Conservation

Conservation is core to the founding and continued mission of Boulder County Audubon. Our focus on conservation reaches from creating habitat in backyards to monitoring native species around the region.

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Be a Habitat Hero

Learn how to turn your yard into habitat for birds (and other organisms). Find out more information on the Habitat Hero program and find essays by local wildscapers.

Boulder County Ecosystem Stewardship Initiative

Imagine a wild place in Boulder County that you visit several times a year; learning the names of the beetles and butterflies, following the blooming cycles of wildflowers and the breeding cycles of songbirds, and quietly observing coyotes, foxes, and elk. Learn more about the Boulder County Ecosystem Stewardship Initiative, a volunteer project launched by the Boulder County Nature Association and Boulder County Audubon.

Bluebird Nest Monitoring

Boulder County Audubon Society volunteers have become a part of one of the most successful efforts ever undertaken to reverse a species decline by monitoring nest boxes at several Boulder County parks. Learn more about this project and view related beautiful photographs.

State of the Birds in Boulder County

Monitoring the state of the birds of Boulder County is core to the history of Boulder County Audubon.  Read Steve Jones’s report for 2011 which focused on three areas:

• can locally extirpated species be recovered?,

• rare and declining species, and

• habitat specialists.

Dodd Reservoir

Boulder County Audubon Society owns Dodd Reservoir located between Boulder and Longmont. Dodd Reservoir’s small native prairie provides habitat for native and migrating birds, as well as prairie wildlife. Learn more about Dodd Reservoir.

Carbon Offset Bird Project

Boulder Audubon recognizes that there is an environmental cost to our birding and we take our responsibility seriously. BCAS joins the Carbon Offset Bird Project (COBP) as part of that effort. We are creating a fund that allows us to voluntarily contribute money to offset our birding-related carbon emissions—those that come directly from our birding activities. The funds will be used to acquire, conserve, and restore quality bird habitat in our local area—often places we go birding. This COBP project is modeled loosely after other carbon offset programs involving air or vehicle travel, but it is specifically tailored to local birders and local birds—a perfect example of Think Globally, Act Locally. Learn more about this project and find out how you can be involved!

Important Bird Areas

“Important Bird Areas, or IBAs, are sites that provide essential habitat for one or more species of bird. IBAs include sites for breeding, wintering, and/or migrating birds. IBAs may be a few acres or thousands of acres, but usually they are discrete sites that stand out from the surrounding landscape. IBAs may include public or private lands, or both, and they may be protected or unprotected.” (From the Audubon Society’s Important Bird Areas).

Rocky Mountain National Park is a Boulder County area IBA. Information about all Colorado IBA’s can be found by visiting Audubon Colorado’s IBA web pages.

Birds & Beans Coffee

Conservation starts with choices we make every day, including that first decision in the morning. Birds & Beans Coffee are makers of certified organic, shade-grown, and bird-friendly coffee. In the past, BCAS had a Coffee Club with them allowing members to get wholesale prices and save on shipping through monthly orders and BCAS received a share of the proceeds at the end of the year. Would you be interested in getting coffee through them if we restarted this club?  If so, let us know. You can also find Birds & Beans Coffee at The Front Range Birding Company on Arapahoe.