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Palm warbler ©Jim Williams
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Great-horned owlets ©Rebecca Field
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American goldfinch ©Mike Lentz
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Common mergansers ©Jim Williams
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Common-yellow throat ©Jim Williams
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Song sparrow ©Rebecca Field
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Red-bellied woodpecker ©Jim Williams
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Red-headed Woodpeckers ©Jim Williams
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Purple martins ©Jim Williams
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Green Heron ©Jim Williams
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Cape-may warbler ©Jim Williams
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American white pelicans ©Rebecca Field

  • State of the Birds 2010 Climate Change Report



    How climate change may affect our birds and their habitats, and actions needed, are detailed in a recent report by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, in partnership with Audubon and nine other organizations and agencies.




  • EPA Flunks PolyMet’s Proposal for an Open-Pit Sulfide Mine as “Unacceptable”



    In a letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Environmental Protection Agency rated PolyMet’s draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) for their proposed NorthMet sulfide mine located near the Boundary Waters both "environmentally unsatisfactory” and “inadequate.” More...




  • Interior Department Critical of Mining Impact Statement



    The U.S. Department of the Interior reviewed the October 2009 Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the open pit NorthMet Project promoted by PolyMet Mining near the Boundary Waters and found the impacts of the proposal are “not fully and fairly addressed in the DEIS” and does not fully address anticipated project effects to federally endangered species, the bald eagle, wetlands and mine run-off.




  • Aveda Institute Cut-a-Thon



    Whether you just need a new spring hairstyle or just want to be pampered, you can help support Audubon. Aveda's top stylists and technicians are volunteering their time and talents to help raise awareness, and funds, to support Audubon's work on the Mississippi River. Event details.




  • Audubon Urges Support for Forested Lands



    Audubon Minnesota has written members of the Minnesota Congressional Delegation urging them to support an appropriation of $3.1 million for key parcels that would be added to Minnesota’s Chippewa and Superior National Forests.




  • EPA Unveils Great Lakes Restoration Plan



    WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released an action plan to guide the Obama Administration’s efforts to restore the Great Lakes. The plan lays out the most urgent threats facing the Great Lakes and sets out goals, objectives and key actions to help restore the lakes.




  • BirdSafe - Lights Out



    With spring migration just around the corner Minnesota buildings are stepping up to save birds and energy. Thanks to our new Lights Out participants: 20, 100 & 111 Washington Square, One Financial Plaza; One & Two Carlson Parkway; Carlson Center East I, 301 & 401 Carlson Parkway.




  • Audubon Minnesota Birdathon



    Celebrate the diversity of the resident and migratory bird species throughout Minnesota by participating in a FUNdraising Birdathon to benefit Audubon Minnesota’s bird conservation efforts. Anyone can participate: expert birders, casual birdwatchers and beginners too.




  • Audubon Minnesota Awards Grants to Two State Chapters



    Two state Audubon chapters have been selected as the 2010 recipients of Collaborative Project funding made possible through Audubon Minnesota. “These annual grants are awarded to promote projects and programs that advance the state office’s conservation and educational priorities,” said Mark Peterson, Audubon Minnesota’s Executive Director.




  • Field Research Assistants Needed



    Field Research Assistants are needed May 21 to early-July 2010 to complete surveys of breeding birds in Minnesota and northern Wisconsin as part of Minnesota’s statewide Breeding Bird Atlas and a long-term monitoring program on national forests of the western Great Lakes region.