The Kalmiopsis Audubon Society has nearly 400 members in Curry County. Our Audubon chapter has the highest per capita participation of any Audubon chapter in Oregon! We think that has something to do with how special this area is. People who live here love it and want to take care of it.
Kalmiopsis Audubon Works in Three Main Areas:
Advocacy for Conservation of Bird, Fish, and Wildlife habitat
- We monitor land use decisions and public lands policies that will affect wildlife habitat
- We offer testimony and recommendations to decision-makers, emphasizing the importance of habitat conservation, and help to appeal ill-founded decisions
Education and Outreach
- We produce the award-winning Storm Petrel newsletter
- We publish the “Curry County Bird Checklist,” a useful resource for birdwatchers
- We sponsor a summer nature camp for kids
- We sponsor programs about birds, wildlife, and related topics
- We sponsor monthly birdwatching outings
- We sponsor an annual Marbled Murrelet campout, educational program, and survey
- We collaborate in habitat-enhancing service projects
- We helped to create the “Oregon Coast Birdwatching Trail” brochure, an excellent resource for visitors
- We maintain a website with up to date info about local conservation issues, local birds, and local outings and events
- We have donated funds for binoculars and field trips for students studying birds at Azalea Middle School in Brookings
- We sponsored the 2012 Kalmiopsis Nature Film Festival
Community Science
- Members participate in fall and spring migration bird counts and Christmas bird counts, and have helped the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service with surveys of Black Oystercatchers over the past several years (in partnership with the Portland Audubon Society)
- Our Marbled Murrelet survey project monitors nearby mature and old forests for murrelet nesting activity