The USFW is seeking comments on a draft visioning document for the Kankakee National Wildlife Refuge and Conservation Area in Kankakee and Iroquois counties, Illinois. Please take 5 minutes to express your support for the Kankakee National Wildlife Refuge and Conservation Area. A simple email and affirmation of your support is all that is required. Send your email in support to: R3Planning@fws.gov (subject line “Kankakee NWR LPP Comment”).

Act now, comments are due by March 1st.

Action Alert! Expand Montrose protected area.

Four planning processes going in in Chicago right now could have big implications for bird habitat. Anyone that uses these places is needed to submit public comment in support of bird habitat. Also, CAS is looking for people to adopt two of these processes, keep us informed, and gather and submit birder feedback.

November 12, is Clean Energy Jobs Act 2020 Virtual Lobby Day. The Sierra Club is organizing communications to all state representatives to support the Clean Energy Jobs Act 2020 Virtual Lobby Day, Thursday, November 12th. Clean energy benefits birds and their habitat.

Join in lobbying efforts - from your home computer or phone.

General Iron is a notoriously polluting metal shredding facility that is moving to a Chicago neighborhood with schools, parks and nature areas. Join the Illinois Environmental Council and the Sierra Club and let legislators and city officials that General Iron doesn't belong in Chicago.

Urgent environmental threat to Chicago’s waterways - The Southside Lakefront doesn’t need a 25-foot mountain of toxic dredge.

Support the Friends of the Parks and the Sierra Club by August 17 in their efforts to stop the expansion of the Confined Disposal Facility (CDF), run by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, located at the confluence of the Calumet River and Lake Michigan and situated between Calumet Park and Steelworkers Park - an important bird habitat - Contact the Mayor and other representatives today!

What if Americans could save bird habitat and help protect birds by changing the toilet paper we flush? Natural Resources Defense Council has some suggestions in its new, updated ranking of toilet papers and their impact on boreal forest sustainability.

Contact your representative to stop the contested proposal to strip protections for migratory birds from harms caused by industrial activities, dramatically undercutting the law’s ability to conserve birds (the Migratory Bird Treat Act - MBTA).

Recent major studies have linked neonics to songbird declines in North America, and they may not be so healthy for humans either: scientific research has shown that they may increase the risk of permanent developmental or neurological damage in infants and young people.

Audubon is working on a bill in the Illinois General Assembly that would incorporate bird-friendly design into the construction and renovation of state-owned buildings. Please do so by 1:00 pm Wednesday, February 26,
as the Illinois Bird Safe State Buildings Act (H.B. 4476) will be voted on in committee and we need you to speak up for birds!