Audubon has just announced its strategic plan, a 2012-2015 roadmap for hemispheric conservation, to make it a more powerful force in restoring bird ecosystems, benefitting humanity, wildlife, and the earth’s overall biodiversity.  Identifying the priority bird species for each of the four spring and fall migration flyways – Atlantic, Mississippi, Central and Pacific – and in coordination with the entire Audubon family – staff, board members, centers, state and local chapters, hemispheric partners, and volunteers — Audubon will select and measure results for significant projects and initiatives for which we have the skills and resources.  Five strategies have been identified: making land work for both birds and people; sharing our seas and shores; shaping a healthy climate with a clean energy future; creating bird-friendly communities; and saving important bird areas.  In our Everglades ecosystem, for example, one project has helped create the 150,000 acre Everglades Headwaters National Wildlife Refuge and Conservation area, which improves outcomes for 6 priority species and millions of migrating birds. You can find the entire strategic plan in pdf format at http://www.audubon.org/sites/default/files/documents/audubon_strategic_plan_-_web_2012.pdf. Over the upcoming months, we will report on more aspects of the plan both on the ASE web site and in the KITE, enabling us to work together as ONE AUDUBON in making these vital successes.