SAFE: North American Songbirds

Program Goals

The goal of Saving Animals From Extinction North American Songbirds (SAFE NAS) is to reduce the threats to North American songbirds and secure sustainable wild populations of these species throughout their ranges. We will achieve measurable successes by harnessing the collective strengths of zoos, aquariums, and partners through supporting education and on-theground conservation activities on AZA facilities, in the community, and at state, national and provincial levels. The goal of this three-year action plan is to collect information, develop an awareness campaign for use by the AZA community, and implement conservation activities in 90% of our member organizations. 

For this action plan, SAFE NAS focuses on three areas of native songbird conservation: 

It also begins to address: 

4. Reducing contaminants that affect North American songbirds 

5. Promoting Bird Friendly coffee 

6. Promoting and participating in citizen science 

7. Reducing North American songbird trafficking