Paris Climate Talks: The Local Angle December 1, 2015 – With negotiators gathering in Paris to work on agreements to lower carbon emissions, the Connecticut Audubon Society warns that climate change is already here and having a dramatic effect on the state’s wildlife, and predicts significant drops in vulnerable nesting birds as well as the […]
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Connecticut’s “Vulnerable 6” Wildlife Species at High Risk Because of Climate Change
Tuesday, December 1st, 2015The Connecticut Audubon Society Wins EPA Grant to Make Climate Change Education Part of Everyday Programs
Tuesday, November 24th, 2015November 24, 2015 – The Connecticut Audubon Society along with with Massachusetts Audubon and the Audubon Society of Rhode Island have been awarded a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency grant to collaborate on an education initiative, called Building Climate Action Communities, designed to make climate change science a routine part of outdoor nature programs. Climate change […]
Rare Cottontails Found on Larsen Sanctuary in Fairfield
Monday, November 16th, 2015October 2015 – One of the region’s more elusive mammals, the New England cottontail is alive and apparently well at our Roy and Margot Larsen Wildlife Sanctuary in Fairfield, we learned recently. That’s good news because more than 80 percent of the region’s New England cottontails have vanished in recent decades and the remaining population […]
New Director of the Coastal Center at Milford Point
Sunday, September 27th, 2015The Connecticut Audubon Society is pleased to welcome Cathy Hagadorn as the new director of the Coastal Center at Milford Point. A longtime education manager at the Maritime Aquarium in Norwalk and an expert in the ecology of Long Island Sound, Cathy will oversee all of the programs, events and activities at the Coastal Center, […]
Connecticut Audubon’s Education Director Participates in Climate Change Event at the White House
Monday, August 24th, 2015August 24, 2015 – Michelle Eckman, Connecticut Audubon Society’s director of education, was among 150 U.S. educators and students at the White House last week to participate in a Back-to-School Climate Education summit organized by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). The event was live-streamed and viewed by over 800 people […]
Osprey Nation Grows as Citizen Scientists Help Monitor Connecticut’s Osprey Population
Thursday, July 9th, 2015July 13, 2015 — Osprey Nation, the Connecticut Audubon Society’s citizen science program, has grown significantly in its second year, with more volunteer stewards documenting, mapping and monitoring considerably more nests than last year. Statewide, 134 Connecticut residents are volunteering this nesting season to collect bi-weekly and monthly data on the state’s rapidly increasing Osprey […]
A New Logo, a New Look for the Future
Wednesday, June 24th, 2015June 24, 2015 – The Connecticut Audubon Society has a new logo and a new look, and we are pleased and proud to be able to share it today with our members and supporters. We unveiled the new logo this morning at a lively event with our summer camp kids in Fairfield (read the news […]
Connecticut Audubon Expands with New Regional Board in Lower Connecticut River Valley
Tuesday, May 5th, 2015May 5, 2015 – The Connecticut Audubon Society is pleased to announce the formation of a new regional board focused on the lower Connecticut River valley. The new regional board will work in conjunction with Connecticut Audubon Society staff and state Board of Directors to provide direction and support to the organization’s conservation and education […]
Osprey Nation: 2014 Final Report
Tuesday, April 7th, 2015March 10, 2015 In 2014 Connecticut Audubon Society launched Osprey Nation[i], a statewide program aimed to monitor and help enhance the osprey population in the state. In a two pronged approach, the Connecticut Audubon Society has sought to support and facilitate scientific research on the ospreys, particularly the large colony at the mouth […]
Lecturer Enlightens Audience of 130 about Hidden Lives of Snowy Owls
Monday, January 26th, 2015January 26, 2015 – Before last winter, the common wisdom was that the Snowy Owls that occasionally left their Arctic breeding grounds to winter further south did so because they were desperate for food and arrived in our area exhausted and starving. But according to Don Crockett, who develops the interactive Snowy Owl maps for […]
Grant Improves Habitat at Trail Wood
Wednesday, December 17th, 2014From 1959 until his death in 1980, Edwin Way Teale, who won the Pulitzer Prize for non-fiction in 1966, observed the natural world from his home in Hampton, writing down what he saw and heard and turning his observations into two books, including A Naturalist Buys an Old Farm. Teale’s land and former home is […]
3M Eco Grant to Provide Outdoor Science Education in Meriden
Tuesday, December 9th, 2014Connecticut Audubon Society has been awarded an $34,440 3M Eco Grant to identify natural habitats near Meriden elementary schools where students can participate in Connecticut Audubon’s award-winning Science in Nature education program. The grant is the second 3M Eco Grant that Connecticut Audubon Society has been awarded in three years. The first was used to […]
Employment Opportunity: Summer Camp Director
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2014The Summer Camp Director oversees the summer camp programs for ages 3-12. The director will train, supervise and evaluate teaching staff, volunteers, and teach occasionally. This position includes administrative duties related to summer camp, including maintaining camp license, staff professionalism, high quality of teaching and fostering a fun learning environment. Full time seasonal position; the […]
The John Patrick Flanagan Trail Blazers Program Brings Kids to the Woods
Monday, December 1st, 2014The John Patrick Flanagan Foundation has once again generously provided Connecticut Audubon Society with a grant for its Trail Blazers program, which brings Bridgeport public school students to our Center at Fairfield and its Larsen Sanctuary for a day of science education in the outdoors. Students in the Trail Blazers program learn about conservation science […]
Connecticut Audubon Society Today: An Organization of Bird Watchers, Or Something More?
Wednesday, November 26th, 2014Perhaps you’ve gone on one of our nature walks, read about our work in the press, chanced upon us in a blog or on Facebook, or received our weekly Bird Finder email. Have you wondered what exactly Connecticut Audubon Society does, or what we stand for?
Are we simply an organization of bird watchers, or do we stand for something larger?
Connecticut Audubon Society aims to be the leading conservation organization in the state, and we seek to do that by leveraging the charismatic nature of birds to inspire a stronger conservation ethos.
News Release: “Science in Nature” Named Region’s Best Environmental Ed Program
Friday, October 31st, 2014October 31, 2014 – Connecticut Audubon Society’s new suite of Science in Nature education programs, which in just two years have brought hands-on outdoor science education to 15,000 students throughout the state, has been honored as the region’s outstanding environmental education program by the New England Environmental Education Alliance. Established in 2012, Science in Nature […]
Connecticut Audubon Society Presents Annual “Dave Engelman” Volunteer Award to Phil Donahue
Friday, October 17th, 2014Connecticut Audubon Society presented television personality and film producer Phil Donahue, a former Westport, Ct., resident, with its annual volunteer award for his dedication to helping restore the state’s population of Purple Martins, a threatened species, at its 116th annual meeting, Thursday, October 2, in New Haven. Milan Bull, Connecticut Audubon’s senior director of science […]
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Thursday, October 9th, 2014Our 2014 Tree Swallow cruises sold out fast, so we are beginning our 2015 reservations now! Guarantee a space for next year by reserving today! Simply click here to make your reservations online. Call our office at 860-767-0660 or email pwood@ctaudubon.org. Learn more about the Swallow Cruises on this page.
Connecticut Audubon Society Presents Annual Award to Phil Donahue
Monday, October 6th, 2014Connecticut Audubon Society presented television personality and film producer Phil Donahue, a former Westport, Ct., resident, with its annual volunteer award for his dedication to helping restore the state’s population of Purple Martins, a threatened species, at its 116th annual meeting, Thursday, October 2, in New Haven. Milan Bull, Connecticut Audubon’s senior director of science […]
Two Roads Brewing Donates Shore 2 the Pour Proceeds to Support Conservation
Friday, August 1st, 2014Brad Hittle, left, chief executive of Two Roads Brewing in Stratford, presents a check for $4,000 to Kaylee Weil, director of our Milford Point Coastal Center, and Connecticut Audubon President Alexander Brash. Two Roads generously made Connecticut Audubon Society the beneficiary of its Shore 2 the Pour Road Race in Stratford, on August 24, in […]
