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Special Projects
Bat Monitoring Project
Turtle Project
Global Warming Links
Interested In Volunteering?
E-mail Joe Friesen at AudubonVolunteer@mailbag.com
Volunteers Needed! See Faville Grove Newsletter to join the fun!
Madison Audubon thrives on the energy and willingness of many members to participate in a variety of volunteer activities from committees to brush clearing. Some folks can only do one-time participation, some may only help in one type of activity, and some find longer term involvement rewarding. All are valuable and all are appreciated. Find out more information about getting in touch with wonderful Madison Audubon Volunteer Opportunities to see if there is a place you will enjoy helping out!
Helping support birds since 1936, Madison Audubon Society serves a 7 county area in Southern Wisconsin. We are one of the largest and most active chapters of the national and international Audubon Society and the Wisconsin Audubon Council of chapters
Your Audubon membership automatically includes membership in all of the above organizations and helps to support all levels of environmental work and impact - local, state, national - and international.
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| Education |
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Learn about the natural world
with Madison Audubon Society. Dozens of Field
Trips are offered throughout the year. Free Public
Programs on the Third Tuesday of the month (Sept.-Nov. and Jan.-April)
bring interesting speakers on nature-related topics.
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| Mission |
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| The mission of Madison
Audubon Society is to educate our members and the public about the
natural world and the threats that natural systems are facing, to
engage in advocacy to preserve and protect these systems, and to
develop and maintain sanctuaries to save and restore natural habitat. |
| Sanctuaries |
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Madison Audubon Society
Wildlife Sanctuaries encompass more than 1,200 acres. Goose
Pond Sanctuary includes a prairie pothole and more than 100 acres
of restored tallgrass prairie. Faville
Grove Sanctuary has wetlands, savanna, and restored prairie.
Both sanctuaries are works in progress with ongoing prairie restoration.
Other sanctuaries include: Otsego Marsh, Erstad Prairie (Schoeneberg's
Marsh), and
Zeloski Marsh / Hope Lake Bog
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| Advocacy |
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| Natural systems are
facing numerous threats, most often the result of human activity.
Madison Audubon engages in advocacy to protect and preserve natural
systems. Action Alerts describe
opportunities for citizen input on proposed laws and government regulations.
Networking with other environmental
organizations amplifies our effectiveness. |
| Service Area |
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| Columbia, Dane, Dodge,
Iowa, Jefferson, Richland and Sauk Counties, Wisconsin. |
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