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With Birds in Crisis, Wisconsin Bird Lovers Gather to Share Ideas, Inspiration and Action to Save Birds. “Bringing Birds Back” Conference is March 24-25 in Oshkosh!
Contacts: Karen Etter Hale, Wisconsin Bird Conservation Partnership, wbcibird@gmail.com; 920-245-1395Chuck Hagner, Bird City Wisconsin, director@birdcitywisconsin.org ; 414-967-9087Jennifer Lazewski, Wisconsin Society for Ornithology, executive.director@wsobirds.org; 262-204-7242 OSHKOSH – With birds in crisis in Wisconsin, North America and globally, Wisconsin bird lovers are gathering March 24-25 in Oshkosh to share conservation ideas, inspiration, and action to help reverse… [Read more]
Registration Now Open for Bird Conservation Conference, March 24-25, in Oshkosh
Registration is now open for our spring conference. Professionals, citizens, and bird lovers of all kinds are welcome in helping us take steps to reverse bird declines at individual and community levels. Topics include Important Bird Areas, Bird Cities, home landscaping with native plants, reducing bird-window collisions, and much more! Featuring presenters from the American… [Read more]
Wisconsin wildlife stressed by climate change
by Dea Larsen Converse, WICCI Communications Director Wisconsin is world-renowned for its diversity of wildlife. Our outdoor recreation and tourism economy, which is vital to rural communities, depends on access to this diversity of species. To Tribal Nations that live within our state boundaries, wildlife and subsistence hunting and gathering are essential to their spiritual,… [Read more]
Advancing conservation through Wisconsin’s Important Bird Areas
WBCP recently partnered with Tom Prestby and GEI Consultants to assess the 93 Important Bird Areas (IBAs) in Wisconsin to determine strengths and weaknesses of each IBA’s bird conservation potential and identify those with high potential for accelerated, strategic conservation delivery. Factors relating to bird usage, landscape and climate change resilience, and social capacity and… [Read more]
Winter finches delight Wisconsin birders
It’s another great year for winter finches in Wisconsin! Learn where to find them, what they eat, and how things may play out in the months ahead in this regional update from WDNR Conservation Biologist, Ryan Brady.
Input needed on management plan for Greater Prairie-Chicken
Have you heard of the Greater prairie-chicken? This is an extremely charismatic wildlife species in Wisconsin. People travel from all over to watch their intriguing mating display each spring. Wisconsin DNR is drafting a new management plan for this species and an initial proposal outlines four possible paths forward through 2032. The comment period for… [Read more]
7 Easy Ways to Help Birds
The best way to celebrate birds is to spend time outdoors bird watching. To continue the celebration of birds throughout the year, here are some actions you can take to make a difference for birds every day! Thanks to our partners at the Western Great Lakes Bird & Bat Observatory for this wonderful graphic.
Saving Migration ~ A Visual Journey
Conserving “our” birds requires conservation in the tropics, where many of our species spend the winter. Check out this fascinating new StoryMap from the Neotropical Flyways Project that shows the remarkable journey of Wisconsin’s breeding birds and the efforts to understand and protect them along the way. A huge shout out to the Wisconsin Natural… [Read more]
Recovering America’s Wildlife Act, a boon for birds and their habitats, one step closer to passage
On January 19, a major win for America’s wildlife was accomplished, renewing hope for bipartisan cooperation in the U.S. Congress. The U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources voted to pass the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act (H.R.2773) out of committee–an important step closer toward passage! RAWA would bring essential funding to conservation projects in our state… [Read more]