Founded in January 2013, the Alaska Songbird Institute is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Fairbanks, Alaska. Our initial work was to sustain and develop two community-based avian research projects at Creamer’s Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge: the Creamer’s Field Migration Station and Swallow Ecology Project. Since 2013, we have expanded our reach–establishing new educational programs, increasing our engagement with the Fairbanks community, and developing meaningful relationships with other conservation-minded organizations.

Our mission is to conserve Alaska’s boreal birds through ecological education and research. We employ this dual focus because we believe that both research and education are essential to our conservation mission. Our research projects comprise the basis of our organization while our education programs give the Fairbanks community a stake in our work and help spark youth interest in songbird conservation.