Threats to Birds and What You Can Do

American Avocet by John Bedell

Climate Change Threatens Birds Globally

Did you know shifting climate patterns threaten over 11 percent of the world's bird species?

Learn more here: Climate Change and Birds.pdf

Tell your senators not to halt the EPA's ability to hold polluters accountable for global warming pollution

Tar Sands Oil Mining Operations Threaten North America's Premier Nesting Ground

Peace-Athabasca Delta by J. Henry Fair 2009

Tar sands mining upstream from critical boreal forest and wetland nesting habitat could jeopardize millions of birds.

Learn more here: Tar Sands and Birds.pdf

NRDC is fighting to protect bird habitat in the boreal forest. We are calling for a moratorium on new tar sands projects in the boreal and encouraging a switch to cleaner forms of energy production that would reduce global warming and protect North America's last great forest. Tell Senator Clinton to say No to the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline from Canada to the Gulf Coast.