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The Greater Kansas City Chapter of the National Audubon Society

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Conservation

Announcing Missouri’s 1st Guidelines for Conservation Siting of Energy Infrastructure

January 12, 2025August 18, 2022 by Mary Nemecek

Development of alternative and conventional energy is increasing in Missouri. Growth of wind and solar energy infrastructure and transmission is addressing the need for carbon-neutral, domestic energy production. However, many … Read more

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Flyers to protect fliers

May 23, 2019March 10, 2019 by MW Stoakes

Front side of tri-fold sheet. Have you ever heard Snowy Owls described as “friendly”? One of my favorites, the Kestrel, made the cover.   We enjoy a lot of raptor … Read more

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From Billions To None

May 23, 2019February 16, 2019 by MW Stoakes

Neltje Blanchan was married to Doubleday Publishing Company’s founder (hence the pencil note). The photo on the left shows a mounted Passenger Pigeon, exactly one-half life size. Unfortunately, her comment … Read more

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Tales From the Library #3 – From Rejection to Protection

January 12, 2025March 6, 2018 by MW Stoakes

FROM REJECTION TO PROTECTION: THE PERILOUS LIFE AND TIMES OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS OF PREY By Elizabeth Stoakes, BAS Historian If asked, most modern people (and definitely birders) would say … Read more

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Burroughs Audubon Sponsors Native Bee Studies

January 12, 2025December 14, 2017 by Mary Nemecek

In Spring of 2016 Larry Rizzo of the Missouri Department of Conservation approached Burroughs about contributing to a study of the bees and flora at two Kansas City remnant sites.  … Read more

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Good News for the Monarch Butterfly

February 27, 2016 by Mary Nemecek

Many people now have their eye on the population numbers of the monarch butterfly. A species that numbered 1 billion in 1996 hit an all time low of 25 million butterflies … Read more

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Record Duck Numbers This Fall

October 10, 2015October 10, 2015 by Mary Nemecek

Each fall, with blazing colors coating the trees, waterfowl are beckoned back to Missouri, Kansas and southward.  Often listed as favorites for their colorful plumage and sometimes canny behavior, ducks … Read more

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Burroughs Audubon and Partners Receive NFWF Grant

September 30, 2015September 30, 2015 by Mary Nemecek

Kansas City Metropolitan Area Monarch Butterfly Conservation: A Multi-Sector Partnership Burroughs Audubon and a consortium of partners are pleased to announce a major grant award of $229,868 from the National … Read more

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Burroughs Audubon Helps Save Native Grassland

December 27, 2015September 13, 2015 by Mary Nemecek

Snowball Hill Prairie Native, remnant prairie is the least conserved, most endangered ecosystem on the planet. We have less than 1% left of the vast grassland that covered a large … Read more

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