{"id":68,"date":"2016-04-26T15:47:51","date_gmt":"2016-04-26T19:47:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotb2017.wpengine.com\/?page_id=68"},"modified":"2021-10-19T14:11:57","modified_gmt":"2021-10-19T18:11:57","slug":"news-room","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stateofthebirds.org\/2017\/news-room\/","title":{"rendered":"News Room"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Media Contacts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"mailto:jhoward@abcbirds.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jennifer Howard<\/a>, American Bird Conservancy,&nbsp;202-888-7472<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"mailto:pel27@cornell.edu\">Pat Leonard<\/a>, Cornell Lab of Ornithology,&nbsp;607-254-2137<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sotb2017.wpenginepowered.com\/news-room\/news-release\/\">News Release<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sotb2017.wpenginepowered.com\/state-of-the-birds-2017-pdf-download\/\">Download the report<\/a> (PDF)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Images<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Click image to download high-resolution version:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sotb2017.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Western-Meadowlark-by-Donald-Metzner.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"1008\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.stateofthebirds.org\/2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Western-Meadowlark-by-Donald-Metzner-720x1008.jpg\" alt=\"Western Meadowlark by Donald Metzner.\" class=\"wp-image-1386 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stateofthebirds.org\/2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Western-Meadowlark-by-Donald-Metzner-720x1008.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.stateofthebirds.org\/2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Western-Meadowlark-by-Donald-Metzner-768x1075.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.stateofthebirds.org\/2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Western-Meadowlark-by-Donald-Metzner-1280x1792.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.stateofthebirds.org\/2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Western-Meadowlark-by-Donald-Metzner-480x672.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.stateofthebirds.org\/2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Western-Meadowlark-by-Donald-Metzner.jpg 1308w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 720px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 720\/1008;\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Meadowlarks depend on grassland habitat, which exist mainly on private land that receives support from the Farm Bill. <em>Western Meadowlark by Donald Metzner<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sotb2017.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Golden-winged-Warbler-by-Gerrit-Vyn.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"479\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.stateofthebirds.org\/2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Golden-winged-Warbler-by-Gerrit-Vyn-720x479.jpg\" alt=\"Golden-winged Warbler by Gerrit Vyn\" class=\"wp-image-1385 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stateofthebirds.org\/2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Golden-winged-Warbler-by-Gerrit-Vyn-720x479.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.stateofthebirds.org\/2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Golden-winged-Warbler-by-Gerrit-Vyn-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.stateofthebirds.org\/2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Golden-winged-Warbler-by-Gerrit-Vyn-1280x852.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.stateofthebirds.org\/2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Golden-winged-Warbler-by-Gerrit-Vyn-1920x1278.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.stateofthebirds.org\/2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Golden-winged-Warbler-by-Gerrit-Vyn-480x319.jpg 480w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 720px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 720\/479;\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Golden-winged Warblers benefited from Farm Bill-supported habitat treatments in the Appalachians. <em>Photo by Gerrit Vyn<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sotb2017.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/indicator-graph-1500.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"429\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.stateofthebirds.org\/2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/indicator-graph-1500-720x429.jpg\" alt=\"population trends for wetland, forest, and grassland birds\" class=\"wp-image-1267 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stateofthebirds.org\/2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/indicator-graph-1500-720x429.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.stateofthebirds.org\/2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/indicator-graph-1500-768x458.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.stateofthebirds.org\/2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/indicator-graph-1500-1280x763.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.stateofthebirds.org\/2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/indicator-graph-1500-480x286.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.stateofthebirds.org\/2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/indicator-graph-1500.jpg 1588w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 720px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 720\/429;\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Dots on the graph indicate start dates for key Farm Bill conservation programs, showing the change in populations of wetland, forest, and grassland birds after these programs were implemented.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sotb2017.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/2-meadowlark-map-1300.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"577\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.stateofthebirds.org\/2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/2-meadowlark-map-1300-720x577.jpg\" alt=\"Map of Eastern and Western Meadowlark abundance from eBird data; Farm Bill conservation practices from USDA-NRCS data.\" class=\"wp-image-1421 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stateofthebirds.org\/2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/2-meadowlark-map-1300-720x577.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.stateofthebirds.org\/2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/2-meadowlark-map-1300-768x616.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.stateofthebirds.org\/2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/2-meadowlark-map-1300-1280x1026.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.stateofthebirds.org\/2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/2-meadowlark-map-1300-480x385.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.stateofthebirds.org\/2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/2-meadowlark-map-1300.jpg 1336w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 720px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 720\/577;\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Green shading shows where Eastern and Western Meadowlarks occur. Their range overlaps areas of private land that have used Farm Bill-supported conservation practices in the last decade (shown by cross hatching). <em>Meadowlark abundance from eBird data; Farm Bill conservation practices from USDA-NRCS data.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Media Contacts Jennifer Howard, American Bird Conservancy,&nbsp;202-888-7472 Pat Leonard, Cornell Lab of Ornithology,&nbsp;607-254-2137 News Release Download the report (PDF) Images Click image to download high-resolution version:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1464,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_birdpress_hero_toggle":false,"_birdpress_hero_type":"image","_birdpress_hero_image_type":"image","_birdpress_hero_style":"default","_birdpress_hero_ratio":"","_birdpress_hero_h1":"","_birdpress_hero_media_id":0,"_birdpress_hero_media_array_id":[],"_birdpress_hero_media_array":[],"_birdpress_hero_media":0,"_birdpress_hero_video_id":0,"_birdpress_hero_video":0,"_birdpress_hero_youtube":"","_birdpress_hero_content":true,"_birdpress_hero_byline":"","_birdpress_hero_byline_bottom":"","_birdpress_hero_button_link":"","_birdpress_hero_button_text":"","_birdpress_hero_button_color":"","_birdpress_hero_date":false,"original_guid":"","_birdpress_hide_search":false,"_birdpress_page_width":"","_birdpress_global_cta":false,"_birdpress_widget_sidebar":"","_birdpress_next_article":0,"_birdpress_next_article_title":"","_birdpress_prev_article":0,"_birdpress_prev_article_title":"","_birdpress_sub_navigation_id":0,"_birdpress_sub_navigation":"","_birdpress_sub_navigation_title":false,"_birdpress_anchor_navigation_id":0,"_birdpress_anchor_navigation":"","_birdpress_postType":"both","_birdpress_categoryID":0,"_birdpress_tagID":0,"_birdpress_parentPostID":0,"_birdpress_parentPostTitle":"","_birdpress_menuID":0,"_birdpress_menuName":"","_birdpress_listHeader":"","_birdpress_listLayout":"card-display","_birdpress_listColumns":"","_birdpress_maxItems":12,"_birdpress_listPaginate":true,"_birdpress_displaySort":true,"_birdpress_sortOrder":"DESC","_birdpress_sortBy":"date","_birdpress_listID":"","_birdpress_listClass":"","_birdpress_displayImages":true,"_birdpress_displayCaptions":false,"_birdpress_displayExcerpts":false,"_birdpress_attTop":"","_birdpress_attBottom":"","_birdpress_showLogos":false,"_birdpress_post_logo":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-68","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stateofthebirds.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/68","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stateofthebirds.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stateofthebirds.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stateofthebirds.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stateofthebirds.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stateofthebirds.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/68\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stateofthebirds.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stateofthebirds.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}