Advocating for Birds and Conservation
Looking out for Birds and Conservation since 1979
Washington Crossing Audubon Society’s Statements and Positions on the Issues
Recent Items
- September 12 Deadline: PennEast DEIS (Fall 2016)
- Federal Bill Would Provide Funding for Conservation (Fall 2016)
- Garden for Pollinators (Birdathon 2016)
- PennEast Pipeline: Resistance Causing Delays (Winter/Spring 2015-16)
- Its Time to Count Birds! Great Backyard Bird Count February 12-15, 2016 (1601)
- Sign Up For Project FeederWatch (Winter 2015/16)
- Nature’s Experiment Revisited (Winter 2015/16)
- President’s Corner: Protect Preserved Land (Winter 2015/16)
- President’s Corner: Comments on PennEast’s Draft FERC Resource Report 3 (Fall 2015)
- PennEast Pipeline Opposition (Fall 2015)
- GBBC 2015 – Overview (Birdathon 2015)
- President’s Corner: Citizen Science (Winter 2015)
- Information Needed for Monarch Butterfly Listing (1502)
- President’s Corner: PennEast Pipeline Proposal — A BAD IDEA! (Winter 2015)
Bird Inventories
- Bird Inventories Featherbed Lane Bird Banding Station & Bird Censuses Compiled by Charles and Sharyn Magee Species Counts
WCAS News
Environmental Issues
A. Local/State
A. Local/State
- Vote “YES” for Preservation (1403)
- Long-Term Funding Need for Preservation (1304)
- Horseshoe Crabs Again Under Threat (1303)
- NJ Threatened and Endangered Species List Updated (1203)
- Sourlands Documentary (1105)
- BUG THUGS (1103)
- Mercer County Park NW Plan To Be Presented (1102)
- Be Part Of Something BIG! Great Backyard Bird Count (1101)
- Black Bear Safety (1005)
- It’s Baby Animal Season! (1004)
- Unleashed Dogs Are Hazardous To Wildlife (1002)
- Three Pieces Of Good News (1001)
- Let’s Get Back Into The Preservation Business (0905)
- Volunteer Meeting Monitors Needed (0904)
- Off-road Vehicle Legislation Coming Up In May (0903)
- Go Native With Your Garden (0902)
- Baldpate Management Plan To Debut (0901)
- The Invasive Species Strike Team Wants YOU! (0810)
- Pipeline Mowing Endangers Habitat (0809)
- Keep New Jersey Green (0804)
- We’re Not Finished With Horseshoe Crabs (0808)
- Support Urgently Needed for Horseshoe Crab Legislation (0803)
- Off-Road Vehicle Legislation Introduced in State Assembly (0707)
- State Proposes Water Quality Rule Upgrades (0705)
- Roadside Cleanup Day – November 11 (0612)
- Eleventh Hour For Parks and Pinelands Funding (0807)
- Support NJ’s Parks and Natural Areas (0609)
- Vote for Parks Funding in November (0606)
- ATV Legislation Needed to Protect Our Parks (0603)
- Wind Energy: Promise and Peril (0601)
- Keeping Up to Date on Issues (0411)
- Urge Protection for New Jersey’s Crucial Habitat (0410)
- Can They Slow Down The Train On The Fast Track? (0407)
- So, What About the Environment? (0403)
- Some Conservation Ups and Downs in 2003 (0402)
- Is It They Who Don’t Understand, Or Is It I? (0314)
Open Space
- Open Space Funding Will Help Keep NJ Green (0706)
- NJ Running Out of Funds for Open Space (0703)
- Tax Proposal Would Cripple Open Space Efforts (0504)
- Grassland Habitat (0406)
- The Sourlands: A Treasure in Our Midst (0405)
- Speaking of Grasslands… (0311)
- Hopewell Township’s Martin Tract Contains Important Grassland Habitat (0310)
- Baldpate Mountain Master Plan Meeting, May 30 (0212)
- Sourlands Smart Growth Funding in Jeopardy (0206)
- Plainsboro Preserve View map
- Baldpate Mt. Management Plan Is Flawed (0007)
- Open Space Victories (9901)
Pole Farm (Now Mercer Meadows formerly Mercer County Park Northwest)
- Habitat damage at the Pole Farm (0215)
- Athletic Fields at the Pole Farm? (0001)
- Take A Hike, and Do Some Birding, at the Pole Farm (9930)
- The Pole Farm Report (PDF)
- Pole Farm Report On The Web (9915)
- Pole Farm Report Delivered to County Officials (9906)
- Pole Farm Field Observation Map
- Pole Farm Hearings Continue
Environmental Issues Cont’d
- Alexauken Creek Wildlife Management Area Inventory in 2003 (0216)
- Mitigation Goal for Tree Loss at Princeton (0219)
- Mercer Butterfly Counts (July 2003 – July 2007)
- Butterfly Garden Blooms In Carson Woods (0220)
- We’re Not Finished With Horseshoe Crabs (0808)
- New Horseshoe Crab Restrictions Not Enough (0305)
- Horseshoe Crab Harvest Moratorium Is Needed (0214)
- Carson Road Woods Survey Draws to a Close (0303)
- Carson Woods Biological Inventory Under Way (0207)
- Turtle Fencing at Sturgeon Pond (0208)
- Draft Baldpate Mountain Park Master Plan Discussed July 25 (0115)
- A Terrific Partnership and a Win-Win Situation (0116)
- Clean and Green (0019)
- Hamilton-Trenton Marsh Teaching Materials Available (0011)
- Hackensack Meadowlands Preservation (9934)
- Preserving The Sourlands (9935)
- Holden Audubon Scholarship to Summer Workshop for Educators (Spring 2006)
- Polly Holden Conservation Endowment Established (0102)
- Baldpate Purchase Secures Bird Habitat
- Tributes to Departed Friends of the Environment
- Princeton Packet Examines the Route 92 Issues
- Route 92 Issues
B. National/Global
- May 16 is Endangered Species Day (1403)
- It’s in the Air (1204)
- Help Wildlife Impacted By The BP Oil Spill (1006)
- Invasion of the Biodiversity Snatchers (0704)
- Global Warming, Myth Or Reality? (0408)
- Coastal Protection Bill In U.S. Senate (0312)
- Co-sponsors Needed for Wetlands Protection Bill (0309)
- Isolated Wetlands Protections Could Be Reinstated (0306)
- Déjà Vu All Over Again (0301)
- Roadless Rule Upheld (0302)
- Will the Energy Bill Include Arctic Refuge Drilling? (0218)
- Help for the Upper Mississippi (0213)
- Environmentally Safe Drilling in the Arctic? (0112)
- A Practical, Environment-Friendly Choice (0111)
- Roadless Rule in Jeopardy (0110)
- Focus on Energy and the Artic (0109)
- 2000 Wrapup (0101)
- Statement of John Flicker, President, National Audubon Society,
On the Signing of the Record of Decision on the Roadless Forest Conservation Rule (0105) - From Alaska to Hawaii (0018)
- Alaska Advocate Roundup (0013)
- Why Is The West Burning? (0014)
- Audubon Matchmakers? (9932)
- Resources 2000 Bill Needs Cosponsors (9929)
- Wild And Scenic Legislation Introduced (9931)
- Roadless Areas Protection (9924)
- The Alaskan Migratory Connection: Shorebirds (9925)
- Arctic Update (9926)
- Alaska Refuge Bills Gaining Support – Congressman Smith Signs On (9919)
- National Audubon Launches Heritage Forest Campaign To Save Unprotected Wilderness Areas (9920)
- “Bill of Rights” for America’s Forests
II. Avian Issues
- Its Time to Count Birds! Great Backyard Bird Count February 12-15, 2016 (1601)
- It’s Time to Count Birds! Great Backyard Bird Count February 13—16. (1501)
- Notes From Hannah (1402)
- Cats Indoors! (1302)
- Count for Conservation! Great Backyard Bird Count (February 15 – 18) (1301)
- Winter Bird Feeding Tips (1202)
- Get Ready for the Great Backyard Bird Count (February 17 – 20) (1201)
- Sign Up For Project FeederWatch (1104)
- Short-eared Owls (1003)
- Birdathon 2010 – Read all about it and join in!
- Checklist of Birdathon Species Reported 2000 – 2008
- Checklist of Birdathon Species Reported 1993 – 1999
- Wanted – Cats Indoors! (0806)
- Coming to Your Neighborhood: The Great Backyard Bird Count (0802)
- Bird-Related Activities and Avian Flu (0610)
- Cats Indoors! (0608)
- Cats and Avian Flu (0605)
- Bird Banding at Delaware Bay (0413)
- BIRD TALES 1 RM WITH A VU (0414)
- IBBA Nominations Are Open (0409)
- Featherbed Lane Banding Station
Hannah Suthers (and her Crew) have been collecting data and/or banding birds in this area since 1969. Find out more about it on this website. View the records of their efforts below.Winter 2013 Fall 2013 Breeding Season 2013 Spring 2013 Winter 2012 Fall 2012 Breeding Season 2012 Spring 2012 Winter 2011 Fall 2011 Breeding Season 2011 Spring 2011 Winter 2010 Fall 2010 Breeding Season 2010 Spring 2010 Winter 2009 Fall 2009 Breeding Season 2009 Spring 2009 Winter 2008 Fall 2008 Breeding Season 2008 Spring 2008 Winter 2007 Fall 2007 Breeding Season 2007 Spring 2007 Winter 2006 Fall 2006 Breeding Season 2006 Spring 2006 Winter 2005 Fall 2005 Breeding Season 2005 Spring 2005 Winter 2004 Fall 2004 Breeding Season 2004 Spring 2004 Winter 2003 Fall 2003 Breeding Season 2003 Spring 2003 Winter 2002 Fall 2002 Breeding Season 2002 Spring 2002 Winter 2001 Fall 2001 Breeding Season 2001 Spring 2001 Winter 2000 Fall 2000 Breeding Season 2000 Spring 2000 - Important Bird and Birding Areas Program Now In NJ (0315)
- WCAS Supports Research In Ornithology-And You Can, Too! (news0205)
- Bluebird Nest Box Volunteers Needed (0222)
- Get on Board for Project Feederwatch (0221)
- Nest Box Suitable for House Wren, Black-capped Chickadee or White-breasted Nuthatch (02/10)
- Endangered and Nongame Program Looking For Skilled Birders (0210)
- Fifth Annual Great Backyard Bird Count February 15-18 (0202)
- Get Ready for the Great Backyard Bird Count! (02/15/02)
- Midwinter Reflection (0203)
- WCAS Supports Research in Ornithology – And You Can Too!
- Bird Watchers
- A Transparent Request
- Bird and Window Collisions (9933)
- Tree Swallow and Bluebird Nestbox Plan (0117)
- Splish! Splash!
- Cats Indoors-It Really Works (0304)
- Cats Indoors! The Campaign for Safer Birds and Cats (0103)
- Cats and Baby Birds (9911)
- Cats Indoors! Please
- National Keep Your Cats Indoors Day
- 102nd Annual Christmaas Bird Count
- 101st Christmas Bird Count (0004)
- New Jersey Important Bird Areas Program Launched (0008)
- BirdCast, A Citizen Scientist Project in April
- Volunteers Needed!
- Golden Field Guides for Birds Revised Editions
- Book Review – Sibley’s and Kaufman’s New Bird Guides
- Book Review – An Exhilaration of Wings – Jen Hill editor
- Hawk Watching in New Jeresey (9923)
- Sign Up For Project FeederWatch (9927)
- Oportunity for Citizen Science (Project Feeder Watch) (9905)
- If You Love Them (9916)
- Bird Notes (9917)
- GBBC Roundup
- Log On And Be Counted For The Great Backyard Birdcount
- NJ Threatened and Endangered Bird Species
- Volunteers Needed to Help Prepare Bird Banding Site
- Avian Salmonellosis Alert
- Watch List – At The Center of Bird Conservation
- Helping Injured Wild Birds
III. Other Wildlife Issues
