5 Key Issues: New knowledge and better technologies are changing conservation
The natural world is in a perpetual state of transition. Meadows become young forests which become old-growth. Storms, tides, and currents resculpt the coastline. Climate change alters regions in ways that we’re only just now starting to reckon with. Conservation strategies and tactics change too, in reaction or anticipation.
The 2023 report looks at five key areas of conservation that previous Connecticut State of the Birds reports examined. They are examples of how new knowledge, new realities, increased human effort, and better technologies are either resulting in changes or resulting in the awareness that things had better change, and fast.
All Connecticut Audubon members receive a copy in the mail.
Get a PDF of the 2023 report HERE.
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The report is edited by Tom Andersen, Connecticut Audubon’s communications director, and overseen by Milan Bull, senior director of science and conservation.
This year’s authors:
Connecticut State of the Birds 2023 is sponsored by
Throughout the years authors have included:
2021 3 Billion Birds are Gone. How Do We Bring Them Back? For a PDF, click HERE.
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2020 Pandemic: Conservationists Scramble in the Field, the Lab, and the Legislature
2019 An Improved Long Island Sound Faces Unpredictable Change. Can Birds, Fish, Conservationists, & Government Adapt?
2018 In Cities and Suburbs: A Fresh Look at How Birds Are Surviving in Connecticut
2017 The New Bird Atlas: A Call to Action for Connecticut’s Conservationists
2016 Gains, Losses and the Prospect of Extinction
2015 Protecting and Connecting Large Landscapes
2014 Connecticut’s Diverse Landscape: Managing Our Habitats for Wildlife
2013 The Seventh Habitat and the Decline of Our Aerial Insectivores.
2012 Where Is the Next Generation of Conservationists Coming From?
2011 Conserving our Forest Birds
2010 Citizen Scientists Contribute to Conservation
2009 Bird Conservation Priorities
2008 Specific Conservation Complexities and Challenges
2007 Specific Threats to Connecticut’s Birds
2006 Conserving Birds and Their Habitats