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Science & Conservation
Sound science forms the foundation of
all we do at Audubon Vermont. Whether we are educating the
next generation of conservationists at the Green Mountain
Audubon Center, managing the Common Terns on our sanctuaries
on Lake Champlain or providing testimony to the state legislature
as they deliberate on an environmental bill, we strive to
use the best available science to protect our great natural
heritage.
Throughout our 100-years, Audubon members
and volunteers have used their skills to participate in our
citizen science programs to gather the data that can inform
our programs and positions. Today, you can participate in
the Christmas Bird
Count that provided Rachel Carson with the evidence she
needed to write Silent Spring opening our eyes to the loss
of songbirds due to the indiscriminate use of pesticides.
More recently, the addition of the internet-based Great
Backyard Bird Count connects people with nature and helps
us gather valuable information on bird population trends.
Vermont is a special place for songbirds,
water birds, raptors and other wildlife. Our forests, fields,
rivers, wetlands and lakes provide habitat that host some
of the highest concentration of breeding birds in the United
States. Working in partnership with BirdLife
International, Audubon's Important
Bird Area Program is identifying the most important bird habitat and working with our chapters
and partners to monitor and conserve these places.
Vermont's forests combined with our neighboring
states are globally important for neo-tropical migratory songbirds.
Our Forest Bird Initiative is working with our Audubon partners
in Maine, New Hampshire and New York to develop regional strategies tied to on-the-ground conservation
activities that will maintain our forested landscape as a
neotropical migratory bird nursery.
For more information on our specific conservation
and science programs follow the links on the left.
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