National Audubon Society

The mission of the National Audubon Society is to conserve and restore natural ecosystems, focusing on birds, other wildlife, and their habitats for the benefit of humanity and the Earth's biological diversity. Our national network of community-based nature centers and chapters, scientific and educational programs, and advocacy on behalf of areas sustaining important bird populations engage millions of people of all ages and backgrounds in positive conservation experiences. Audubon is making progress protecting habitat on-the-ground, while its public policy office in Washington, D.C. connects Audubon with Congress, the executive branch, courts, and mass media to ensure our great natural heritage endures for generations.

Audubon vision statement is “a world in which people and wildlife thrive.” Birds face an unprecedent

Goal One: Launching The Migratory Bird Explorer - this unprecedented tool tracks millions of point-to-point connections made across our hemisphere by following nearly 500 species of migratory birds.

Goal Two: Implementing equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging to create meaningful change both within Audubon and in conservation and birding more broadly.

Goal Three: Audubon Conservation Ranching certifies beef products that are raised using bird-friendly farming and grazing practices. Expanding to 140 ranches encompassing 3.5 million acres of grassland.

Internal affinity groups (ag's) are a vital part of our collective commitment to build a culture of inclusion and belonging. AGs are employee-led groups based on shared characteristics, experiences, goals, or interests. AG membership spans geographies and job titles, and as a result, the groups create community across the breadth of the network. AG membership spans geographies and job titles, and as a result, the groups create community across the breadth of the network. In the past year a number of AG's have been launched by staff, including: Audubon’s AGs include the Access Affinity Group, Alianza Latina Affinity Group (ALAS), Black Affinity Group, Caretakers Affinity Group, Community Service Affinity Group (CSAG), Early Career Professionals Affinity Group (ECPAG), LGBTQIA++ (Queer) Affinity Group, People of Color (POC) Affinity Group, and Women’s Employee Resource Group (WERG).

• In October 2019, Audubon published our most in-depth analysis to date of the climate crisis. Survival by Degrees integrated 140 million data points gathered by scientists and birders from across the continent to identify the locations where more than 600 North American bird species nest and breed. We then applied the latest climate models to determine what will happen to these places if current trends persist. The resulting analysis makes for sobering reading: Two-thirds of North American bird species are at risk of extinction if we experience a global increase in temperature of 3 degrees Celsius. To address this crisis, we continue to evolve and aggressively pursue environmental offsets to mitigate climate crisis. audubon is working diligently and effectively to incorporate climate-related factors across our work, and to raise awareness around the impacts of climate change on the places birds and people need across the hemisphere. Our success in sparking U.S.-based bipartisan support is especially critical when engaging policymakers and other stakeholders in conservative-led states. The need for increased donor support is another common theme across our climatedriven endeavors; in the coming years, our ability to help birds and people will depend on our success in building capacity through donor generosity. Many of Audubon’s on-the-ground conservation efforts benefit birds by promoting natural climate solutions that increase carbon sequestration while protecting wildlife habitat. A few examples: Efforts by Audubon Alaska to protect the Tongass National Forest have helped underscore the value of this vital resource, which stores over 50% of the carbon in the U.S. Audubon Dakota is working with ranchers to promote regenerative grazing practices that help store additional carbon in the soil. Audubon California helped lay the groundwork for an executive order that cites natural climate solutions as an essential tool for mitigating climate change.