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Knocking Out Burdock – 2021 Update
By Paulette Epple Nine years ago, a group of 12 dedicated Sacajawea Audubon Society volunteers began in earnest to eradicate burdock from some of our favorite trails and parks. What started in only five locations has expanded this season to 31 volunteers working in over 40 locations around the county!…
Become A Busy Beaver For Wetlands!
Turn your passion into action! Become a Indreland Audubon Wetland Preserve Busy Beaver The Indreland Audubon Wetland Preserve (IAWP) Busy Beavers are going strong! With 38 current members, the volunteer team has had a successful first season. Learn more about what we’ve been up to and how you can join…
Bridger Mtn Raptor Survey Launches Its 30th Season
Sacajawea Audubon Launches the 30th Season of Raptor Counting Atop the Bridgers! As the Sacajawea Audubon Society celebrates the start of the 30th consecutive annual Bridger Raptor Migration Count, consider joining this year’s official raptor counters, Mia Cignoni and Evan Farese for a day or more at the survey site…
SAS Member Mary Geis featured in Cornell article
Meet Mary Geis, the Montana Biologist Who Spent 30 Years Studying Bluebirds By Jewel Alston, Cornell Lab of Ornithology In the foothills outside Bozeman, Montana, there’s a winding path known as the Mountain Bluebird Trail. For more than 50 years it’s been a breeding ground for intellectual curiosity and bluebirds…
Story Mill Community Park Bird-Feeding Station
Did you know that Sacajawea Audubon maintains a bird-feeding station at Story Mill Community Park? The feeding station is located at the bird blind in the Nature Preserve. It’s a great place to sit quietly and observe, and take photos. A nice variety of birds regularly visit the feeders, including…
Paulette Epple Wins Conservation Award
Sacajawea Audubon Society is proud to announce that our Conservation Chair Paulette Epple is the recipient of a Cox Conserves Heroes award for her work at Story Mill Community Park. This award was given for her leadership in our partnership with the Trust for Public Land. From Story Mill Community…
Survival By Degrees: 389 Bird Species on the Brink
Great Gray Owl by Traci Sepkovic Five years ago, National Audubon looked into what birds were telling us about climate change, and what they found out was that more than half of the birds in North America would be at risk by century’s end. This year, NAS scientists…
