Useful Links - Alcids and Others

Friends of Cooper Island:

A primary goal is to compile, preserve and distribute Cooper Island research for use by current and future researchers studying climate change and other Arctic phenomena. The story of the Cooper Island Black Guillemots brings home the issue of climate change in a way that is not possible by the recital of physical changes in atmospheric or oceanographic conditions.

Composed of the Canadian Wildlife Federation and the Canadian Wildlife Service, with the goal of providing every Canadian with an opportunity to learn about Canadian wildlife and sharing ideas on how to make a difference in the classroom and community.

The Lab is a nonprofit membership institution whose mission is to interpret and conserve the earth's biological diversity through research, education, and citizen science focused on birds.

A comprehensive seabird restoration effort aimed at enhancing depleted seabird populations in central California, specifically those of the common murre.

Seattle Audubon's online guide to the birds of Washington state

A grass-roots non-profit organization of people dedicated to conservation, education and advocacy in the marine and forest environments of the Queen Charlotte Islands / Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada.

Citizen science project dedicated to involvement and action. COASST volunteers will provide long-term baseline data on seabird beaching, and become an active voice in coastal marine conservation.

A nonprofit organization dedicated to the advancement of zoos and aquariums in the areas of conservation, education, science, and recreation.

A society of professional seabird researchers and managers dedicated to the study and conservation of seabirds.

Since 1973, dedicated to restoring puffins and other seabirds to historic nesting islands in the Gulf of Maine. You can "adopt" a puffin.