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Press releases about updates, threats, and wins related to Audubon's conservation work in Colorado, Wyoming, and Utah. For media inquiries, please contact evan.barrientos@audubon.org.

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Conservation Ranching Initiative

Blue Nest Beef Launches Grass-Fed, Audubon-Certified Subscription Service

By Audubon Rockies

Certified by Audubon’s Conservation Ranching Initiative, company helps fix a broken food system with cattle as their tool and birds as their guide.

Western Rivers Initiative

Proposed Delisting of Interior Least Tern Shows Value of Endangered Species Act

With a 99 percent success rate of protecting birds and other wildlife from extinction, the ESA has proven to be one of the most effective conservation policies in the world.

Sagebrush Ecosystem Initiative

Federal Court Halts Administration Plans to Rollback Sage-Grouse Protections

Ruling makes clear that the Administration ignored science and cut out the public

Policy

Colorado’s Executive Order Benefits More than Big Game

By Audubon Rockies

Governor Jared Polis’s wildlife executive order is a win for Colorado’s birds.

Sagebrush Ecosystem Initiative

Wyoming Takes the Lead in Sage-Grouse Conservation

By Audubon Rockies

Governor Mark Gordon’s revised Executive Order maintains a balanced approach to sage-grouse and energy development, conserving critical habitat for the imperiled species.

Conservation Ranching Initiative

New UN Report Affirms Importance of Land-Use Initiatives in Fighting Climate Change

Report affirms importance of programs like Audubon’s Conservation Ranching Initiative and findings of recent report on fate of birds in America’s grasslands.