Audubon Events Marking Earth Day 2026

Every year, Audubon employees and native chapters convey communities collectively on and round Earth Day to rejoice birds and wildlife. From volunteer cleanups to fowl walks and family-friendly occasions, these packages assist encourage folks to assist defend the planet in their very own communities.

With 15 state and regional workplaces, 31 facilities, 29 sanctuaries, and over 400 neighborhood and campus chapters, Audubon presents packages that join folks to birds and nature all year long.  

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Listed below are some highlights from throughout the community:

Digital

Build A Bird Habitat Webinar: Design Your Bird Habitat Garden—Digital (April 21, 2026, 7:30 – 8:30 p.m.)
Be part of specialists from Audubon Mid-Atlantic and Herring Run Nursery to discover ways to design a bird-friendly oasis. Come away with some examples of designed plant communities and one of the best species for attracting birds and butterflies, whereas additionally being lovely for folks. That is the third of a four-part webinar sequence about constructing a fowl habitat on your dwelling or neighborhood. Every session covers a distinct matter round bird-friendly backyard design and planting. 

Arizona

Earth Day Festival & Volunteer Day—Phoenix, AZ (April 11, 2026, 7:45 a.m. – 2 p.m. MT)
Have fun Earth Day on the Rio Salado Audubon Middle with a day devoted to nature, sustainability, and other people working to guard the environment. Be part of the early fowl habitat restoration exercise, or simply take part within the competition with guided fowl walks within the Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Space and meals, music, crafts, and family-friendly actions. Discover volunteer and internship alternatives, take a look at dwell animal shows, or be a part of a workshop with Audubon, Arizona Sustainability Alliance, and American Forests.

California

Family Nature Day at Richardson Bay Audubon—Tiburon, CA (Could 2, 2026, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. PT)
Be part of Richardson Bay Audubon in partnership with WildCare for a Household Nature Day honoring Elizabeth Terwilliger. Go on a naturalist-led hike, create a wildlife themed craft, take the journey problem, dissect an owl pellet, use binoculars to observe birds from the patio of the historic Lyford Home, meet dwell non-releasable wildlife, and far more.

Connecticut

Earth Day Trash Cleanup—Sharon, CT (April 25, 2026, 10 a.m. ET)
Be part of Sharon Audubon Middle and the Sharon Vitality and Environmental Fee (SEEC) and volunteer to gather litter on the roadsides of city. This can be a enjoyable occasion and a good way to do one thing for the surroundings whereas getting recent air and train. SEEC supplies security vests, rubbish luggage, and plastic gloves, and the Audubon Middle may also present a shock for volunteers on the finish!

Florida

Earth Day Puzzle Trail at Audubon Center for Birds of Prey—Maitland, FL (April 18 and 19, 2026, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. ET)
Go to the Audubon Middle Birds of Prey the weekend earlier than Earth Day for the Earth Day Puzzle Path! This escape room expertise will lead the participant by a sequence of puzzles to study raptors and their threats. This exercise is most acceptable for ages 12 and up however youthful youngsters will get pleasure from it with some grownup help. Included with admission!

Earth Day Community Celebration—St. Andrews, FL (April 18, 2026, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.)
Be part of Bay County Audubon Society (BCAS) and different organizations on the St. Andrew’s Farmer’s Marketplace for the Annual Earth Day Celebration. The Earth Day Proclamation studying will start at 11:45 a.m. Actions for the entire household embody music and dancing, craft and meals distributors, surroundings distributors, and a tree giveaway.

Iowa

Earth Day Fair—Decorah, IA (April 26, 2026, 9 a.m. – midday CT)
Discover the Higher Iowa Audubon Society (UIAS) Sales space on the annual Winneshiek County Fairgrounds Earth Day Truthful, the place you may discover the newest in recycling, composting, renewable vitality, solar energy, electrical autos, native planting, wildlife habitat, conservation practices, and extra!

Kentucky

Louisville Earth Fest—Louisville, KY (March 28, 2026, 1 – 5 p.m. ET)
Louisville Audubon Society will be a part of the Louisville Metro Authorities Workplace of Sustainability, Parks Alliance of Louisville, and different companions to convey again Earth Fest, a Louisville Earth Month kickoff occasion. This neighborhood competition will function meals, music, performances, artwork, sustainability actions, and native sources – all in celebration of our planet.

Missouri

Little Creek Earth Day—Florissant, MO (April 18, 2026, 8 a.m. – midday CT)
Be part of Audubon Middle at Riverlands employees at Little Creek’s annual Earth Day occasion for a morning of enjoyable! This occasion will function a great deal of native companions, hands-on actions, face portray, and extra.

New York

Earth Day Weekend Marsh Volunteer Project—Garrison, NY (April 25, 2026, 9:30 a.m. – midday ET)    
Go to Structure Marsh Audubon Middle for an Earth Day volunteer undertaking! Volunteers will take away invasive crops and take cuttings from native Dogwood timber to propagate and replant on the Rheinstrom Hill Audubon Sanctuary in Columbia County. After the planting occasion, volunteers are welcome to go on a nature hike right down to Structure Marsh’s boardwalk to seek for migrating spring birds and determine wildlife alongside the path, in addition to talk about how local weather change is impacting the Hudson Valley Space. All ages, pre-registration is required.

Earth Day at Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary & Audubon Center—Oyster Bay, NY (April 18, 2026, 8:15 a.m. – 4 p.m.)
Volunteer outdoors for Earth Day on the Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary & Audubon Middle in Oyster Bay! Audubon employees will kick off the day with a morning fowl stroll all through sanctuary trails. Through the day, volunteers will help with tasks reminiscent of invasive plant removing, backyard and path upkeep, Tern Shelter constructing!

MARSH! Invasive Honeysuckle Popping at Montezuma Audubon Center—Savannah, NY (April 22, 2026, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. ET)
All are welcome to volunteer with Audubon employees on the Montezuma Audubon Middle to take away woody invasive honeysuckle from forested off-trail wildlife habitat! Members can be given any and all instruments essential to dig out and/or reduce vegetation, and volunteers might tackle extra roles of spreading native seeds and dragging dug up honeysuckle to kind brush piles. Hydration can be out there always and lunch can be supplied by the Pals of the Montezuma Wetlands Complicated. Registration is required.

North Carolina

Earth Day 2026—Greensboro, NC (April 25, 2026, Midday – 4 p.m. ET)    
Be part of the T. Gilbert Pearson Audubon Society for fowl/nature walks at this household pleasant occasion organized by the Metropolis of Greensboro’s Workplace of Sustainability and Resilience. Showcasing organizations dedicated to nature conservation and sustainability,  the occasion noticed over 3,000 guests final 12 months and can embody a local plant giveaway, youngsters’s actions, and meals vans on web site.

Ohio

Seeds of Caring Earth Day Event—Columbus, OH (April 18, 2026, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. ET)
Households and teams are invited to take part in a number of tasks at Grange Insurance coverage Audubon Middle to assist youngsters ages 2-12 take motion in defending the environment and investing in our planet’s future. Group companions can be on web site to teach youngsters on environmental stewardship actions. Be part of us for a day of enjoyable, training, and dwell music! 

Green Columbus Earth Day Event—Columbus, OH (April 26, 2026, 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. ET)
Have fun Earth Day with Inexperienced Columbus at Grange Insurance coverage Audubon Middle for this free, family-friendly, zero-waste occasion. Get pleasure from hands-on enjoyable, study native sustainability efforts, and join with organizations making a optimistic environmental influence in our neighborhood. All through the day Audubon educators will lead fowl and tree walks to teach competition goers about native species inside the park.

Aullwood’s Native Plant Sale—Dayton, OH (April 24, 2026, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. ET)
One of many space’s largest and earliest of the season returns in 2026! Store from greater than 12,000 crops representing 181 species suited to prairie, wetland, and woodland habitats, together with spring ephemerals, flowering crops, grasses, sedges, shrubs, and timber. Proceeds assist Aullwood Audubon Middle’s environmental training and conservation packages. New this 12 months, please convey your personal packing containers to hold and transport crops!

Pennsylvania

Nature Journaling at Mill Grove—Audubon, PA (April 19, 2026, 11 a.m.)    
In search of a quiet, inventive solution to reconnect with nature and sharpen your statement abilities? Nature Journaling invitations you to make use of phrases and footage to gather and report your observations and connections to the pure world. This immersive class teaches you to watch and report the dwelling panorama shapes, textures, patterns, and seasonal modifications discovered on the property at Mill Grove.

Earth Day Bird Walk—Williamsport, PA (April 22, 2026, 8 a.m. ET)
The Lycoming Audubon Society will start Earth Day Celebrations with a Susquehanna Greenway partnered stroll within the native preserved wetlands between Bald Eagle Mountain and the Susquehanna River. Stroll the gently rolling panorama and seek for quite a lot of fowl species whereas studying in regards to the imaginative and prescient and ongoing efforts for this particular space.

Earth Day Over the Bridge—Wilkes-Barre, PA (April 22, 2026, 6 p.m. ET)
Fifty-six years in the past, Earth Day was initiated as a nationwide expression of appreciation for our planet. Be part of the Lycoming Audubon Society on the River Stroll gathering on the north/ Wegman’s aspect, close to the river dam. Ample parking out there. Search for Audubon indicators. With indicators and flags, we’ll stroll clockwise, cross Market Road bridge, and again. Thanks for including your presence on this easy assertion of celebrating our lovely earth.    

Texas

Free Entry: Celebrate Earth Day and Native Plant Month—San Antonio, TX (April 18, 2026, 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. CT)    
Get outdoors to rejoice Earth Day and Native Plant Month and luxuriate in free entry all day at Mitchell Lake Audubon Middle. Take dwelling native pollinator plant instructional supplies to be taught what crops would work finest in your area. Free native seed packets whereas provides final!

Check out Ways to Get Involved this Earth Day and explore more Audubon Earth Day events.