WHSRN

Last month, the WHSRN Executive Office and partner organization SAVE Brasil led another workshop in Porto Alegre, Brazil to work towards preserving the protected status of Lagoa do Peixe National [...]

Ecuador’s new Shorebird Conservation Plan will serve as the guiding document for national action to conserve shorebirds and their habitats. Read about the celebration at Ecuador's second [...]

The Lahontan Valley Wetlands became WHSRN’s 4th site in 1988, and the passion people have for this place is “as strong today as it was 30 years ago.” Learn more about how important these wetlands [...]

The wetlands at the mouth of the Río Lluta are under strong pressure to be developed. Last month, WHSRN’s Diego Luna Quevedo facilitated a Good Governance Workshop with several local partners to [...]

The Salton Sea is a critical rest stop for more than 400 species of nesting, wintering, and migrating birds making their way through the desert of southern California. But today, the sea is [...]

The WHSRN Executive Office is thrilled to announce that Owens Lake has been designated as a WHSRN site of International Importance — the 104th site in the Network, and the 49th site in the United [...]

The results are in from the January/February Central American Waterbird Census (CAWC)! Three sites proved to be especially important to Nearctic shorebirds, qualifying as potential new WHSRN [...]

This is the story of three individual Whimbrels: join us as we explore the places they go, the astounding distances they fly, and the people working across the hemisphere to understand and [...]

Last week, on April 21, WHSRN partners across the globe celebrated World Curlew Day – a grassroots initiative to raise awareness of the plight of curlews and to encourage activities to help them. [...]

Laguna Mar Chiquita is the largest lake in Argentina, the biggest saline lake in South America, and the 5th biggest saline lake in the world. A WHSRN site since 1989, the area supports 66% of all [...]