{"id":12502,"date":"2019-10-16T14:48:50","date_gmt":"2019-10-16T14:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wisconservation.org\/?page_id=12502"},"modified":"2023-01-05T18:09:21","modified_gmt":"2023-01-05T18:09:21","slug":"bird-protection-fund-2020","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wisconservation.org\/bird-protection-fund-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Bird Protection Fund announces plans to support Wisconsin birds in 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Caitlin Williamson, Director of Conservation Programs
\nNatural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin<\/p>\n

PHONE: <\/strong>(608) 409-3109<\/p>\n

EMAIL: <\/strong>Caitlin.Williamson@WisConservation.org<\/a>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.27.4″]<\/p>\n

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/strong><\/p>\n

Madison, WI
October 21, 2019<\/p>\n

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Bird Protection Fund announces plans to support Wisconsin birds in 2020<\/h1>\n

With declining bird populations across the U.S. and Canada, the Bird Protection Fund takes action on Wisconsin bird conservation\u00a0<\/em><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Baltimore oriole. Photo by Bruce Bartel.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The flutelike song of a wood thrush at dawn, a glimpse of the striking black and orange Baltimore oriole darting through the treetops, the haunting call of a whip-poor-will on a warm summer night . . .<\/p>\n

These iconic Wisconsin scenes are in danger of becoming a thing of the past, according to a report recently published by the journal Science<\/em>. The study found the number of birds in the United States and Canada has declined by nearly 30% in the last fifty years, a loss of roughly 3 billion birds.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe same staggering decline in bird populations is being echoed here in Wisconsin,\u201d says Ryan Brady, conservation biologist from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. \u201cWe\u2019re especially seeing a loss of grassland birds like meadowlarks and bobolinks, backyard favorites like Baltimore orioles and evening grosbeaks, insect-eating birds like nighthawks and swallows, as well as some shorebirds.\u201d<\/p>\n

Along with habitat loss, threats like outdoor cats, collisions with windows, cars, or power lines, pesticides, invasive species, and climate change are all contributing to this unprecedented decline of bird populations.<\/p>\n

This is where the Bird Protection Fund steps in \u2013 a collaboration between the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin, Wisconsin Bird Conservation Partnership, and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.<\/p>\n

Since the fund was created in 2009 it has given out over $1 million towards bird conservation efforts. Projects range from habitat recovery to research.<\/p>\n

On the list for 2020 include help for endangered birds like the piping plover and whooping crane, and research that will identify \u201csafe havens\u201d for migratory birds on their on their journeys to Central and South America.<\/p>\n

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