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WASHINGTON—“We’ve always known conservation doesn’t have a party, but it’s nice to see Congress can still think that way too,” said David Yarnold (), �ԹϺ���’s president and CEO, in response to a spending bill recently passed by both chambers of Congress to keep the government open for the rest of the fiscal year. 

“From sage-grouse in the West to spoonbills in the Everglades, America’s birds dodged proposed budget cuts that would have been a death sentence.

“Over the last few months, thousands of �ԹϺ��� members were passionate enough to tell their legislators to defend important conservation programs from a slash and burn approach—something we urge Congress to keep in mind as the next fiscal year’s appropriations process gets underway.”

�ԹϺ��� is encouraging its members and supporters to get involved and take action to protect birds and the places they need, today and tomorrow.

The �ԹϺ��� protects birds and the places they need, today and tomorrow, throughout the Americas using science, advocacy, education and on-the-ground conservation. �ԹϺ���’s state programs, nature centers, chapters and partners have an unparalleled wingspan that reaches millions of people each year to inform, inspire and unite diverse communities in conservation action. Since 1905, �ԹϺ���’s vision has been a world in which people and wildlife thrive. �ԹϺ��� is a nonprofit conservation organization. Learn more at  and @audubonsociety.

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Contact: Nicolas Gonzalez, ngonzalez@audubon.org, (212) 979-3068.