“Providing Shelter,” an essay on the importance of national parks and other protected areas for buffering birds from the effects of human-caused climate change, by IBP Executive Director Rodney Siegel, appeared in a special print supplement to USA Today's September 22, 2024 issue. The supplement included essays by US Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, writer and naturalist Scott Weidensaul, and more.

Read Siegel’s essay and the rest of the supplement at this link: “Paradise Lost: Habitat Destruction And Climate Change Are Pushing Birds To The Brink.”