Maine Audubon is pleased to announce the passage of LD 1323, Resolve: Directing the Board of Pesticides Control to Evaluate the Impacts of Neonicotinoids on Pollinators, Humans and the Environment in the Maine Legislature. The bill requires the state to further evaluate impacts of neonicotinoid pesticides (“neonics”) on pollinators and people. LD 1323 secured bipartisan […]
Maine Audubon comments on passage of seawall bill
Statement on the Passage of LD 228, “An Act to Allow Coastal Seawalls to Be Raised by up to 2 Feet in Order to Accommodate Predicted Sea Level Rise” On May 29, 2025, Governor Mills signed LD 228, “An Act to Allow Coastal Seawalls to Be Raised by up to 2 Feet in Order to […]
Loons on the move: A visit to the Southern Maine Children’s Water Festival
—By Anne Heissenbuttel, Maine Audubon Loon Restoration Project Intern Kids making loon calls, shouting loon facts, playing loon trivia—that was all part of the scene on May 23, as 700 Maine fifth and sixth graders gathered in the University of Southern Maine’s recreation center in Portland to explore the Southern Maine Children’s Water Festival. Student […]
Goodbye, Fry! A Salmon Send-Off to Remember for Endangered Species Day
Today we honor Endangered Species Day with stories about our work with schoolchildren in the Greater Portland and Greater Bangor area to raise and release endangered Atlantic Salmon. FIELDS POND This story begins back on a chilly February day, when Northern Programs Director David Lamon and Community-Based Education Manager Melissa Gallagher trudged through knee-deep snow, […]
Invasive Plant Removal Underway at East Point Audubon Sanctuary
Non-native invasive plants threaten the wildlife and habitat at East Point Audubon Sanctuary in Biddeford Pool. Maine Audubon is working to identify, remove, control, and manage invasive plants and revegetate with native plants, in order to restore and rebuild the natural biodiversity that supports the widest array of wildlife. Many heavily disturbed coastal habitats are […]
Bringing Nature Home Wins Startup Competition
On Friday, April 4, Bringing Nature Home Program Manager Andrew Tufts and the program’s founder and Maine Audubon board member Jim Hancock won the grand prize and $10,000 in a pitch competition! Last fall, Maine Audubon was invited to participate in the Intrapreneurship for Nonprofits program at the Roux Institute, designed to help Maine nonprofits […]
Join us for spring volunteer orientation sessions!
Calling all volunteers! Whether you’re interested in collecting data for community science projects, assisting with projects that maintain our beautiful sanctuaries, or working with kids and families, volunteers are critical to Maine Audubon’s work to conserve wildlife and habitat, and there are ways to get involved in nearly everything we do. To learn more, please […]
Celebrate Earth Day 2025 with Maine Audubon
At Maine Audubon, we feel like every day is Earth Day! But of course, we still do honor the official day, which falls on April 22 this year. We’ve got a week packed full of special events designed to have fun while doing our best for the planet. Please join us! APRIL 18 Gilsland Farm, […]
Federal Updates from Maine Audubon
Maine Audubon is concerned by the breadth and speed of attempts to weaken the federal laws and agencies that have helped protect Maine wildlife and habitat for decades. Maine Audubon’s science-based approach to environmental policy has helped us weather all manner of political situations, though what we’re witnessing now has little precedent. Still, we will […]