by PA Audubon Council | Apr 10, 2025 | General
Our Bird Habitat Recognition Task Force has been at work over the winter and have reached consensus on moving forward with a new and updated Bird Habitat Recognition Program. The program goals are to educate, engage and empower community members in the effort to...
by PA Audubon Council | Apr 4, 2025 | General
Building on the success of our first “One Chapter’s Story,” presented by Pat Nastase from Valley Forge Audubon Society in January, we invite you to view the second in the series focusing on approaches used by chapters to successfully recruit individuals for service on...
by PA Audubon Council | Mar 25, 2025 | General
On March 24th, we had a meeting to review the results of the conservation issues survey. We took time to review the results of the survey and determine which issues have consensus support as our “conservation issues of highest priority.” Our goal was to provide a...
by PA Audubon Council | Mar 12, 2025 | General
Assault on the Endangered Species Act The Endangered Species Act stands as a landmark Federal Act that has had an important impact and benefit for birds and other wildlife. It is perhaps best marked by the recovery of the Bald Eagle, our emblematic national bird! The...
by PA Audubon Council | Mar 12, 2025 | General
Action on (HB362) Anticipated the Week of March 17th The PA House Energy Committee is scheduled to meet at 11:00 AM on March 17, 2025, in Room 515 of the Irvis Office Building. Two items of legislation will be before the Committee: HB660, PN620 (O’Mara) – Establishes...
by PA Audubon Council | Mar 12, 2025 | Meetings
Report of a Meeting of Representatives of Audubon MidAtlantic and the Pennsylvania Audubon Council Board On February 24, 2025, representatives of the Pennsylvania Audubon Council Board, Leigh Altadonna, Susan Murawski, and Heidi Shiver, met with Audubon MidAtlantic’s...
by PA Audubon Council | Jan 31, 2025 | General
This edition of our webinar series, One Chapter’s Story, features the comeback tale of the Valley Forge Audubon Society. In early 2024, the Council hosted a conversation with leaders from the Northeast Pennsylvania Audubon Society (NEPA) and the circumstances...
by PA Audubon Council | Jan 6, 2025 | Meetings
The Pennsylvania Audubon Council sponsored three successful fall chapter gatherings. These occurred in Pittsburgh on October 5th at Beechwood Farm Nature Reserve, Harrisburg on October 19th at Fort Hunter, and Allentown on November 2nd at Muhlenberg College. The...
by PA Audubon Council | Nov 5, 2024 | General
On Saturday, November 2, 2024, the Pennsylvania Audubon Council presented its “Walt Pomeroy Conservation Award” to Dr. Daniel Klem, Jr. in a ceremony at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The award, a framed limited edition print of a Peregrine Falcon...
by PA Audubon Council | May 24, 2023 | General
A very relevant historical document was recently uncovered in the archives of Walt Pomeroy. Walt was the Regional Vice-President of the National Audubon Society that served six states in the late 1970s, the 1980s and into the 1990s. The document is labeled “Audubon...
