It's worth reminding yourself once in a while that life may not exist anywhere else but Earth. We are incredibly lucky to be sharing this planet with the products of billions of years of evolution, in which life has wriggled itself into seemingly every nook and cranny possible. We live among birds …
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Maine Audubon and Clean Energy Companies Applaud Vote on Climate Action Plan
Landmark Document Sets Course for Carbon Reductions and Economic Revitalization November 12, 2020 (Augusta, ME) – The Maine Climate Council voted today to finalize draft recommendations for the state's next Climate Action Plan (CAP), a document that will guide Maine's efforts to meet ambitious …
Maine Audubon and Patagonia Freeport Join Forces for the Endangered Species Act
Shop and save has new meaning this month as Maine Audubon and Patagonia team up to protect the Endangered Species Act. Shoppers at the Patagonia Freeport store (100 Main Street, Freeport) are now greeted near the doors by an Endangered Species Act (ESA) display, featuring free "trading cards" …
National Audubon Reports on Climate Risks to Maine Birds
Today the National Audubon Society released a new report, Survival By Degrees: 389 Species on the Brink, which gives detailed projections for how climate change will impact the ranges of hundreds of bird species. The report contains state-by-state breakdowns of these projections, and the Maine …
Endangered Species Act: What Do the Changes Mean for Maine Wildlife?
An estimated one million species of plants and animals currently face an imminent threat of extinction. Nevertheless, the Trump Administration has just issued new regulations significantly weakening our nation's most successful wildlife conservation law, the Endangered Species Act. On Thursday, …
BREAKING: New Federal Rules Gut Endangered Species Act Protections for Maine Wildlife
PRESS STATEMENT 8/12/2019 Contact: Nick Lund, Outreach and Network Manager, Maine Audubon 207.650.8739| nlund@maineaudubon.org Eliza Donoghue, Senior Policy & Advocacy Specialist, Maine Audubon 207.712.4359 | edonoghue@maineaudubon.org Laura Minch Zitske, Director, Piping Plover …
Join Us in Augusta for Conservation Lobby Day 2019 & Youth Climate Rally!
Please join Maine Audubon and the Environmental Priorities Coalition at the Maine State House in Augusta on April 23 for Conservation Lobby Day 2019! Each year, we gather for this special day in Augusta, discussing pressing issues, learning some effective techniques for talking to our legislators …
NECEC AND FOREST FRAGMENTATION PART 4: THE WOOD TURTLE
This is the fourth post in our series on the wildlife impacts of Central Maine Power's proposed New England Clean Energy Connect (NECEC) transmission line project. As we wrote in our introductory post, Maine Audubon feels strongly that NECEC and its mitigation plan offer unsatisfactory protections …
Maine Audubon Comments on the Proposed NECEC Transmission Line
This week we've been posting a blog series on the potential impacts of the proposed New England Clean Energy Connect (NECEC) transmission line. If approved, the project would carve a 150-foot corridor through the Maine North Woods between the Maine / Canada border and The Forks. Maine Audubon and …