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 […]
Maine Audubon heads to water conference to talk about healthy streams
Maine Audubon biologists and educators will be taking part in the 2025 Maine Sustainability & Water Conference, scheduled for March 27 at the Augusta Civic Center. The conference is an annual gathering where “ . . . professionals, researchers, consultants, citizens, students, regulators, and planners gather to exchange information and present new findings on sustainability […]
Exciting Changes Coming to Gilsland Farm
Maine Audubon’s Native Plants Program Expanding into New Building Maine Audubon has unveiled plans for the Ann and Jim Hancock Native Plants Education Center and expanded, adjacent growing area, to be built at Maine Audubon’s Gilsland Farm headquarters in greater Portland. Supported initially by generous donations from Ann and Jim Hancock, the new structure will […]
Maine Audubon Supports Bills to Designate a State Amphibian and Reptile
Legislation to Designate the Spring Peeper as our State Amphibian and Wood Turtle as State Reptile have Hearings in Augusta On February 3, Maine Audubon Policy Advocate Ania Wright will testify in support of a pair of bills aiming to shine a spotlight on some of Maine’s lesser-known wildlife. The Maine State Legislature’s Committee on […]
December fun on the trails
You may have noticed that the fields at Gilsland Farm received their annual mowing with the tractor over the past few weeks, but did you know that the fields at Josephine Newman and Mast Landing Audubon Sanctuaries have also seen some love? The Properties Department recently purchased a small BCS tractor with the intent of […]
Maine Audubon’s 41st Annual Loon Count Results Show Healthy Loon Population
Above photo: Loons on Fields Pond, Photo by Wayne Foote It was a very good year—for Maine loons! When every single number associated with the Annual Loon Count goes up, scientists at Maine Audubon say it’s a great indication that the Common Loon population is healthy. All the numbers of adult loons, loon chicks, lakes […]