The National Audubon Society is an American non-profit environmental organization dedicated to nature conservancy. Founded in 1886, it is one of the oldest of such organizations in the world. It is named in honor of John James Audubon, an American ornithologist and naturalist who painted, catalogued, and described the Birds of North America.
The society publishes an illustrated magazine, Audubon, on nature. It has many local chapters which often organize birdwatching field trips and conservation-related activities. It also coordinates the Christmas Bird Counts in the U.S. an example of citizen science.
Although Audubon had no role in the organization that bears his name, there is a connection: George Bird Grinnell, one of the founders of the early AudubonSociety in the late 1800s, was tutored by Lucy Audubon, John James’s widow.
Audubon was born in Saint Domingue (now Haiti), the illegitimate son of a French sea captain and plantation owner and his French mistress.
Audubon was quite successful in business for a while, but hard times hit, and in 1819 he was briefly jailed for bankruptcy.
Audubon Dallas relies on the involvement and support of individuals like you to conserve the birds, wildlife, and natural ecosystems of the Dallas area.
The mission of Audubon Dallas is the conservation of birds and other wildlife, the protection of habitat and bio diversity, and the provision of education and opportunities for our entire community to observe and appreciate birds and nature.
Audubon Dallas was incorporated in 1973 as a chapter of the National AudubonSociety.
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