The Connecticut Audubon Society, founded in 1898 and headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to "conserving Connecticut’s environment through science-based education and advocacy focused on the state’s bird populations and habitats." Connecticut Audubon Society is independent of the National Audubon Society (NAS), just as in the neighboring state of Massachusetts, where Massachusetts Audubon Society is independent of the NAS. The Society operates nature education facilities in Fairfield, Milford, Glastonbury, Pomfret, Old Lyme, and Sherman, and manages an additional 20 wildlife sanctuaries around the state, protecting over 3,200 acres of open space. The Society uses science and advocacy to help protect the state's birds and their environment. The organization's Environmental Advocacy program is operated in Hartford, the state's capitol. The Society's scientists, citizen scientists, and volunteers monitor birds and their habitats around the state. Each year the Society publishes a report, titled Connecticut State of the Birds, that discusses the impact of habitat loss and other issues on local bird populations. The Society also operates an EcoTravel office in Essex, Connecticut for bird watching trips around the state and the world. Centers The Society's five Centers feature education buildings, wildlife sanctuaries and trails on their properties, which are open to the public. Birdcraft Museum and Sanctuary - (6 acres), established in 1914 by Mabel Osgood Wright in Fairfield. It houses the Society's headquarters and a natural history museum (which is closed for renovation). Center at Fairfield - built in 1971, adjacent to the 155-acre Roy and Margot Larsen Wildlife with 7 miles of trails. It is the focus of environmental education programs and activities, and includes an outdoor birds of prey compound. Center at Milford Point - opened in 1995, located on the 8-acre Smith-Hubbell Wildlife Refuge and Bird Sanctuary on Long Island Sound in Milford, and includes a boardwalk, observation platform and 70-foot covered observation tower. It is situated next to the 840-acre Charles E. Wheeler Wildlife Management Area at the mouth of the Housatonic River. Center at Glastonbury - opened in 1981, features a 4000-sq. ft facility adjacent to the 48-acre town-owned Earle Park in Glastonbury. Education programs and Discovery Room exhibits focus on the nearby Connecticut River. Deer Pond Farm, acquired through a gift in 2017, encompassed 835 acres, mostly in Sherman. The Roger Tory Peterson Estuary Center is dedicated to the conservation and preservation of the Connecticut River Estuary ecosystem and watershed. Center at