Six States Joining Bird City Network
In 2025, more than 275 communities participated in BCN within its 16 programs. They completed more than 3,500 actions to improve habitat, reduce threats, engage people, and promote sustainability.
Grassland Restoration Helps Birds in Minnesota
Grasshopper Sparrows, Bobolinks, Western Meadowlarks, and other grassland birds that returned to western Minnesota and northern Iowa this spring found hundreds of acres of improved habitat thanks to a partnership between ABC, the Student Conservation Association, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Servi...
Ten Latin American Species Most In Need of Conservation
The imperiled species identified by ABC’s gap analysis, particularly the 10 shown here, are up against multiple threats, and their small populations and ranges make them all the more vulnerable. Securing a future for the 10 species that fall short of both habitat and population targets is attainab...
Insecticide-free Seed Program Takes Root
Between last year and this year, growers in ABC’s Untreated Seed Pilot Program planted a total of nearly 10,000 acres of crops across 17 states without using neonicotinoid seed coatings. The participating farms represented a diverse cross-section of American agriculture.
Finding and Protecting the Chilean Woodstar's Last Habitats
The Azapa Valley was the historical stronghold for the Chilean Woodstar, but habitat loss has resulted in the local extinction of the tiny hummingbird. Conserving the woodstar’s only two remaining sites in the Vítor and Camarones valleys is necessary to prevent its population from declining furth...
Prioritizing Indigenous Perspectives in Grassland Restoration
The central grasslands of North America once covered nearly a tenth of the continent, an expanse created and sustained by the imprint of humans and ancient animals — roving camelops, mammoths, giant ground sloths, and bison. The paths they chose and the lives they led shaped tallgrass and shortgra...
Finding a Home on the Range
While it’s hard to determine precisely how many Lessers were on the plains before settlement, some scientists estimate that the population has dropped by as much as 97 percent. It’s now believed to number fewer than 28,000.
