Photo: Tom Fishburn.

The Giving Day Fund is a new fund in its second year designed specifically to raise funds to support chapter conservation projects and activities. The 2019 Giving Day will be highlighted at the December 3, 2019 Speaker Series program, “Photographing Birds in Their Natural Setting”. Join us and make a donation to ensure WCAS conservation activities and programs continue to serve future generations!

Photo: Vernonia baldwinii by Tom Fishburn.

Join us! Be a part of the WCAS Conservation Project Labs! A group of like-minded people working together on fun, mission-driven conservation projects that raise donation dollars to support chapter conservation activities. All are welcome!

Photo: WCAS Bird Friendly Plant Sale Frostville Farmer's Market June 2019 by Kaoru Tsubone.

Join us! Be a part of the August  WCAS Conservation Project Lab-Bird Friendly Plants Fall Sale Project! We'll be working together on upcoming Fall sales at Tremont Arts & Cultural Festival and Frostville Farmer's Market. All are welcome!

WCAS held a fifth conservation project laboratory on Saturday, March 2, 2019 at Bethany Presbyterian Church in Cleveland.  Thirteen people attended this event, including Kurt Miske, Karen Czerniawski, Lisa Del Rio, Betsey O’Hagen, Bruce Missig, Tom Romito, Gloria Ferris, Joe Reardon, Ali Grant, Alex Hopkins, Michelle Manzo, Pat McGuigan, and Kaoru Tsubone. Kurt opened the meeting and Tom facilitated the event.

WCAS held a fourth conservation project laboratory on Saturday, February 2, 2019 at Bethany Presbyterian Church in Cleveland. 

I just spent some very enjoyable time meeting with other members of the Sierra Club and the Western Cuyahoga Audubon group. It really felt good to meet with like-minded people who care about and like the same things I do - plants, the earth, and water. I guess we’re a bunch of bird loving tree huggers! It was very useful conversation about what we can do to instill hope and start doing something meaningful and helpful to the community that will give all of us a better feeling about our future. ~ Fran Mentch, Activist, and Co-Chair, Water Committee,  NEO Sierra Club 

WCAS held a third conservation project laboratory on January 5, 2018 at Bethany Presbyterian Church in Cleveland. Fifteen people attended this event. Kurt Miske opened the meeting and Tom Romito facilitated the event.

"I'm here too because it puts together two real interests of mine: native plants and birds and this activity will promote both of those." ~ Karen Czerniawski

WCAS hosted the program, “Conservation Stories of Western Cuyahoga Audubon” on November 6, 2018 that featured personal reports by WCAS members who participated in three conservation projects: Donald Gray Gardens (1985-1996), Dike 14/Cleveland Lakefront Nature Preserve (circa 2000-2012), and Rocky River Important Bird Area Surveys (2006-2012).  

If you're interested in making the world a better place for birds and habitat, join us to develop next-generation conservation projects. ​