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  • Audubon Missouri's Important Bird Areas Initiative & Map



    The Important Bird Area (IBA) program is a worldwide bird conservation program designed to identify, monitor, and protect those areas most important to birds. The National Audubon Society, in partnership with BirdLife International, began implementing the IBA program in the United States in 1995. There are currently 46 states with IBA programs in various stages of development. ...




  • The Missouri Bird Conservation Initiative (MoBCI)



    Audubon Missouri played a lead role in forming the Missouri Bird Conservation Initiative, a partnership of 30 conservation organizations for the purpose of developing a diverse partnership dedicated to conserving all wild bird species. Representatives from MoBCI participating organizations met in 2003 ...




  • Mississippi River Initiative



    Audubon’s mission is to conserve and restore natural ecosystems focusing on birds, other wildlife and their habitats for the benefit of humanity and the earth’s biological diversity. Audubon Missouri does this in part under the umbrella of Audubon’s Mississippi River Initiative, which aims to align science, education, and public policy efforts around conservation goals along the entire Mississippi river for the benefit of people, birds and other wildlife.

    To learn more about what is happening throughout the region, please visit Audubon's Misissippi River Initiative Program