The U.S. federal government plays a huge role in bird conservation. Federal agencies are among American Bird Conservancy's (ABC) most important partners, managing large swaths of public lands and waters, providing funding, and administering programs that restore habitats, reduce hazards to birds, recover threatened and endangered species, and much more.  Congress is currently making decisions … Read More>>

In a race to protect rare Hawaiian honeycreepers from extinction, American Bird Conservancy (ABC) and members of the multi-agency Birds, Not Mosquitoes (BNM) partnership have started using drones to combat deadly avian malaria, spread by non-native mosquitoes. The drones are expected to expedite an innovative solution to this urgent threat: They deliver non-biting, lab-reared male … Read More>>

A local ordinance passed in Lake County, Illinois, is taking aim at one of the most worrying threats to declining birds: collisions with glass windows. More than a billion birds die in such collisions annually, contributing to the loss of 3 billion birds from North American populations since 1970. The ordinance is a national first … Read More>>

A groundbreaking study published today in Science reveals that North American bird populations are declining most severely in areas where they should be thriving. Researchers from American Bird Conservancy and Cornell Lab of Ornithology analyzed 36 million bird observations shared by birders to the Cornell Lab's eBird program alongside multiple environmental variables derived from high-resolution … Read More>>

On April 11, a legal opinion issued by the Department of the Interior concluded that the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) does not apply to the incidental, yet predictable and preventable killing of migratory birds. Under the new opinion, energy and utility companies will no longer be held liable for bird mortalities from industry hazards … Read More>>

The U.S. Department of the Air Force (DAF) recently issued a notice proposing the construction and operation of two commercial rocket landing pads on Johnston Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, home to nearly 1.5 million seabirds of 15 species, including the world's largest colony of Red-tailed Tropicbirds (Koaʻeʻula). American Bird Conservancy (ABC) is concerned about the … Read More>>

The Huron-Manistee National Forests (HMNFs) received 970 entries for the 2025 Kirtland's Warbler Young Artists' Contest from kindergarteners through eighth graders. Three Grand Rapids, Michigan students swept the 2025 contest with their entries. The winners will receive a prize pack and a free copy of the 2025-2026 Kirtland's Warbler Young Artists' Calendar. Entries to the … Read More>>

A state district court judge today paved the way for a landmark public trust suit over Utah's failure to protect the Great Salt Lake to move forward, despite the objections of state officials. Judge Laura Scott agreed with plaintiffs that Utah's public trust doctrine encompasses navigable waters like the Great Salt Lake and denied “in … Read More>>

American Bird Conservancy (ABC), Fundación de Conservación Jocotoco, Rainforest Trust, and the Conserva Aves initiative announced the creation of the Ecuador Ridgely Reserve in Selva Alegre, a vital sanctuary for the Endangered Red-faced Parrot and other threatened species. The newly protected area harbors the largest known population of the Endangered Red-faced Parrot, numbering less than … Read More>>

The 2025 U.S. State of the Birds report was released yesterday, documenting continued declines in most American bird populations. This follows research released in 2019 and co-authored by American Bird Conservancy, that showed that the continent had already lost 3 billion breeding birds since 1970. Right now, just as the State of the Birds tells … Read More>>