We are proud to help showcase various successful bird conservation stories from our land trust partners across the U.S.
Through these stories, numerous land trusts share their experiences conserving both lands and birds and how to get started with these efforts.
To learn more about how land trusts can benefit from bird conservation, explore the interactive map of projects across the country, visit the StoryMap showcasing the efforts of an all-volunteer land trust on Dauphin Island, or scroll down to many other stories that demonstrate how organizations have used bird conservation resources successfully in the grid below.
The Grassland Bird Collaboration, launched by Willistown Conservation Trust in 2022, was supported by small grants in 2023 and 2024 to support its efforts across working farmland and preserved open spaces in southeastern Pennsylvania.
Westchester Land Trust uses community partnerships, workshops, and eBird to facilitate conversations about bird conservation in Westchester County, New York.
Vermont Land Trust and Audubon Vermont worked together on two small grant projects, one in 2020 and another in 2023. The partnership helped Audubon Vermont identify project properties for bird-friendly habitat management while making Vermont Land Trust’s conservation work more enduring.
Upstate Forever (UF), South Carolina’s first nationally accredited land trust, developed baselines and management guidelines for grassland bird habitats in the Piedmont Ecoregion of Upstate South Carolina.
TILT is working to conserve lands for migratory birds, full-time residents, and for future generations of human visitors.
TNTBC prioritizes land parcels based on their biodiversity in critically endangered Coastal Douglas Fir ecosystems to maximize conservation investments.
Birds are a focus for CFGC’s conservation efforts because there are unique and vulnerable species in Florida.
TRLT protects agricultural lands, which serve as habitat for many bird species of conservation concern.
Biodiversity is a core value of Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy (SWMLC), which used small grant funds for bird-friendly habitat management and to establish a bird monitoring program.
In 2024, with the support of a small grant from the Land Trust Initiative, the Southern Plains Land Trust partnered with Bird Conservancy of the Rockies to run a bird monitoring workshop for land trusts.
Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy implemented low cost, minimal impact forestry practices to restore declining conifer ecosystems for the benefit of multiple species of greatest conservation need.
SAHC has conserved nearly 800 acres of ecologically significant habitat to provide nesting grounds for birds.
