Bird Alliance of Oregon is excited to announce the purchase of 12.5 acres of open space on NE 82nd Avenue (2800 NE 82nd Ave) to build a new wildlife hospital and better serve the community.

On Saturday, October 12, 2024 the Arctic fox that made headlines earlier in the week in Portland was brought to the Wildlife Care Center, Bird Alliance of Oregon’s wildlife rehabilitation hospital.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has confirmed that the botulism outbreak at Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge in the Klamath Basin has claimed the lives of an estimated 75,000 to 80,000 birds. This is the worst botulism outbreak in the recorded history of the refuge, surpassing the 2020 outbreak, and will likely continue into early October.

On August 9, 2024, sixteen conservation groups requested that the Bureau of Reclamation make an urgent water delivery to address a botulism outbreak at Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge in Southern Oregon that has already killed hundreds of birds.

EUGENE, Ore.— Today, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a 2022 ruling from the District Court of Oregon that prevents Scott Timber Co. from clearcutting old-growth forest within Oregon’s Elliott State Forest. The court held that the proposed logging of the 355-acre Benson Ridge parcel by the subsidiary of Roseburg Forest Products would harm threatened marbled murrelets in violation of the federal Endangered Species Act.

Conservation groups informed the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today that they intend to sue over the agency’s denial of Endangered Species Act protections to the imperiled North Oregon Coast population of red tree voles. North Coast voles are threatened by logging and climate change-fueled wildfires.

The legislature passed House Bill 4132, increasing the state’s investment in its system of marine reserves and protected areas following the 10-year anniversary of Oregon’s marine reserves program.

Bird Alliance of Oregon, a 121-year-old nonprofit dedicated to environmental advocacy and education, has officially changed its name to Bird Alliance of Oregon. A year ago today, the organization shared its decision to drop the name “Audubon” and launched a community listening campaign to help find its new name.

On Monday, November 6, an injured Northern Spotted Owl was discovered at Mt. Tabor Park. Northern Spotted Owls are listed as threatened under the state and federal Endangered Species Act due to their low and continually declining populations.

The Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board (OWEB) awarded $132,908 to Bird Alliance of Oregon for the Ecological linkages between birds, water patterns, and vegetation Project at their October 23-25, 2023 board meeting.