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Op-ed: Drought is not the time to attack environmental protections
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Op-ed: Drought is not the time to roll back environmental protections

"The drought is a crisis for everyone," argues Audubon California's Brigid McCormack in the Los Angeles Times.

With Wes Craven's passing, California birds lose a staunch advocate for birds
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Audubon California mourns the passing of Wes Craven

Friends recall the famous filmmaker as a man deeply committed to birds and the environment.

If you build it, they will come
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If you build it, they will come

Western Snowy Plovers numbers increase following restoration of Ten Mile Beach.

Would you buy bird-friendly cherries?
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Would you buy bird-friendly cherries?

More and more farmers are creating habitat on their properties.

Snowy Plover guardians at Ormond Beach in Oxnard
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Snowy Plover guardians at Ormond Beach in Oxnard

Ventura Audubon is one of many chapters doing great things on the beach to protect Endangered Western Snowy Plover.

Returning to roost
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Returning to roost

Audubon California's habitat restoration project on Aramburu Island in San Francisco Bay is drawing more and more birds -- this time Elegant Terns.

Oil spills and air pollution are just the beginning of the price we pay for oil dependence
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Oil spills and air pollution are just the beginning of the price we pay for oil dependence

Legislation making its way through the Capitol right now will move us away from oil dependence and create a better California for birds and people.

Bad idea: feeding bread to ducks and other birds
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Bad idea: feeding bread to ducks and other birds

Just because a lot of people do it, doesn't mean it's good for birds.

Herding mice
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Herding mice

Restoration projects are always full of surprises.

Judge halts 30-year permit to kill eagles at wind farms
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Judge halts 30-year permit to kill eagles at wind farms

In a decision that has far-reaching implications for both bird conservation and wind energy, a U.S. District Court judge yesterday set aside a controversial rule that would allow operators of wind energy facilities to accidentally kill Golden Eagles and Bald Eagles for up to 30 years.

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