Building Relationships and Driving Record Postcard Turnout

As acknowledged in Audubon’s Flight Plan, public coverage and funding have a catalytic impact on defending chook habitat and addressing local weather change. Coverage gadgets just like the Farm Invoice can profit Texas agriculture whereas enhancing chook habitat, and Texas is usually a chief on these coverage gadgets. That’s the reason this 12 months, Audubon Texas hung out connecting with elected officers throughout all sectors to familiarize them with the mission to bend the chook curve and create a more healthy planet for birds and folks alike.

A 12 months of Relationship Constructing

Over the course of the fiscal 12 months, we related or labored on key coverage gadgets to assist advance the Wholesome Fowl Wholesome Planet agenda, together with:

• Relationship constructing with 7 state representatives and a pair of federal representatives protecting Audubon Texas facilities and key programmatic areas
• Internet hosting one state consultant out at Mitchell Lake Audubon Heart in San Antonio for a chook outing

A Report-Breaking Postcard Marketing campaign

The spotlight of this fiscal 12 months has been the assist of Texas chapters and members who participated within the Native Communities and Birds Stewardship Act postcard marketing campaign. The marketing campaign generated over 200 postcards from Texas to be delivered to Congressional members among the highest postcard numbers within the nation. This has led to the state’s senators being high candidates to function Republican co-sponsors on the invoice.

Outreach like that is serving to us advance coverage and fund conservation with options equal to the dimensions of the challenges we face. Keep tuned for how one can proceed to assist us bend the chook curve by coverage engagement for the remainder of 2026 and 2027.