American Bird Conservancy was launched in 1994 with Founding President George Fenwick at the helm. He steered the organization through its challenging fledgling years and beyond, focusing on obtaining real conservation results for birds. The organization's original mission — to conserve wild birds and their habitats throughout the Americas — continues to guide ABC today.
Our Bird Conservation Framework, summed up in the pyramid at left, shows how we approach bird conservation. It's simple yet successful.
With an emphasis on achieving results and working in partnership, we take on the greatest problems facing birds today, innovating and building on rapid advancements in science to prevent bird extinctions, reverse bird population declines, reduce threats to all birds, and build the bird conservation movement.
Choosing a small but feisty hummingbird as its symbol, ABC has gone on to become known for our conservation results and ability to leverage still greater accomplishments through partnerships.
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