What the Presidential Election Means for Birds and the Environment

In this issue: The Presidential Election and Birds, Find Your Flock Webinar, Mixed News for the Tongass National Forest, Eastern Black Rail Listed as Threatened, News from the Flyways, Climate Corner, and Your Actions at Work for the Arctic Refuge Trouble viewing this e-mail? Try our [web version](. [National Audubon Society]( ADVISORY November 2020 [Long-tailed Duck in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.]( [What the Presidential Election Means for Birds and the Environment]( Starting on day one, there’s plenty the president-elect can do to confront climate change, the single greatest threat to birds. Advocates also anticipate action on public lands conservation and the reversal of attacks on some of the nation’s core environmental laws, including the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and the Endangered Species Act. [Read more.]( Long-tailed Duck. [Two California Condors up-close. ]( [“Find Your Flock” Webinar, November 17 at 8 p.m. ET]( Join the November Find Your Flock webinar for an exciting discussion on how to plan enduring and impactful campaigns. Using past experience and historical examples, we’ll outline how to develop local movements that reverberate nationally. [Register here.]( California Condors. [Red-breasted Sapsucker. ]( [Forest Service Removes Roadless Protections for Tongass National Forest]( Last month brought mixed news for the Tongass National Forest, located in Southeast Alaska. First, a court case filed by Earthjustice on behalf of Audubon and other conservation groups resulted in [legal victory for the protection of Prince of Wales Island.]( But despite public input and the importance of old-growth trees for local communities and wildlife, a week later the U.S. Forest Service rolled back long-standing “Roadless Rule” protections. [Read more.]( Red-breasted Sapsucker. [Black Rail being banded by Erik Johnson, Audubon Louisiana’s director of bird conservation.]( [Eastern Black Rail Officially Gets Classified as ‘Threatened’]( The Black Rail's discreet and nocturnal nature has not made studying or saving this species an easy task. While this listing does not automatically afford the species special protections, it's meant to spur the action needed to protect the few thousand Eastern Black Rails left in the United States. [Read more.]( Black Rail being banded by Erik Johnson, Audubon Louisiana’s director of bird conservation. News from the Flyways - [Arizona: Bilingual Webinar Training on November 18—Advocacy for Conservation]( - [California: Bird Counts and Water Tests Monitor a Shrinking Salton Sea]( - [Colorado: Wildfire in Our Watersheds—How Science Can Inform Our State Water Plan]( - [Delaware: Reward Offered to Catch Delaware Bay Oil Spill Culprit (Delaware Online op-ed)]( - [Florida: Department of Transportation Task Forces Recommend Protections for Natural Areas and Rural Lands]( - [Georgia: Georgia Audubon Opposes Mining Near the Okefenokee Swamp]( - [Great Lakes: Great Lakes Coalition Names Audubon’s Marnie Urso as Co-Chair]( - [New Mexico: Advocating for Areas of Critical Concern along New Mexico’s Rivers]( - [New York: Audubon Joins Broad Coalition in Call to Protect Environmental Programs]( - [North Carolina: Duke Energy Center to Go Dark for the Birds]( - [Ohio: Columbus Voters Approve Green-Energy Aggregation Plan (story from The Columbus Dispatch)]( - [Washington: Virtual Advocacy Day on December 9]( Impact Updates [Brown Pelican soaring over water.]( [Climate Corner]( Last month, members of the U.S. House of Representatives introduced the Ocean-Based Climate Solutions Act to address the impact of climate change on our oceans and coasts through both mitigation and adaptation strategies. After reports released earlier this year by both the House and Senate Committees on the Climate Crisis highlighted the accelerating climate threats to oceans and coasts, this 300-page bill calls for bold and necessary action to protect people, birds, and the places they need. [Read more.]( Brown Pelican. [King Eider in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.]( [Your Actions at Work]( In October, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management issued a plan to allow seismic testing in one of the world's most remote and intact ecosystems in search of oil. The planned seismic survey is a key step in the rushed efforts to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling. During the brief 14-day comment period, more than 24,000 Audubon members sent public comments to oppose this misguided plan. [Read more.]( King Eider in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. 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