Audubon Starr Ranch is working with other conservation leaders to reduce the threat.
Lawmakers seem eager to find another way to renew state's landmark climate program.
Audubon President David Yarnold calls move "an abdication of American leadership in the fight against the biggest threat facing people and birds."
A quick look at the federally listed birds that use the California national monuments
If the federal Endangered Species Act is weakened or removed, several bird species in California will lack specific protections.