Secretary of the
Interior Ken Salazar announced the
release of the first ever U.S. State of the Birds report in March, 2009.
The report was
developed by the joint efforts of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
the U.S. Geological Survey, state government wildlife agencies and
non-governmental organizations including, American Bird Conservancy,
Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, Cornell Lab of Ornithology,
Klamath Bird Observatory, National Audubon Society, and The Nature
Conservancy.
This sobering
report documents the decline of bird populations, but also provides
encouraging examples of how sustained habitat conservation and other
environmental efforts can reverse the decline of many bird species.
Download the free
pdf copy here
