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Fatal Light Awareness Program (FLAP)

OUR MISSION: Working to safeguard migratory birds in the urban environment through education, research, rescue and rehabilitation.

OUR VISION: Create a 24-hour collision free urban environment for migratory birds.

Recent Blog Posts

Through Trillium Funding, FLAP Announces New Staffperson

Thanks to a generous grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF), the Fatal Light Awareness Program (FLAP) has had the great good fortune to hire Paloma Plant as our full-time Program Coordinator. A FLAP founding member and tireless volunteer, Paloma…


LEED Introduces Bird Collision Prevention Pilot Credit

The long-sought dream of having LEED introduce the bird building collision issue into it’s rating system has finally arrived.  This Fall, the U.S. Green Building Council introduced Pilot Credit 55:   Bird Collision Prevention. The Pilot Credit includes requirements for making…


San Francisco Mandates Bird-Safe Building Standards

In July 2011, San Francisco took the bold and beautiful step to become another major city in the world to mandate bird-safe building measures.  It’s Standards for Bird-Safe Buildings includes requirements for location-related hazards and building feature-related hazards.  It’s feature-related…