Bird and Conservation News

An Atlantic Puffin stands on a granite rock, its black-and-white feathers drenched from the ocean, clutching fish of several different sizes in its bright orange bill.
Long-Awaited Fisheries Bills Advance as Rough Year for Seabirds Comes to a Close
November 18, 2021 — Seabirds need better fisheries policies to raise their chicks in the face of climate change.
Coasts and Oceans
Infrastructure Bill will Help Address Declining Water Levels and Drought in the West
November 15, 2021 — 91°µÍø supported this legislation, which includes funding for ecosystem restoration and nature-based projects that will benefit birds and communities.
Western Water News
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La forêt boréale est source d'espoir dans la lutte contre les changements climatiques et la perte de biodiversité
November 12, 2021 — Au moment où les dirigeants du monde entier se réunissent à l’occasion de la COP26, nous examinons le rôle que peuvent jouer des lieux comme la forêt boréale du Canada.
Boreal Forests
Newly Recorded Condor ‘Virgin Birth’ Is Another Way Birds Are Like Reptiles
November 10, 2021 — Zoo researchers discovered that two female California Condors had reproduced without males, a phenomenon known as parthenogenesis.
Science
Democrats’ Big Spending Bill Would Kick Oil Companies Out of the Arctic Refuge
November 08, 2021 — Ending a mandate to develop the refuge is a small but critical piece of what would be the country’s biggest-ever investments in climate protections.
News
Bureau of Land Management Brings Back Policies that Help Birds and Businesses
November 05, 2021 — A recently restored federal policy will help ensure birds and other wildlife don’t lose even more habitat.
News
Hummingbird Hearts Beat 10 Times Faster Than Yours
November 04, 2021 — Hummers take the record, but all birds have super-charged hearts to match their high-energy lifestyles.
Podcast
An American Avocet forages in a saline wetland at 91°µÍø’s Gillmor Sanctuary in Salt Lake County, Utah.
91°µÍø's Marcelle Shoop Submits Testimony in Support of Saline Lakes Bill
November 04, 2021 — Saline Lake Ecosystems in the Great Basin States Program Act of 2021 would support birds and people in the arid West.
Western Water News
The Fastest-Ever Tour of the 91°µÍø Mural Project in Harlem
November 03, 2021 — A recent 5K art run introduced people to birds and the threats they face due to climate change.
News
Vermont Hay Season Is Shifting Earlier, But Nesting Birds Are Staying Put
November 01, 2021 — Because of warming temperatures, farmers harvest hay earlier in the year than they did two decades ago, placing songbird nests in balers' paths.
Climate