Connecticut Audubon Society

Connecticut Audubon Society

Birdcraft Museum
Formation 1898
Type Non-profit organization
Purpose Conserving Connecticut’s environment through science-based education and advocacy focused on the state’s bird populations and habitats
Headquarters Fairfield, Connecticut
Coordinates 41°08′39″N 73°15′31″W / 41.1443°N 73.2587°W / 41.1443; -73.2587
Region served
Connecticut
President
Alexander Brash
Main organ
Board of Directors
Website ctaudubon.org

The Connecticut Audubon Society, founded in 1898 and headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to "conserving Connecticut’s environment through science-based education and advocacy focused on the state’s bird populations and habitats." Connecticut Audubon Society is independent of the National Audubon Society.

The Society operates nature education facilities in Fairfield, Milford, Glastonbury and Pomfret, and manages an additional 14 wildlife sanctuaries around the state, protecting over 2,600 acres of open space.

The Society uses science and advocacy to help protect the state's birds and their environment. The organization's Environmental Advocacy program is operated in Hartford, the state's capitol. The Society’s scientists, citizen scientists, and volunteers monitor birds and their habitats around the state.[1] Each year the Society publishes a report, titled Connecticut State of the Birds, that discusses the impact of habitat loss and other issues on local bird populations.[2]

The Society also operates an EcoTravel office in Essex, Connecticut for bird watching trips around the state and the world.[3]

Centers

The Society's five Centers feature education buildings, wildlife sanctuaries and trails on their properties, which are open to the public.

Other wildlife sanctuaries

Connecticut Audubon Society's other wildlife sanctuaries are open to the public unless noted.

Trail Wood, home of naturalist Edwin Way Teale in Hampton, Connecticut

History

The Connecticut Audubon Society was founded in 1898 by Mabel Osgood Wright with a mission of conserving birds and their environments in the State of Connecticut through science-based education and advocacy.[6][7]

The Society's first sanctuary was created in 1914 in Fairfield through the donation of 10 acres of land by philanthropist Annie Burr Jennings, daughter of Oliver Burr Jennings. This property was the first-of-its-kind songbird refuge in the nation, and the museum at this sanctuary was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 and designated a National Historic Landmark in 1993.[8][9]

References

  1. "13-year-old Connecticut Audubon Society Volunteer Wins L.L. Bean ‘Outdoor Heroes Award’". Environmental Headlines. June 25, 2010. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  2. "Audubon Society: Many Conn. Bird Species Declining In Population". CBS New York. February 23, 2013. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  3. "DayTrippers from the Vault: A Swallow Spectacular on the CT River". Fox 61. September 11, 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  4. "102. CT Audubon Society Center at Pomfret". Connecticut Museum Quest. May 17, 2009. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  5. Stacey Stowe (March 14, 1999). "The View From/Hampton; A Writer's World and the Legacy at Trail Wood". New York Times. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  6. "Our History". Connecticut Audubon Society. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  7. "1900s: Wonder Women". Townvibe Fairfield. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  8. "Connecticut - Fairfield County". National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  9. "Birdcraft Museum and Sanctuary". National Park Service. Retrieved 15 March 2016. ID # 82004371

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