act: Action Would Remove Critical Review for Pesticides. January 28, 2003. View Release
   
  Environmental Groups File Petition Demanding Halt to All Construction of Communication Towers in Gulf Coast - Say Threat to Birds Must be Addressed. August 27, 2002. View Release
   
  Settlement a Victory for Beleagured Caspian Terns: Agreement Protects World's Largest Colony of America's Biggest Tern. March 8, 2002. View Release
   
  New Report: LONGLINE FISHING THREATENS WORLD’S ALBATROSSES AND OTHER BIRDS WITH EXTINCTION: 64 species impacted; US Fisheries Involved. February 4, 2002. View Release
   
  Eyesore towers also a hazard to birds. April 18, 2001. View Release
   
  New Report Documents Hundreds of Thousands of Birds Killed at Communications Towers: 230 Species, including 52 rare or declining, killed in tower collisions. June 29, 2000. View Release
   

Domestic Habitat & Sites

  Answers Found to Pelican Mass Stranding Mystery. March 08, 2010. View Release
   
  American Bird Conservancy Urges No Net Loss of Sagebrush. March 05, 2010. View Release
   
  Groups Threaten Luxury Hawaiian Resort with Lawsuit Over Seabird Deaths. March 04, 2010. View Release
   
  Three California Condors Die from Lead Poisoning. March 03, 2010. View Release
   
  Lead Paint Kills Thousands of Rare Seabirds on Midway - Outrage Must End Now Say Conservation Groups. February 03, 2010. View Release
   
  Contaminants Continue to Pose Threat to Osprey in Chesapeake Bay. February 01, 2010. View Release
   
  Selenium a Threat to Ducks at the Great Salt Lake. December 17, 2009. View Release
   
  Barbed Wire Fences Take Significant Toll on Imperiled Greater Sage-Grouse, New Study Finds. November 25, 2009. View Release
   
  Big Wins for Birds on National Forests. November 06, 2009. View Release
   
  Green Jobs Plan to Restore Forests Will Benefit Cerulean Warblers and Other Birds. October 28, 2009. View Release
   
  Private landowners are stepping up to help a number of cavity-nesting bird species of conservation concern. In many areas of the West, there is a shortage of large snags (dead trees) needed by many species of cavity-nesters, including the Flammulated Owl, and Lewis’s and White-headed Woodpeckers as a result of forest management practices of post-fire logging and removing dead and dying trees. September 11, 2009. View Release
   
  Twenty Years Later Many Bird Species Still Have Not Recovered from Exxon Valdez Oil Spill. March 23, 2009. View Release
   
  Habitat For The Declining Cerulean Warbler And Other Wildlife Conserved In Ozarks. December 10, 2008. View Release
   
  Conservation Groups Move to Rebuild Spotted Owl Population and Protect Old-Growth Forests: Effort begun to reverse weak habitat protection and flawed recovery plan in Pacific Northwest. November 24, 2008. View Release
   
  Endangered Hawaiian Species Given Short Shrift Over Recovery Spending: Report Finds Conservation Needs of Dozens of Endangered Hawaiian Birds Not Being Met. September 18, 2008. View Release
   
  Smoke and Mirrors Plan for Spotted Owl Ignores Science. May 16, 2008. View Release
   
  Conservationists Hope to Turn Abandoned Coal Mining Lands into Bird Havens: Tree Planting to Restore Forested Habitat for the Cerulean Warbler and Other Declining Bird Species. April 9, 2008. View Release
   
  More Than One-Quarter of United States Birds Need Urgent Conservation Action: WatchList 2007 Identifies Species at Greatest Risk. November 28, 2007. View Release
   
  New Book Identifies, For the First Time, the 500 Most Important Bird Areas in the United States. November 18, 2003. View Release
   
  America's 500 Most Important Bird Areas Identified, Mapped for the First Time. August 9, 2002. View Release
   
  Forty years later, Bodega Bay, Location of Alfred Hitchcock’s Classic Movie, "The Birds", is named Globally Important for Bird Conservation. December 10, 2001. View Release
   
  American Bird Conservancy has announced the designation of the first 100 most Globally Important Bird Areas. June 26, 2001. View Release
   

Pesticides and Birds

  ABC Works to Include AZE in the Convention on Biological Diversity. December 03, 2009. View Release
   
 

EPA Registers Harmful Rodenticide, Opens Door to Bird Poisonings. October 22, 2009. View Release

  American Bird Conservancy Petitions EPA to Ban Import of Food Containing Deadly Pesticide Residues. August 4, 2009. View Release
   
  EPA Bans Deadly Pesticide Responsible for Millions of Bird Deaths. May 11, 2009. View Release
   
  EPA Issues Landmark Decision to Prohibit Deadly Pesticide Carbofuran Residues on Food Decision Will Improve Human Safety and End Poisonings of Birds. July 24, 2008. View Release
   
  EPA Limits Uses of Toxic Rat Poisons: Children, Pets, Birds and Other Wildlife to Benefit . May 29, 2008. View Release
   
  EPA to Restrict Use of Dangerous Pesticide: Limitations Placed on Aldicarb to Reduce Bird Poisonings, Safeguard Drinking Water. October 31, 2007. View Release
   
  Pesticides and Wildlife 45 years after Silent Spring: Steady Progress Being Made but Harm Continues. May 24, 2007. View Release
   
  Victory for Birds, Wildlife and Kids: EPA to Put Limits on Toxic Rat Poisons. January 17, 2007. View Release
   
  Pesticide Ban Follows Millions of Bird Deaths. August 3, 2006. View Release
   
  New Report: Endangered Species Act Saving America's Birds: 63% of Species Increasing or Stable; Several have Grown More than Tenfold. March 16, 2006. View Release
   
  Proposed Changes To Endangered Species Act To Benefit Chemical Giants. January 29, 2004. View Release
   
  Bush Administration Assault on Endangered Species Act: Action Would Remove Critical Review for Pesticides. January 28, 2003. View Release
   
  Groups Sue EPA to Protect Florida Wildlife from Bird-Killing Pesticide. October 28, 2002. View Release
   
  West Nile Bird Vaccine Breakthrough. September 20, 2002. View Release
   
  Conservation Groups Prevent Use of Eagle-killing Pesticide EPA Reverses Decision to Allow Granular Carbofuran on Louisiana Rice. July 29, 2002. View Release
   
  Louisiana Request for Toxic Pesticide Prompts Unprecedented Reaction from Conservation Community. July 8, 2002. View Release
   
  EPA Reverses Decade-old Decision to Allow Resumption of Bird-Killing Pesticide Use. June 28, 2002. View Release
   
  Environmental Groups Serve EPA With Notice to Sue Over Bird Deaths. January 29, 2002. View Release
   
  Conservation Groups Fund Research for West Nile Virus Vaccine. July 6, 2001. View Release
   
  The Ballad of Bandette: Oldest Known Endangered Piping Plover Faces Death From Chemical Poisoning. January 11, 2001. View Release
   
  Florida Pesticide Kills Great Lakes’ Migrant Birds. November 13, 2000. View Release
   
  Spraying pesticides to combat West Nile virus, the wrong response. October 23, 2000. View Release
   
  One of world’s most toxic pesticides cancelled . October 17, 2000. View Release
   
 

EPA Decision Prevents Pesticide Threat to Birds: Successful campaign, led by the American Bird Conservancy, halts hazardous pesticide. March 16, 2000. View Release

   

Cats Indoors Campaign

  Conservation Groups Win Lawsuit to Halt Program Releasing Feral Cats in Los Angeles. December 08, 2009. View Release
   
  Study Finds Outdoor Cats Easy Prey for Coyotes, Recommends Keeping Cats Indoors. July 2, 2009. View Release
   
  New Film Shows Failure of Popular Stray Cat Management Program, Highlights Damage to Birds from Trap, Neuter, and Release. July 1, 2009. View Release
   
  Online Survey Tracks Predators' Impact on Wild Birds. June 6, 2007. View Release
   
  New Report Documents First Ever Multi-State Review of Feral Cat Impacts on Birds. August 30, 2006. View Release
   
  Florida Cat Policy to be Decided Next Week; Conservation Groups Support State Proposal. May 22, 2003. View Release
   
  "Managed" Cat Colonies in Parks Harmful to Birds and Other Wildlife New Study Shows. June 18, 2001. View Release
   
  Ten Year Old Wins Nationwide Poster Competition for Third Annual National Keep Your Cat Indoors Day. May 7, 2001. View Release
   
  Children’s Poster Competition Kicks-Off National Keep Your Cat Indoors Day,Alerts Pet Owners to Hazards of Free-Roaming Cats. January 30, 2001.  View Release
   
  Ten Year Old Wins Poster Competition for National Keep Your Cat Indoors Day. May 9, 2000. View Release
   

Miscellaneous

  Make Every Hour Earth Hour. March 01, 2010. View Release
   
  Due to Population Decline and Energy Development, Sage-Grouse Listing Called for by American Bird Conservancy. February 23, 2010. View Release
   
  States and Communities Tackle Light Pollution Harmful to Migratory Birds. December 15, 2009. View Release
   
  Hawaiian Songbird Named One of America's Hottest Species. December 01, 2009. View Release
   
  Earth Hour: Turning Lights Off Reduces Greenhouse Emissions, Protects Migratory Birds: American Bird Conservancy Says: Please Keep Unnecessary Lights Off during Spring and Fall Migration. March 26, 2008. View Release
   
  American Bird Conservancy Launches Bird News Network. December 13, 2007. View Release
   
  Leon Levy Foundation Donates $437,000 Grant to Support Major Bird Conservation Initiatives: Grant Will Reduce Mortality of Birds Killed in Collisions with Man-Made Structures. November 2, 2007. View Release
   
  Petition Filed to Protect Two Hawaiian Birds on Brink of Extinction: Groups Call for Listing under Endangered Species Act. October 12, 2007. View Release
   
  American Bird Conservancy Report Documents Top 20 Most Threatened Bird Habitats: Multi-Billion Dollar Benefit of Bird Watching at Risk. February 8, 2007. View Release
   
  Robert Wilson Pledges $1 Million to Halt Bird Extinctions. November 28, 2006. View Release
   
  American Bird Conservancy Announces New Director of Public Relations. November 26, 2006. View Release
   

 

 
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