We are proud to help showcase various successful bird conservation stories from our partners across the U.S.
Through these stories, numerous land trusts across the country share their experiences conserving both lands and birds. Explore the map to learn more about how land trusts can benefit from bird conservation, including how to get started in these efforts.
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.
Operating under the organizational support of Driftless Area Land Conservancy (DALC), Southern Driftless Grasslands (SDG) is a partnership that connects landowners to stewardship resources.
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.
Ag Allies partners with land trusts, landowners, and many other partners to ensure that Bobolinks and other grassland birds have the habitat they need to thrive in Maine and co-exist with sustainable farming practices.
Encouraging people to explore the Katy Prairie Preserve and contribute data via eBird was one goal of Coastal Prairie Conservancy’s 2020 Cornell Land Trust Bird Conservation Initiative small grant project.
Using the American Kestrel as an ambassador for clean water and land protection, the Raritan Headwaters Association (RHA) has been developing a program to install and monitor nest boxes for the species in the Upper Raritan River Watershed of New Jersey.
Sierra Foothill Conservancy (SFC) used funds from a 2021 Cornell Land Trust Bird Conservation Initiative small grant to integrate eBird data in its Working Lands Conservation Strategy.
Dauphin Island Bird Sanctuaries (DIBS), an all-volunteer land trust in Alabama, used funds from a small grant in 2021 to manage 15 acres of important habitats on the barrier island.
Funded by a small grant and constructed with the help of volunteers, Land Trust of North Alabama (LTNA) built a bird blind at Chapman Mountain Nature Preserve, an eBird hotspot.
After devastating wildfires swept through Washington in September of 2020, Chelan-Douglas Land Trust worked to restore riparian and shrub-steppe habitats on Spiva Butte Nature Preserve.
