The Columbia Audubon Society’s mission
is to preserve the natural world and its ecosystems, focusing on birds and other wildlife, and the earth’s biological diversity through education, environmental study and habitat restoration and protection.
Here’s a nice article several CAS members contributed to last year on the economic impact of birding: https://www.missouribusinessalert.com/industries/booming-birding-business-spurs-spending-encourages-conservation-in-missouri/article_921f6230-e8c8-11ef-a458-3314da13ea2f.html
Read MoreHappy almost spring! We’ve almost made it out of this very cold winter. In no time, migrants will be filling the woods with their songs, as they head north or stay with us to nest. This year winter seemed to linger, didn’t she? Have you heard the phrase “standing on the shoulders of giants”? I
Read MoreOn March 7th, CAS will be accepting the Conservation Organization of the Year Award from the Conservation Federation of Missouri. Here’s how we “toot our own horn!” from the nomination that Bill Mees and others wrote! Nominee Information for Conservation Organization of the Year Nominee Name: Columbia Audubon Society Address: PO Box 1313, Columbia Missouri
Read MoreCAS volunteers continue to work with Davyn Orcutt, who has been hired to control invasive plants at the Wild Haven nature area. Davyn worked on Sundays and Mondays during February as weather pertmitted. We expect warmer weather soon and we hope to recruit volunteers to work with Davyn on his remaining work days: March 2, 3, 9, 10,
Read MoreSupport CAS through CoMoGives
Mid-Missouri residents can make donations to any of 153 nonprofit organizations through the 2023 CoMoGives fundraiser during the month of December. These organizations, Columbia Audubon Society included, offer exceptional programs and services to our community. The Community Foundation of Central Missouri coordinates the fund drive and provides a single website — CoMoGives.com — where gifts can be made to any of the participating groups. Columbia Audubon uses funds received through the CoMoGives drive to create and maintain a native grasslands and woodlands on the 28-acre Columbia Audubon Nature Sanctuary and the city’s adjacent Bonnie View Nature Sanctuary; provide the Band with Nature field trip for 1,100 second graders in Columbia Public Schools; and provide scholarships for older students and teachers to attend science and nature-education programs. Other recent projects partially funded by CoMoGives include improvements to visitor facilities and new signage within our nature sanctuaries. Columbia Audubon is an all-volunteer organization with no paid staff and big goals. Donations received through the CoMoGives fund drive supplement membership dues and give the CAS annual budget a much-needed boost.
Columbia Audubon Society would appreciate your support during this season of giving.