Impact Stories

Your Gifts At Work

We are thankful for those who have made an estate gift to the National Audubon Society. Learn more about how their gifts have made an impact.

Photo credit: Larry Lynch/Audubon Photography Awards

Legacy Gifts Help Protect Sandhill Cranes

Dr. Lillian Annette Rowe’s bequest to Audubon in the 1970s made possible the purchase of the first 750 acres on the Platte River for migrating cranes. Today, the Lillian Annette Rowe Bird Sanctuary in Gibbon, Nebraska is known worldwide, and subsequent bequests continue to expand our work.

Read more about Rowe Sanctuary.

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Solomon Fingold leaves generous bequest to Audubon California

Fingold was a charismatic self-made businessman and a passionate supporter of environmental and social causes.