Posts By: Lynne Bairstow

A peek into Audubon’s scientific efforts to better understand a critical migration bottleneck. By Chad Witko Outreach Biologist, Migratory Bird Initiative, Audubon Society Nestled within the heart of the Pacific Flyway, nearly halfway between Alaska and Chile, the Colorado River Delta is one of the most important wetland ecosystems in the Western Hemisphere for birds…. Read more »

How building binational support brought water, trees, funding, and birds back to the Colorado River Delta. By Jennifer Pitt, Colorado River Program Director, Audubon Verdin. Photo: Lisa Langell/Audubon Photography Awards Today, the United States and Mexico, through the International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC), released an implementation report documenting the first environmental progress under Minute 323, a binational Colorado River… Read more »

Canal maintenance a reminder of the 2014 pulse flow By Jennifer Pitt, Colorado River Program Directo. Reprinted with permission from The Audubon Society Tomorrow, water will flow again in the Colorado River along the US-Mexico border. The long-dried out channel—the final 100 miles of the Colorado River before it ends at the Gulf of California—has… Read more »

U.S.-Mexico Colorado River collaboration leads to 20% increase in bird abundance. Collaboration between the U.S. and Mexico—supported by a coalition of nonprofits including Audubon—which resulted in a pulse flow through the Colorado River Delta, lead to a 20% increase in bird abundance and a 42% increase in bird diversity. A new study from the International Boundary and Water Commission… Read more »

A first-hand account of what it has been like being a member of the Science Team measuring the results of the 2014 Pulse Flow and subsequent water deliveries into the Colorado River Delta by Karen Schlatter. “As a result, going forward under a new 9-year binational agreement that was signed in September 2017, water flows… Read more »