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California Condor. Photo: Scott Frier/USFWS

Egret Wine's sponsorship of Audubon California moves into 2018

We're greatly pleased to enter into a new year of Egret Wine's sponsorship of Audubon California. It's been a great relationship. To honor the occasion, the winery sent us this photo of a beautiful bud break in Sonoma at the family estate vineyard of Egret wines, marking the Spring launch of 2018 vintage.

Bud break on the Egret vineyard in Sonoma.

Desert Sun Ed Board lashes out at state for Salton Sea delays

Clearly, the Desert Sun has had it with the state's inability to get projects moving at the Salton Sea:

This harkens to the years of “one more study is needed” that we’d wearily grown accustomed to as we witnessed the sea’s long decline, which shifted into overdrive with the end of Colorado River water inflows at the close of 2017.

Still, it is shocking to hear this type of refrain so shortly after the state finally stepped up with its plan to fulfill its commitment to sea restoration under the 2003 Quantification Settlement Agreement that has shifted the water that had been replenishing the sea to thirsty urban customers.

Get to work, folks. Promises were made and the state cannot let the now more-rapidly receding sea spiral into an ecological and environmental disaster which will have effects far beyond its own shores.

What's happening to San Francisco Bay's Surf Scoters and other waterbirds?

Surf Scoters in flight. Photo: Andrew Reding

Interesting article looks at recent study attempting to identify why Surf Scoters and other waterbirds in San Francisco Bay are dwinding?

Creating a better future at the Salton Sea

Audubon Calfornia's Frank Ruiz talks about the need for the everyone to pull together to avert an ecological crisis at the Salton Sea -- to protect people and birds at the Salton Sea. Thanks to the Walton Family Foundation for putting this video together. Learn more about our work at the Salton Sea.

The ever-changing birds at the Salton Sea
Salton Sea

The ever-changing birds at the Salton Sea

While fish-eating birds have nearly disappeared, suddenly waterfowl are appearing in numbers.

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Audubon California mourns the passing Nancy McFadden

— As top advisor to Gov. Jerry Brown, McFadden helped chart California's recent political renaissance.

Richardson Bay Audubon Youth Leaders win first prize with conservation story

Telling the story of how a community and Audubon came together to save a precious corner of San Francisco Bay six decades ago, Catalina Lane and Annika Jackson recently won first prize at the IOFF International Student Film Competition with their video, "1958." The two are participants in the Audubon Youth Leader program at the Richardson Bay Audubon Center & Sanctuary.

Check out the terrific video here.

Administration should leave landmark desert conservation agreement alone
Wildlife-friendly Renewable Energy

Administration should leave landmark desert conservation agreement alone

Conservationists want the government to implement the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan, not undermine it

The decline of a key habitat site at the Salton Sea
Salton Sea

The decline of a key habitat site at the Salton Sea

Nothing illustrates the decline of birds habitat at the Salton Sea more clearly than the story of Mullet Island.

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