Flathead Lakers to be Recognized for Conservation Achievements

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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Earth Day EXPO 2024

“Uniting Nature and Technology”, sponsored by Citizen’s Climate Lobby Saturday, April 20, 9am-4pm, Arts and Technology building, FVCC Kids’ Activities (including birding!), panel discussions, workshops and 25 booths representing local organizations. Don’t miss Flathead Audubon’s workshop, “Canaries in the Coal Mine: Birds & Climate” presented by Denny Olson, Flathead Audubon Conservation Educator. Watch a 28-minute…

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2024 Long-billed Curlew Surveys

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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