by Glenn Nelson | Jan 28, 2023 | Blog, Conservation
Short-Eared Owl near Bow, Washington (photo by Glenn Nelson) Conflicts over Short-Eared Owls, other birds, and access to habitat in Bow, Washington, prompted the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) to update access rules to the Samish River Unit of the...
by Glenn Nelson | Jan 18, 2023 | Blog, Conservation, Equity & Justice, Press Releases
Hanstead Creek parcel (photo by Claire Catania) Seattle Audubon and Snoqualmie Indian Tribe recently closed on a land donation in the Snoqualmie Valley area, returning land to the Snoqualmie Tribe whose people have lived in the area since time immemorial. The land,...
by Glenn Nelson | Aug 25, 2022 | Blog, Equity & Justice
Painting by John James Audubon (Public Domain). We have received a lot of attention, including in local and national news media, because we are removing “Audubon” from our organizational name. This is not a helpful place for the spotlight to remain trained. If we...
by Glenn Nelson | Jun 2, 2022 | Announcements, Blog, Science
Snow Geese/Glenn Nelson Note: Updated July 11, 2022 Forty-five positive detections of the highly contagious avian flu have been confirmed in wild birds in Washington State as of July 11, and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) veterinarians and...
by Glenn Nelson | Mar 24, 2022 | Equity & Justice
Bald Eagle © Glenn Nelson Back when my wife Florangela Davila and I were being discovered by others as “bird people” (watchers and feeders), the reaction was overwhelmingly consistent: utter surprise. For a while, I chalked up that response to the fact that we were...
