A portrait of Tice Supplee.

Tice Supplee

Director of Bird Conservation

Vashti “Tice” Supplee has been with the National Audubon Society since 2005, after a career with the Arizona Game and Fish Department that included experiences in research, habitat management, game management, and urban wildlife. She coordinates Audubon Southwest science related activities with National Audubon Society programs, and manages the New Mexico and Arizona Important Bird Areas programs—sites that are critical to a complete life cycle for resident and migratory birds.

Tice earned her B.S at Cornell University and M.S. at the University of Arizona, both in Wildlife Ecology. She is a member of the Sonoran Joint Venture science committee, Arizona Bird Conservation Initiative, New Mexico Avian Conservation Partners, Partners in Flight Pinyon Jay Working GroupDesert Thrashers Working Group, Lower Gila River Collaborative coordinating committee, and Upper San Pedro Partnership public advisory and technical committees.

Contact

tice.supplee@audubon.org
602.457.4573

Articles by Tice Supplee

Climate Change Threatens Arizona’s Forest Birds
Western Rivers Action Network

Climate Change Threatens Arizona’s Forest Birds

— New Audubon report shows about half of Arizona’s birds are vulnerable.
In the Field—Western Rivers Bird Count
Western Rivers Action Network

In the Field—Western Rivers Bird Count

— A dispatch from Arizona’s Salt River.
Finding the Yuma Ridgway's Rail
News

Finding the Yuma Ridgway's Rail

— Thanks to the Arthur L. and Elaine V. Johnson Foundation and Sonoran Joint Venture, Audubon's project to protect the marsh bird is underway.
A Year of Conservation Success With Arizona's Important Bird Areas
News

A Year of Conservation Success With Arizona's Important Bird Areas

— Arizona's recent accomplishments in the monitoring and stewardship of its IBAs
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