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Posted on Feb 28, 2023 by Ryan Brady
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]
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Posted on Feb 3, 2023 by Ryan Brady
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]
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Posted on Jan 4, 2023 by Ryan Brady
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]
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Posted on Feb 2, 2022 by Ryan Brady
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]
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Posted on Feb 2, 2022 by Ryan Brady
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.
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Posted on Feb 2, 2022 by Ryan Brady
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]
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Posted on Feb 2, 2022 by Ryan Brady
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.
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Posted on Feb 2, 2022 by Ryan Brady
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]
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Posted on Feb 2, 2022 by Ryan Brady
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]
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Posted on Apr 16, 2020 by Ryan Brady
Online voting in the Wisconsin Conservation Congress is open through Thursday, April 16 at 7pm. Make your voice heard by learning more and submitting the survey found at the DNR’s website here. This is a great activity to do from home, so please make some time to prepare for and respond to survey questions! In… [Read more]
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