Our Mission

The mission of the Avian Science Center is to promote ecological awareness and informed decision making through the collection, synthesis, and dissemination of science-based information on western birds.

Winter in Montana

The Avian Science Center is in the midst of analyzing data and writing reports from our projects in the Big Hole, the Upper Clark Fork Valley, Dillon area, and the Madison River Valley. Grant writing is also on top of our list. Since we are always trying to find excuses to go out into the field, some of us from the Avian Science Center partnered up with other folks around the Missoula Valley for the Audubon Christmas Bird Count this December. To see more information from the 2009 CBC count, click here.

Video featuring Madison Valley I.B.A.

Click to link to Montana Audubon's website, where you can see high-caliber, conservation-minded, green filmmaking at its best! This video features work on the Madison Valley IBA and the work the ASC is part of on O'Dell Creek. Watch Video. To find more great videos like this, visit the Conservation Media page.

In the News

O'Dell Creek, located in the Madison River Valley, a project for which we are monitoring birds, gets presidential recognition! For more information on the O'Dell Creek project, click here.