Get Involved with your Local Chapter

Audubon’s 10,000 members and nine chapters comprise a growing force of grassroots activists that are involved in conservation at every level. The local chapters drive much of our conservation work, providing an invaluable grassroots presence for our statewide and national organization. They also play a vital role in citizen science projects like the Christmas Bird Count and offer Audubon biologists tremendous support through programs such as Adopt-an-IBA (Important Bird Area).

Here is a look at just a few of the recent chapter success stories:

In 2007, volunteers revitalized the inactive Cape Fear Audubon Society on the southern coast and a group of long-time bird and conservation enthusiasts established the High Country Audubon Society in the north-central mountains. Both chapters hit the ground running, adopting local IBAs, organizing events, and building their memberships.
The same year, members of the T. Gilbert Pearson Society dove into a campaign to save a 700-acre tract in Guilford County from development. Citizens for Haw River State Park successfully quashed the development and the parcel is now protected as part of the state park.
The N.C. Wildlife Federation named Wake Audubon the 2007 Conservation Organization of the Year in part because of the hundreds of hours chapter volunteers have devoted to monitoring the Lumber River IBA.

Visit the pages on the left to learn more about your local Audubon chapter.