{"id":38062,"date":"2025-03-31T00:01:07","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T04:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/?p=38062"},"modified":"2025-03-31T12:56:33","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T16:56:33","slug":"action-seeks-to-address-findings-of-serious-bird-declines-with-organic-land-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/2025\/03\/action-seeks-to-address-findings-of-serious-bird-declines-with-organic-land-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Action Seeks to Address Findings of Serious Bird Declines with Organic Land Management"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

(Beyond Pesticides<\/em>, March 31, 2025) This week, Beyond Pesticides is urging the public to contact their Governor and local officials to respond to a new report on the serious decline of bird populations by eliminating the use of toxic pesticides in the management of state and local public property. The latest study on bird declines is the 2025 edition of the State of the Birds report<\/a>, written by scientists in the U.S. Committee of the\u00a0North American Bird Conservation Initiative<\/a>\u00a0(NABCI), a forum of government agencies, private organizations, and bird initiatives. The study finds \u201c[s]obering evidence that America’s birds continue to decline across the board.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

Furthermore, the report says: \u201cBirds are telling us that the habitats people depend on are vanishing. Declines are happening across the board: in grasslands, aridlands, western and eastern forests, in Hawaii’s fragile ecosystems;\u00a0and with our shorebirds and seabirds. Even waterfowl, which had rebounded strongly thanks to decades of conservation work, are seeing sharp recent declines.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

>> Tell your governor and mayor to protect birds by adopting policies that support organic land management<\/a>.<\/em><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

Not only are bird species important for\u00a0preserving biodiversity<\/a>, but many species provide ecosystem services such as\u00a0pollination<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0mosquito management<\/a>. The protection of birds and their habitats allows for other organisms, including humans, to prosper. The assessment reveals that although overall, about one-third of U.S. birds, or 229 species, are of high or moderate conservation concern, impacts to bird species in some habitats face greater threats than others. Grassland and aridland species have both lost more than 40 percent of their total populations over that period.<\/p>\r\n

The report notes particular species of highest concern, labeled as \u201ctipping point\u201d species that have lost more than half their populations in the past 50 years. In total, 112 tipping point species are identified, the highest being shorebirds with the highest number of tipping point species (19) and grassland birds with more than half of bird species in steep decline. \u00a0<\/p>\r\n

The State of the Bird report, which focuses on long-term population changes for 246 total species of North American birds, highlights just one piece of the larger picture; as bird species face population threats, so do other organisms within terrestrial and aquatic food webs and\u00a0across all ecosystems<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n

Many scientific studies tie\u00a0impacts on bird species<\/a>\u00a0to the interconnected issues of pesticide exposure, habitat loss, and\u00a0climate change<\/a>. From higher insecticide levels in\u00a0pesticide-laden nests<\/a>\u00a0linked to increased offspring mortality to the\u00a0threats to seed-eating birds<\/a>\u00a0from neonicotinoid treated seeds, agricultural intensification harms bird species within the U.S. and\u00a0throughout the world<\/a>. \u00a0<\/p>\r\n

It has become clear that\u00a0we cannot count on\u00a0EPA<\/a>\u00a0to protect birds\u2014or the rest of us\u2014 from the interconnected threats of pesticide exposure, habitat loss, and\u00a0climate change<\/a>. \u00a0The alternative is to promote policies at the state and local level that move towards organic land management in agriculture, communities, and homes.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

Beyond Pesticides has established its Parks for a Sustainable Future<\/a> program to assist communities and states in transitioning their public land to organic land management. With a cost-effective approach to managing land without petrochemical pesticides and fertilizers, Beyond Pesticides provides horticultural services to evaluate current land management programs and put together a plan for organic management that cycling nutrients naturally, reduces vulnerability to disease and infestations, and support greater plant resiliency. The program is specifically designed to protect wildlife and biodiversity, while protecting the health of the community and its ecosystem, and contributing to mitigation measure to reverse global climate change.<\/p>\r\n

>> Tell your governor and mayor to protect birds by adopting policies that support organic land management<\/a>.<\/em><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

Letter to Mayor
\r\n<\/strong>The 2025 edition of the State of the Birds report by scientists in the U.S. Committee of the North American Bird Conservation Initiative (NABCI) finds \u201c[s]obering evidence that America\u2019s birds continue to decline across the board.\u201d Furthermore, the report says, \u201cBirds are telling us that the habitats people depend on are vanishing. Declines are happening across the board: in grasslands, aridlands, western and eastern forests, in Hawaii\u2019s fragile ecosystems, and with our shorebirds and seabirds. Even waterfowl, which had rebounded strongly thanks to decades of conservation work, are seeing sharp recent declines.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

It has become clear that we cannot count on the EPA to protect birds\u2014or the rest of us\u2014from the interconnected threats of pesticide exposure, habitat loss, and climate change.\u00a0\u00a0 We must promote policies at the state and local level moving towards organic land management in agriculture, communities, and homes.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

Not only are bird species important for preserving biodiversity, but many species provide ecosystem services such as pollination and mosquito management. The protection of birds and their habitats allows for other organisms, including humans, to prosper. The assessment reveals that although overall, about one-third of U.S. birds, or 229 species, are of high or moderate conservation concern, impacts to bird species in some habitats face greater threats than others. Grassland and aridland species have both lost more than 40 percent of their total populations over that period.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

The State of the Bird 2025 report, which focuses on long-term population changes for 246 total species of North American birds, highlights just one piece of the larger picture; as bird species face population threats, so do other organisms within terrestrial and aquatic food webs and across all ecosystems.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

Many scientific studies tie impacts on bird species to the interconnected issues of pesticide exposure, habitat loss, and climate change. From higher insecticide levels in pesticide-laden nests linked to increased offspring mortality to the threats to seed-eating birds from neonicotinoid treated seeds, agricultural intensification harms bird species within the U.S. and throughout the world.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

States should adopt a strategy promoting natural and working lands as a critical yet currently underutilized sector in the fight against climate change. These lands can sequester and store carbon emissions, limit future carbon emissions into the atmosphere, protect people and nature from the impacts of climate change, and build resilience to future climate risks. The strategy should define the state\u2019s natural and working landscapes; describe how these lands can deliver on climate change goals; highlight priority nature-based climate solutions to address the climate crisis; explore opportunities for regional climate smart land management; identify options to track nature-based climate action and measure progress; and outline opportunities to scale climate-smart land management across regions and sectors in the state.\u202fStates should set a pesticide-free goal for state parks.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

To be effective, the strategy must include ambitious targets focused on reduction of agricultural chemicals and support for organic agriculture. These measures also address other crises, including microbial support for ecosystem health and biodiversity. Industrial farming systems dependent on synthetic fertilizers and other chemical inputs must be replaced with organic systems that do not use chemicals in which animals and feed sources are fully integrated.<\/p>\r\n

I urge you to take the lead in creating policies that move our state to organic agriculture and land management.<\/p>\r\n

Thank you.<\/p>\r\n

Letter to Governor
\r\n<\/strong>The 2025 edition of the State of the Birds report by scientists in the U.S. Committee of the North American Bird Conservation Initiative (NABCI) finds \u201c[s]obering evidence that America\u2019s birds continue to decline across the board.\u201d Furthermore, the report says, \u201cBirds are telling us that the habitats people depend on are vanishing. Declines are happening across the board: in grasslands, aridlands, western and eastern forests, in Hawaii\u2019s fragile ecosystems, and with our shorebirds and seabirds. Even waterfowl, which had rebounded strongly thanks to decades of conservation work, are seeing sharp recent declines.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

It has become clear that we cannot count on the EPA to protect birds\u2014or the rest of us\u2014from the interconnected threats of pesticide exposure, habitat loss, and climate change.\u00a0\u00a0 We must promote policies at the state and local level moving towards organic land management in agriculture, communities, and homes.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

Not only are bird species important for preserving biodiversity, but many species provide ecosystem services such as pollination and mosquito management. The protection of birds and their habitats allows for other organisms, including humans, to prosper. The assessment reveals that although overall, about one-third of U.S. birds, or 229 species, are of high or moderate conservation concern, impacts to bird species in some habitats face greater threats than others. Grassland and aridland species have both lost more than 40 percent of their total populations over that period.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

The State of the Bird 2025 report, which focuses on long-term population changes for 246 total species of North American birds, highlights just one piece of the larger picture; as bird species face population threats, so do other organisms within terrestrial and aquatic food webs and across all ecosystems.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

Many scientific studies tie impacts on bird species to the interconnected issues of pesticide exposure, habitat loss, and climate change. From higher insecticide levels in pesticide-laden nests linked to increased offspring mortality to the threats to seed-eating birds from neonicotinoid treated seeds, agricultural intensification harms bird species within the U.S. and throughout the world.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

States should adopt a strategy promoting natural and working lands as a critical yet currently underutilized sector in the fight against climate change. These lands can sequester and store carbon emissions, limit future carbon emissions into the atmosphere, protect people and nature from the impacts of climate change, and build resilience to future climate risks. The strategy should define the state\u2019s natural and working landscapes; describe how these lands can deliver on climate change goals; highlight priority nature-based climate solutions to address the climate crisis; explore opportunities for regional climate smart land management; identify options to track nature-based climate action and measure progress; and outline opportunities to scale climate-smart land management across regions and sectors in the state.\u202fStates should set a pesticide-free goal for state parks.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

To be effective, the strategy must include ambitious targets focused on reduction of agricultural chemicals and support for organic agriculture. These measures also address other crises, including microbial support for ecosystem health and biodiversity. Industrial farming systems dependent on synthetic fertilizers and other chemical inputs must be replaced with organic systems that do not use chemicals in which animals and feed sources are fully integrated.<\/p>\r\n

I urge you to take the lead in creating policies that move our state to organic agriculture and land management.<\/p>\r\n

Thank you.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Beyond Pesticides, March 31, 2025) This week, Beyond Pesticides is urging the public to contact their Governor and local officials to respond to a new report on the serious decline of bird populations by eliminating the use of toxic pesticides in the management of state and local public property. The latest study on bird declines is the 2025 edition of the State of the Birds report, written by scientists in the U.S. Committee of the\u00a0North American Bird Conservation Initiative\u00a0(NABCI), a forum of government agencies, private organizations, and bird initiatives. The study finds \u201c[s]obering evidence that America’s birds continue to decline across the board.\u201d Furthermore, the report says: \u201cBirds are telling us that the habitats people depend on are vanishing. Declines are happening across the board: in grasslands, aridlands, western and eastern forests, in Hawaii’s fragile ecosystems;\u00a0and with our shorebirds and seabirds. Even waterfowl, which had rebounded strongly thanks to decades of conservation work, are seeing sharp recent declines.\u201d\u00a0 >> Tell your governor and mayor to protect birds by adopting policies that support organic land management.\u00a0 Not only are bird species important for\u00a0preserving biodiversity, but many species provide ecosystem services such as\u00a0pollination\u00a0and\u00a0mosquito management. 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The latest study on bird declines is the 2025 edition of the State of the Birds report, written by scientists in the U.S. Committee of the\u00a0North American Bird Conservation Initiative\u00a0(NABCI), a forum of government agencies, private organizations, and bird initiatives. The study finds \u201c[s]obering evidence that America’s birds continue to decline across the board.\u201d Furthermore, the report says: \u201cBirds are telling us that the habitats people depend on are vanishing. Declines are happening across the board: in grasslands, aridlands, western and eastern forests, in Hawaii’s fragile ecosystems;\u00a0and with our shorebirds and seabirds. Even waterfowl, which had rebounded strongly thanks to decades of conservation work, are seeing sharp recent declines.\u201d\u00a0 >> Tell your governor and mayor to protect birds by adopting policies that support organic land management.\u00a0 Not only are bird species important for\u00a0preserving biodiversity, but many species provide ecosystem services such as\u00a0pollination\u00a0and\u00a0mosquito management. 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