Designations

Ganondagan State Historic Site has been named a Bird Conservation Area by the state Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation.

On May 5, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) joins Seattle Audubon, Audubon Washington, Heron Habitat Helpers, Seattle Parks and Recreation Department, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, and other partners to sign a treaty designating the City of Seattle as an Urban Bird Treaty City.

Leading a nationwide trend in community concern for habitat loss, Cape Island has been officially designated a Community Wildlife Habitat by the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) with the help of New Jersey Audubon.

On May 5, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) joins Seattle Audubon, Audubon Washington, Heron Habitat Helpers, Seattle Parks and Recreation Department, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, and other partners to sign a treaty designating the City of Seattle as an Urban Bird Treaty City.

Audubon Connecticut announces the recognition of a forested landscape that spans 15 miles of the Shepaug River as an Important Bird Area (IBA).

The City of Albuquerque and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced this week that Albuquerque has been designated as an Urban Bird Treaty City.

Audubon New York has announced the designation of the 1,100-acre Seneca Meadows Wetlands Preserve in Seneca Falls as an Important Bird Area (IBA).

On Oct. 10, 2014, President Barack Obama designated 346,177 acres of existing federal lands as the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument, the eighth national monument under Forest Service management.

The Wood family name has been synonymous with Madison (Wis.) Audubon for decades, and this wonderful association came full circle with the official naming of the Wood Family Prairie at Goose Pond Sanctuary on Aug. 10.

Florida's Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve is the newest member of Coastal America's prestigious network of Coastal Ecosystem Learning Centers, one of 25 designated learning centers in the country designed to educate and engage the public in protecting coastal ecosystems.

Arizona Audubon, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Sonoran Joint Venture, and Arizona Game and Fish Department joined together on May 4 to re-dedicate the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area (NCA) as a Globally Important Bird Area.