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Insurance co. backtracks on Audubon Society cancellation after public outcry

By James Odato

Audubon chapter rejects offer from The Hartford to reinstate coverage

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Southern Adirondack Audubon chapter gets surprise insurance cancellation

By James Odato

Insurer cites Audubon's environmental advocacy as reason

Breeding bird atlas kicks off its third statewide survey since 1980

By Gwendolyn Craig

New York is undergoing its third Breeding Bird Atlas, a five-year citizen science project that helps track our avian neighbors across the state.

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Surplus of “middle-aged” forests afflicts Northeastern songbirds

By Brandon Loomis

Started in Vermont in partnership with the Tree Farm forestry certification program and other agencies, the warbler effort aims to knock some of the Northeast’s dense forests back into an earlier succession that favors certain birds and the insects they eat.

Warming threatens iconic Adirondack bird species

By Ben Westcott

The report determined that 64 percent of North American bird species are at risk of extinction from climate change. On a more hopeful note, the study found that acting to hold warming to no more than 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit since pre-industrial levels—the most ambitious of three scenarios considered in the report—could reduce the vulnerability of 70 percent of these at-risk species.

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Forestry workshops will focus on declining birds

By Brandon Loomis

Audubon New York, Audubon Vermont and forestry experts from both states will educate attendees on declining bird populations and what can be done to help them.

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Christmas Bird Count tracks North Country habitat shifts

By Adirondack Explorer

The Christmas count is one of the longest running and expansive “citizen science” programs, in which amateurs collect data to be used in legitimate scientific research. The accessibility of the program has allowed thousands of people to contribute to one of the largest databases about bird activity in North America for more than a century.

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