Land Trust Bird Conservation Initiative

06/16/2026

Great to see VGBI’s Conservation Speed-Dating model reaching more audiences!

06/15/2026

With support from a 2024 small grant, Vermont Land Trust implemented bird-friendly forest management at this site.

Thank you to Vermont Public for highlighting the opening of a new accessible birding trail at Vermont Land Trust’s Pratt Refuge in Duxbury, Vermont!

Audubon Vermont is proud to partner in this project with Audubon Endorsed Forester Caitlin Cusack and Vermont Youth Conservation Corps with funding from Cornell Lab of Ornithology and U.S. Forest Service. Over the past few years, we’ve implemented bird-friendly forestry techniques to create quality, climate-resilient habitat that birds can depend on for foraging and nesting.

The new interpretive trail encourages birders of all abilities to explore and learn about the birds around them. When you visit, you may spot Black-throated Blue Warblers, Chestnut-sided Warblers, Mourning Warblers, and more!

Read the full story at the link in the comments.

📸Audubon Senior Forest Program Manager Steve Hagenbuch talks about the Black-throated Blue Warbler on Pratt Refuge's interpretive birding trail Photo: Courtesy of Vermont Land Trust

06/01/2026

A new Motus station in Kentucky, made possible through the power of partnership.

05/26/2026

Ag Allies has a new website! Check it out: https://www.agallies.org/

Let us know what you think!
https://www.agallies.org/

05/21/2026

Hope to see some of you this September in Denver, CO, for the Land Trust Alliance Rally!

Connect with conservation professionals across the country online! Join our online conversations on topics ranging from stewardship, communications, community-centered conservation and more.

05/20/2026

Join Tall Timbers, a Research Station & Land Conservancy to document bird species for the Southeastern Burning For Birds Conservation Collaborative!

Join us for a bird count at Birdsong Nature Center on May 30. Citizen scientists of all ages are welcome to attend this free event to document bird species for the Southeastern Burning For Birds Conservation Collaborative and Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Please register at the link below—event is limited to 30 participants. https://bit.ly/4dz5JaT

05/19/2026

With funding from a 2025 small grant, Kentucky Natural Lands Trust is encouraging an appreciation for the birds and habitats of Pine Mountain.

05/12/2026

Calling birders in Vermont to help collect data for the Golden-chain Collaborative!

Help Audubon learn more about Golden-winged Warblers and their habitat needs!

Audubon Vermont has been working with Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Land Trust Bird Conservation Initiative and area land trusts, including Vermont Land Trust, Middlebury Area Land Trust & Trail Around Middlebury, and The Nature Conservancy in Vermont to create a “ golden chain” of land trust properties managed for Golden-winged Warblers in the Champlain Valley.

We need birders to share sightings of Golden-winged Warblers, Blue-winged Warblers, and their hybrids with our "Golden-chain" eBird account! We are looking for submissions from across Vermont but have a particular interest in sightings in the Champlain Valley. Upload pictures with your submissions if you have them!

The data from this eBird group will help us learn more about winged-warbler habitat use and inform future conservation projects!

Golden-winged Warbler. Photo: Lance Leonhardt/Audubon Photography Awards

05/08/2026

Tomorrow is Big Day! This year, partners from Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy will be joining the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Team Sapsucker in their quest to find as many bird species as possible during the 24-hour birding marathon.

Read more here: https://www.birds.cornell.edu/landtrust/land-trust-partners-join-team-sapsucker-on-big-day-in-appalachia/