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In 2019 Audubon released its scientific report, Survival by Degrees: 389 Species on the Brink. Audubon scientists took advantage of 140 million observations, recorded by birders and scientists, to describe where 604 North American bird species live today—an area known as their “range.” They then used the latest climate models to project how each species’s range will shift as climate change and other human impacts advance across the continent.
The results are clear: Birds will be forced to relocate to find favorable homes. And they may not survive.
Also in 2019, Science published a report that showed the total breeding bird population in the continental U.S. and Canada has dropped by 29 percent since 1970. That percent represents almost 3 billion birds lost.
What to do?
Over the past year, Audubon has crafted an exciting new five-year strategic plan. The aptly named Flight Plan focuses on three core strategic drivers: a hemispheric approach to bird conservation, finding climate crisis solutions, and ensuring all people feel included and empowered in the movement to protect birds.
in this presentation, Mike Burger, Executive Director of Audubon Connecticut/New York, will describe how the Audubon staff, Chapters, Board, and members, are positioned to inspire, influence, innovate, and achieve results at unprecedented scale. The Strategic Plan orients all of Audubon toward achieving a singular goal of Bending the Bird Curve: halting, and ultimately reversing, the precipitous decline of birds across the Americas.