Our Programs

North America

Partnering with the Migratory Bird Joint Ventures, strong collaborations, and a focus on conservation results define our North American programs. We take a regional approach to conserving, improving, and expanding high-quality bird habitat for endemic and migratory species alike. Our efforts focus on recovering fast-declining and vulnerable species, reversing declines among more widespread species through landscape-scale conservation, and mitigating threats to species that are abundant but declining. With our partners in the Migratory Bird Joint Ventures, we have improved management of more than 9.3 million acres of habitat.

Latin America & the Caribbean

Working in partnership with dozens of on-the-ground and local organizations throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, we focus on preventing extinctions of the rarest species. We have helped establish a growing network of more than 100 reserves protecting some of the most vital bird habitat in the Western Hemisphere. ABC-backed initiatives like the Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) and the Latin America Reserve Stewardship Initiative (LARSI), managed with March Conservation Fund, are identifying key sites and building stewardship capacity of areas critical for bird conservation.

Oceans & Islands

Our Oceans and Islands programs work to conserve and restore some of the most fragile ecosystems and endangered birds in the Americas. We collaborate with partners to inspire change, such as turning off bright lights that attract seabirds, and encouraging new fisheries innovations to prevent unnecessary seabird deaths. We seek and implement innovative, science-backed solutions to halt extinctions and stabilize the imperiled bird populations of the Hawaiian Islands.

Migratory Birds

Billions of birds migrate thousands of miles twice a year as they journey to and from their breeding grounds across the Western Hemisphere, crossing political, geographic, and cultural boundaries as they go. We conserve birds throughout their full annual cycles, from breeding to nonbreeding grounds and everywhere in between. We work with dozens of partners at critical points along the migratory path to implement bold conservation solutions that also benefit endemic species — and people.

Advocacy & Threats

Threats to birds are abundant, but we are tackling them one by one. We research, test, and promote solutions to some of the most serious problems birds face, from dangerous glass windows to free-roaming cats. We work at the federal, state, and local levels with legislatures, judicial systems, and agencies in the U.S. to protect, strengthen, and pursue policies that benefit birds and their habitats. And, we engage a network of supporters to join us in taking action on behalf of birds.