Each May, millions of shorebirds and waterfowl migrate from
every continent and every ocean to breed on the immense wetlands
of Arctic Alaska’s coastal plain. These winged visitors include
buff-breasted sandpipers from South America, bar-tailed godwits
from New Zealand, Arctic terns from Antarctica, and dunlin from
Asia. But expanding oil concessions and climate change are
transforming the Arctic, and with it, this timeworn nesting
ground is changing, too. WCS-North America conservationists
follow the birds each spring to these farthest of shores, to
study the impacts on their habitat and help ensure their future.
The U.S. Government is threatening to pass steep spending cuts
that would jeopardize support for safe passages in and around
critical wildlife habitat. Tell Congress not to cut funding for
international conservation programs.