Salish Sea State of the Birds Report

Audubon’s Coastal Program in Washington integrates science, coverage, and group engagement to ship measurable coastal conservation outcomes and bend the hen curve, halting and in the end reversing hen declines throughout the Pacific Flyway, a essential migratory pathway for a lot of of our birds.  

By combining the hemispheric imaginative and prescient of Audubon’s Flight Plan and shut collaboration with tribes, companies, researchers, and native organizations throughout the area, the Coastal Program advances conservation options that deal with probably the most pressing threats to marine and coastal ecosystems. Leveraging each native partnerships and Audubon’s hemispheric attain, we hyperlink regional priorities to flyway-scale motion, guaranteeing that efforts right here strengthen the resilience of birds, individuals, and habitats alongside the Pacific coast.  

To information this work, Audubon Washington is growing the Salish Sea State of the Birds report, the primary regional evaluation of its sort. Informed by intensive consultations with conservation professionals representing state and federal companies, tribes, analysis establishments, and conservation teams throughout the area, the report will present a shared basis for understanding the well being of our coastal hen populations, pinpointing pressing conservation priorities, figuring out information gaps, and shaping coordinated coverage and administration actions.  

By connecting native science to the broader Pacific Flyway context, the report will assist align conservation efforts throughout jurisdictions and communities. It may also function a public-facing instrument to tell restoration, elevate consciousness, foster stewardship, and encourage motion for the birds and habitats of the Salish Sea.  

Inspire Action Through Outreach and Storytelling 

The Salish Sea State of the Birds shall be greater than a scientific evaluation; it is going to be a spark for public engagement. We will body coastal conservation as important to wholesome communities and a resilient future, highlighting how birds are highly effective ambassadors for shared regional values similar to clear water, thriving salmon runs, cultural heritage, and outside recreation. By centering conservation in these values, we are able to attain new audiences and construct lasting public assist.  

This venture will spotlight focal species and habitats, have a good time group science and conservation successes, and provide clear actions that individuals, communities, and decision-makers can take to assist birds. Beyond its preliminary publication, the Salish Sea State of the Birds is designed to be an enduring useful resource, preserving the perfect out there science on coastal birds accessible and actionable for companions, communities, and decision-makers for years to return. Together with companions and communities throughout the area, we are able to foster a shared sense of accountability for the way forward for the Salish Sea and its birds. 

Advance Audubon Washington’s Policy Agenda 

By integrating science into coverage and planning, we are able to construct extra resilient coastal techniques for each wildlife and other people. Recent legislative wins have strengthened land-use planning and adaptation for sea-level rise and have promoted a extra ecologically sound strategy to shoreline administration and allowing throughout the state.  

With the Salish Sea State of the Birds report in hand, we are able to construct on our legislative observe file to ship strategic coverage and funding assist that aligns with Audubon’s Healthy Birds and Healthy Planet coverage agenda. Our work in Washington state will proceed to be rooted in science and formed by the insights of communities and conservation companions throughout the area.