The warm and sunny days of Spring bring us the familiar “cur-leeee” of the Long-Billed Curlew, an icon of America’s prairies. The Long-Billed Curlew depends on Montana’s grasslands for breeding, and continues to decline across its range due to loss of this habitat to development of agriculture and infrastructure. With this decline, more research is…
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Wildlife Crossings to Reduce Wildlife-Vehicle Collisions by Dee Baginski While highways make traveling easier for humans, they have the opposite effect on animals. Highways can create barriers that separate animals from the resources that they need for survival. Oftentimes they cross our roads and highways to get where they need to go, but sometimes they…
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by Michell De Leon Tyler Oh, how I love Spring! Not only because warmer weather and sunshine are coming, but also because Spring brings migratory birds back to the Flathead Valley. Every year, I wait in anticipation for the Ospreys to return. Ospreys migrate from South America to North America to breed. On April 7,…
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by Shirley Folkwein, Coalition for a Clean CFAC Thank you, Flathead Audubon, for your support by joining the efforts of the Coalition for a Clean CFAC requesting the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) pause in their decision-making process to evaluate the cost benefits of removing (not leaving) the toxic waste fully and fairly at the CFAC…
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by Denny Olson Brecken Thorn wins Best Wildlife Conservation Science Project award from Flathead Audubon for his project at the 2024 Flathead County Science Fair. Brecken did an amazing study about fire resistance in the barks of local trees. Black-backed and Three-toed Woodpeckers, Nuthatches and Lewis’ Woodpeckers will appreciate Brecken educating us about these important…
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by Gael Bissell and Linda Winnie The Flathead Lakers will be presented with the Flathead Audubon Society’s 2024 partnership Conservation Achievement Recognition at the May 13 general meeting. Based in Polson, Montana, the Flathead Lakers have been hard at work for the last 65 years helping protect water quality, floodplains, and critical habitats in the…
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by Margaret Parodi Effective July 1, 2023, everyone ages 12 and older will need a Montana Conservation License to access most State Lands (does not include State Parks). Since there are numerous Audubon field trips that do use State lands, we encourage all Audubon members and field trip participants to get this license. Fishing access…
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by Lauren Smith, MT Audubon Communications Specialist Spring is fast approaching, and with that comes the familiar “cur-leeee” call of the Long-billed Curlew, an icon of America’s prairies. These birds depend on Montana’s grasslands for breeding and continue to decline across their range due to loss of habitat owing to development. With this decline, more…
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by Darcy Thomas Our very own Dan Casey has been awarded a certificate of appreciation for his outstanding contribution to South Dakota State University’s (SDSU) Native Lands Inventory for 2023-2024. During Dan’s tenure as Coordinator of the Northern Great Plains Joint Venture, he helped advocate and provide funding for the SDSU effort to catalog the…
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by Lauren Smith, MT Audubon Communications Specialist Help contribute valuable observations to science – and have a great time doing it! Montana Audubon is recruiting volunteers to help with four different surveys this year, including a new project surveying for Screech-owls. 2024 Montana Audubon Citizen Science Projects: Curlew training is scheduled for March 26, 6:30pm,…
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