Feeling Stressed? Birds Can Help With That
Weminuche ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Society members in Pagosa Springs, Colorado, discuss wildfire research and how it helped them destress this summer.
By ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Rockies
Regional office of the ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ for Colorado, Wyoming, and Utah
Updated March 24, 2025
Published August 23, 2023
This article is from ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Rockies
, ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ's regional office for Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming. Find your nearest ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ office here.
The threat of wildfire intensified by fire suppression and climate change is a stressor for birds and people living in the American West. So why are these ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ volunteers—who are helping to research the effects of wildfire mitigation on forest birds in southwest Colorado—so calm?
We interviewed members of about their participation in a forest monitoring project in Pagosa Springs, Colorado, and learned their secret to destressing this summer. Hear what they had to say about the project in our latest video!
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