Formation 1898 Region served Connecticut | President Alexander Brash | |
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Type Non-profit organization Purpose Conserving Connecticut’s environment through science-based education and advocacy focused on the state’s bird populations and habitats | ||
A solstice celebration at the connecticut audubon society at glastonbury
The Connecticut Audubon Society, founded in 1898 and headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to "conserving Connecticut’s environment through science-based education and advocacy focused on the state’s bird populations and habitats." Connecticut Audubon Society is independent of the National Audubon Society.
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- A solstice celebration at the connecticut audubon society at glastonbury
- Big sit 10 13 connecticut audubon society s milford point coastal center
- Centers
- Other wildlife sanctuaries
- History
- References
The Society operates nature education facilities in Fairfield, Milford, Glastonbury and Pomfret, and manages an additional 14 wildlife sanctuaries around the state, protecting over 2,600 acres of open space.
The Society uses science and advocacy to help protect the state's birds and their environment. The organization's Environmental Advocacy program is operated in Hartford, the state's capitol. The Society’s scientists, citizen scientists, and volunteers monitor birds and their habitats around the state. Each year the Society publishes a report, titled Connecticut State of the Birds, that discusses the impact of habitat loss and other issues on local bird populations.
The Society also operates an EcoTravel office in Essex, Connecticut for bird watching trips around the state and the world.
Big sit 10 13 connecticut audubon society s milford point coastal center
Centers
The Society's five Centers feature education buildings, wildlife sanctuaries and trails on their properties, which are open to the public.
Other wildlife sanctuaries
Connecticut Audubon Society's other wildlife sanctuaries are open to the public unless noted.
History
The Connecticut Audubon Society was founded in 1898 by Mabel Osgood Wright with a mission of conserving birds and their environments in the State of Connecticut through science-based education and advocacy.
The Society's first sanctuary was created in 1914 in Fairfield through the donation of 10 acres of land by philanthropist Annie Burr Jennings, daughter of Oliver Burr Jennings. This property was the first-of-its-kind songbird refuge in the nation, and the museum at this sanctuary was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 and designated a National Historic Landmark in 1993.