American Bird Conservancy Action Fund thanks the following U.S. Senators and Representatives for their leadership and support for bird conservation.
Farm Bill Conservation Programs
Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) is a leader for Farm Bill conservation programs that advance bird conservation on private lands.
Migratory Bird Conservation
Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) is a leader for migratory bird conservation from his position as Chair of the Senate Interior Appropriations Subcommittee where he has supported major funding increases to reverse migratory bird declines.
Migratory Bird Conservation
Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) is champion of the Recovering Americas Wildlife Act and the North American Wetlands Conservation Act.
Endangered Species Act Defender
Sen. Thomas Carper (D-DE), Chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, is a strong leader for bird conservation and a defender of the Endangered Species Act.
Bird Conservation Funding
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Ranking Member of the Senate Interior Appropriations Subcommittee, supported efforts to boost funding for migratory bird conservation and invasive species control.
Recovering Endangered Hawaiian Birds
Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI) is a champion of endangered species recovery funding that has boosted conservation of threatened Hawaiian birds.
Bird-Safe Buildings Act
Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) is a Senate leader working to address bird collisions with windows, previously introducing the Bird-Safe Buildings Act in the Senate.
Ocean Conservation
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) is a strong supporter of bird and ocean conservation.
Migratory Bird Treaty Act Defender
Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) is a strong defender of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and a supporter of boosting funding for bird conservation programs.
International Conservation
Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) is sponsor of bill that would fund conservation abroad.
Bird Safe Buildings Act
Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL), sponsor of the Bird-Safe Buildings Act, has worked tirelessly for the last decade to advance this groundbreaking legislation to reduce the estimated one billion bird deaths from collisions with windows and buildings each year.
Migratory Bird Conservation
Rep. María Elvira Salazar (R-FL) introduced the Migratory Birds of the Americas Conservation Enhancements Act of 2023, which would reauthorize with increased funding a federal grants program for neotropical migratory bird conservation.
Migratory Bird and Seabird Conservation
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) is a strong supporter of bird conservation, cosponsoring the bipartisan Migratory Bird Protection Act and the Albatross and Petrel Conservation Act.
Seabird Conservation
Rep. Jared Huffman (D-CA) strongly supports seabird conservation, sponsoring Protecting Communities from Plastics Act, Break Free from Plastic Pollution Act, and Sustaining America’s Fisheries for the Future Act in the 117th.
Seabird Conservation
Rep. Mary Sattler Peltola (D-AK) co-sponsored legislation reauthorizing the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act and the Sustaining America's Fisheries for the Future, which would improve federal fisheries management. Rep, Peltola has also introduced two other bills that would address bycatch.
Migratory Bird Conservation
Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-ME) is a leader for migratory bird conservation as Chair of the House Interior Appropriations Subcommittee where she has supported major funding increases to reverse migratory bird declines.
Recovering Endangered Hawaiian Birds
Rep. Ed Case (D-HI) is a champion of endangered species recovery funding that has boosted conservation of Hawaii’s most threatened birds.
Bird Safe Buildings Act
Rep. Morgan Griffith is a long time supporter of the Federal Bird Safe Buildings Act. The bill would prevent bird collisions by mandating federal buildings to implement proven strategies that reduce collisions.
Bird Conservation Funding
Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN), member of the House Interior Appropriations Subcommittee, supported boosted funding for migratory bird conservation and invasive species control.
Bird Conservation Funding
Rep. David Joyce (R-OH), Ranking Member of the House Interior Appropriations Subcommittee, supported efforts to boost funding for migratory bird conservation and invasive species control.
Migratory Bird Conservation
Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA) is a champion of reauthorizing the North American Wetlands Conservation Act at a higher funding level.