How the Farm Bill Works for Birds
Today, the Farm Bill impacts conservation actions across millions of acres, and is a vital resource in the effort to address the crisis facing North American birds.
Federal Spending Bill That Strengthens Bird Conservation Signed Into Law
In good news for birds and other wildlife, on January 23, 2026, a funding package for essential conservation programs was passed with overwhelming bipartisan support in both the House and Senate. The bill, H.R.6938, “Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Enviro...
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science and Appalachian Mountains Joint Venture/American Bird Conservancy Awarded $1.2 Million Grant to Use Big Data in Migratory Bird Conservation
Recently, the U.S. National Science Foundation and the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation announced a $1.2 million grant to University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) and Appalachian Mountains Joint Venture/American Bird Conservancy (AMJV/ABC) to use data from remote sensing and ma...
New Initiative “Let the Sun Shine In – Indiana” will Work to Restore the State's Oak-Hickory Forests
Southern Indiana's forests are growing darker, making them more homogenous and emptier of birdlife. Trees like beech and maple have proliferated since humans began suppressing fire in the region, choking out the sunlight that oak trees and other important sources of food and shelter for birds need t...
Newest (and Last) Joint Venture Boosts Prospects for Threatened California Birds and Other Wildlife
In January 2020, American Bird Conservancy (ABC) and lead partners the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly) – acting on behalf of 23 partnering agencies and organizations – launched the California Central Coast Joint Venture (C3JV). This con...
Set With Care, Fire Creates Habitat for Many Declining Bird Species
In a stand of tall, slender pines somewhere in Florida, a fire is burning. Set widely apart from one other, the trees have scaly, reddish bark and round tufts of needles as long as your hand. The fire doesn't touch the crowns of the trees — instead, it burns slowly along the ground, crackli...
