Audubon and Partners Boost Restoration for Wetlands

RJ Hamster

3 days ago

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WESTERN WATER NEWS MAY 2025

Audubon California Project Receives $5.2m for Salton Sea Restoration

The California Wildlife Conservation Board approved a grant of more than $5 million toward Audubon California’s Bombay Beach Wetland Enhancement project—a critical step in restoring and expanding 564 acres of wetland habitat at the Salton Sea. This project, located near the lakeside community of Bombay Beach, is a cooperative effort with the California Department of Water Resources, Imperial Irrigation District and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, and will help restore a vital stopover for millions of migratory birds traveling along the Pacific Flyway, including habitat for the endangered Yuma Ridgway’s Rail and desert pupfish. Read more.

And read more about it in the Los Angeles Times.

Snowy Plover and sandpipers at the Salton Sea near Niland, California. Photo: Sydney Walsh/Audubon

Protecting Albuquerque Area Wetlands

With more wetlands drying each year due to increased water shortages, it’s important we conserve them for birds and people. Audubon Southwest recently partnered with the City of Albuquerque’s Open Space Division and Bernalillo County Open Space to provide water to two wetlands in the Albuquerque area.

These wetlands provide essential habitat to birds such as Lucy’s Warblers, Summer Tanagers and Wood Ducks, native plants including coyote willow and numerous other wetland dependent species. Read more.