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.
MVC prioritizes the protection of intact functional ecosystems, and saw they couldn’t have healthy ecosystems without birds.
As part of a small grant project in 2023, Mount Grace Land Conservation Trust implemented a variety of forestry techniques to diversify the breeding bird habitat at Guiney Memorial Forest.
In 2023, New River Land Trust set out to understand bird species occurrence on two large farm properties protected by conservation easements in an effort to build relationships with the landowners.
With the support of a small grant from the Land Trust Initiative in 2024, the Northwest Arkansas Land Trust (NWALT) developed a Restorative Birding program, which helps connects people to birds and, through birds, to the land.
With a focus on community engagement and outreach, Palouse Land Trust’s 2022 small grant project sought to engage landowners in stewardship, restoration, and preservation of critical habitat for a bird species in decline.
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.
Funded by a small grant, survey protocols and bird habitat enhancement practices were implemented by Sacramento Valley Conservancy at Deer Creek Hills Preserve in 2021.
With support from a 2024 small grant, Santa Fe Conservation Trust developed a Rangeland Restoration Implementation Plan focused on improving soil stabilization, water infiltration, and wildlife habitat.
As a small land trust in a rural area, SRLT uses bird conservation to help raise awareness and garner support for their work.
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.
SLT is dedicated to land restoration and conservation efforts that will provide habitat to a large range of bird species.
A small grant project in 2022 brought Sonoma Land Trust, The Wildlands Conservancy, and Point Blue Conservation Science together to examine how birds respond to fuel reduction treatments like prescribed fire, mechanical thinning, and shaded fuel breaks.
