• Brown Pelican’s 40-Year Recovery Victory for Supporters of Environmental Protections



    WASHINGTON, D.C. – National conservation groups focusing on the restoration of coastal Louisiana are hailing today’s announcement by federal officials that the state bird of Louisiana, the Brown Pelican, is being removed from the Endangered Species List.




  • Obama, Sutley support wetlands restoration



    NEW ORLEANS - President Obama cited the need for Louisiana wetlands restoration during his Oct. 15 visit to New Orleans while Audubon's Dr. Paul Kemp and other environmental leaders met with top White House environmental adviser Nancy Sutley.




  • Audubon, Corps agree to protect Mississippi



    Vicksburg, MS, April 1, 2009 -

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Mississippi Valley Division (MVD) and the National Audubon Society today signed an agreement to strengthen collaboration and communication aimed at restoring and protecting habitat and water quality along the Mississippi River, one of this nation's greatest natural and economic assets.




  • Audubon's Kemp on new coastal task force



    "On the eve of the fourth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, President Obama has taken a crucial step toward saving Louisiana's nationally important coastal wetlands that provide natural hurricane protection, essential economic benefits and vital habitat for birds and other wildlife," says Dr. Paul Kemp, Vice President of Audubon's Louisiana Coastal Initiative and a recognized coastal expert. One of the worst disasters in our nation's history, Hurricane Katrina made its landfall in New Orleans on Aug. 29, 2005. Click here to read Dr. Kemp's full statement on the creation of a new White House task force on Gulf Coast restoration.




  • Director hired for Mississippi River Institute



    VICKSBURG, MS - Reid Bishop brings experience as a scientist, researcher, educator and artist to the job of director of Audubon’s Mississippi River Field Institute, an Audubon program to engage more people in Mississippi River stewardship.