Audubon Delta

Where birds thrive, people prosper

Photo: Julie Torkomian

At Audubon, we believe that where birds thrive, people prosper. At Audubon Delta, we penpoint birds, their environments, and the people that work to make it safe along the Mississippi River Delta. The recently formed Audubon Delta works across Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi to conserve and restore natural ecosystems, focusing on birds and their habitats. Audubon Delta also promotes, highlights, and advocates for the region's people, members, and communities who support The Audubon Society's mission and vision. 

As part of the National Audubon Society, we contribute to a broader conservation strategy that recognizes the need to protect wildlife and habitats at a landscape scale and maximize the global impacts of local action.    

For more than a century, The Audubon Society has built a legacy of conservation success by mobilizing the strength of its network. Audubon Delta hopes to continue that history by supporting its members, chapters, Audubon centers, state offices, and dedicated professional staff to connect people with nature and the power to protect it.   

Audubon Delta is an integral part of this extensive network working to benefit our region's critical migratory and residential bird habitats, including the Fourche Creek, the Mississippi and Louisiana Gulf Coast, the Delta, and communities across Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. 

Flagship Programs

Connecting People to Nature

Conservation
Conservation

Bird Science & Conservation

For more than a century, Audubon has relied on science to protect birds and their habitat for the benefit of humanity as well as the earth’s biodiversity.

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Advocacy
Advocacy

Advocacy

Using the strength of our network to influence policy that protects birds and their habitats.

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Working Lands
Working Lands

Working Lands

By developing partnerships, training opportunities, management plans and demonstration sites we provide landowners with the tools to enhance their property in cost-effective ways while supporting struggling populations of priority bird species.

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Education
Education

Education

A commitment to education is at the heart of the Audubon tradition. By inspiring more people in more places to value and protect the natural world, we are laying the foundation for future conservation.

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Our State's Birds

Recent News

Tricolored Blackbird Conservation: Teamwork makes the dream work

Audubon Society of Central Arkansas meeting

Planning for Our Future: 2023 Coastal Master Plan for Louisiana

Audubon Society of Central Arkansas meeting

Audubon and NATIVE Project partners are hosting volunteer trainings in August and September. Each training will teach participants how to implement our seed collection protocols and how to identify, evaluate, and collect target species. Trained volunteers are critical to our ongoing collection efforts and providing locally-sourced seed resources.

Instructor: Jennifer Ogle, Herbarium Collection Manager, University of Arkansas

Details: Classroom instruction will be in the morning followed by field training in the afternoon. Participants should bring a sack lunch. Close-toed shoes, long pants, and hat strongly advised. Registration required. 

The following trainings are currently scheduled. Click each individual event to register. 

  • Saturday, August 12 at 9:00am-4:00pm at the Rick Evans Grandview Prairie Nature Center (1685 Hempstead 35 Rd N, Columbus, AR 71831) — CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

  • Saturday, August 26 at 9:00am-4:00pm at the Washington County Extension Office (2536 N McConnell Ave Fayetteville, AR 72704) — CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

  • Saturday, September 2 at 9:00am-4:00pm at the Janet Huckabee Arkansas River Valley Nature Center (8300 Wells Lake Rd, Fort Smith, AR 72916) — CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

  • Saturday, September 16 at 9:00am-4:00pm at the Little Rock Audubon Center (4500 Springer Blvd., Little Rock, AR 72206) — CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

We'll be hosting NATIVE Project seed collections in Fall 2023 across the state in selected natural areas with the permission of the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission and Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.

Audubon's NATIVE Project trains and supports farmers to grow native plants as an environmentally friendly, climate change-resistant specialty crop. NATIVE Project farmers plant plugs grown from locally-sourced seed in monoculture production plots. The seed is collected by dedicated volunteers on natural areas throughout the Ozark, Arkansas River Valley, Blackland Prairie, and Mississippi River Delta regions.

Questions? Email uta.meyer@audubon.org

Audubon Delta’s Coastal Stewardship Program

Audubon Society of Central Arkansas meeting

Managing Bald Knob National Wildlife Refuge

Audubon Society of Central Arkansas meeting

A Renewed Hope for the Swamp Candle

Audubon Society of Central Arkansas meeting

Birds of Southern Africa

Audubon Society of Central Arkansas

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Contact Us

Audubon Delta- Arkansas office & the Little Rock Audubon Center

4500 Springer Blvd
Little Rock, AR 72206
Phone: (501) 244-2229
Email About Us