Michigan Audubon

Michigan Audubon connects birds and people for the benefit of both through conservation, education, and research efforts in the state of Michigan.

Organized in 1904 and formally incorporated in 1905, Michigan Audubon is the state’s oldest conservation organization. The early history of the organization was dedicated to securing protective legislation for birds at a time when the millinery industry was harming songbird populations and habitat destruction continued to threaten habitats throughout the state. Through the dedicated work of the organization’s conservation-minded founders, Michigan Audubon is a grassroots organization that has grown to national recognition for its advocacy and education work as well as for its statewide bird sanctuary and Whitefish Point Bird Observatory field site and migration monitoring station.

Today, Michigan Audubon’s commitment to birds remains steadfast through our mission, our pillars, and our programs that allow us to respond as a community and a nonprofit leader to the needs of birds and their habitats. Michigan Audubon’s expansive network of protected grounds, or bird sanctuaries, continues to grow mindfully and protects in perpetuity habitat from Jackson County to Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula.

Currently, Michigan Audubon maintains a membership of nearly 3,000 individuals, businesses, and organization supporters. There are 32 active local chapters of Michigan Audubon statewide who serve as a representation of our mission to connect birds and people for the benefit of both and birding groups and advocates for the environment and wildlife in Michigan communities.