A new legislative session has begun in Augusta and our advocates are already in the State House working to advance protections for Maine wildlife and habitat. Our staff of advocates, scientists, and environmental educators has combed through hundreds of new bills submitted at the start of the 132nd Maine Legislature and selected our top priorities […]
Pollution
Maine Climate Action Plan 2.0 Released
After years of work from stakeholders across the state, including Maine Audubon’s Ania Wright, Ches Gundrum, and Sally Stockwell, the state’s updated landmark climate action plan, Maine Won’t Wait 2.0, has been released. The plan updates the original blueprint for statewide climate action, released in 2020, with new-and-improved strategies to help modernize Maine’s buildings, transition […]
Maine Audubon in Augusta: Mid-Session Updates from the Legislature
We have lots of updates from a busy session in the Maine Legislature! Let’s dive right in after some notices on a few upcoming events: This Thursday, May 18, is�Conservation Lobby Day�in Augusta. Members and supporters from conservation organizations across the state will join in Augusta to advance clean energy and climate action, further environmental […]
Legislative Update: successes, but still some work to do!
Things are happening quickly in Augusta, as legislators hope to wrap up their session this week. I wanted to keep you and all of our advocacy supporters up to date on what’s happening with Maine Audubon’s priority legislation. Much of the progress we’ve made this year has been thanks to the messages you’ve been sending […]
Maine Audubon Excited About Kennebec River Wildlife Recommendations
Many species of fish travel great distances during their lives, and many move between the ocean and freshwater streams and rivers in order to complete their lifecycles. Unfortunately, dams built on those streams and rivers are like locked doors keeping fish from their required habitat. For centuries in Maine, species such as the endangered Atlantic […]
Renewed Urgency for Protection of Maine Wildlife
The most challenging aspect of human impact on the environment is that we get used to it. It’s easy to see colorful birds at your feeders this spring and forget that there are billions fewer songbirds than there used to be, or enjoy a day at the beach in Maine without realizing that the Gulf […]
The Fight Against Plastic Pollution
A Double-crested Cormorant swims through a long strand of discarded fishing line in Casco Bay, and becomes ensnared. The line wraps tightly around the bird’s legs and trails behind it in the water, making it difficult for the bird to chase fish underwater and causing it to go hungry. A pair of Gray Catbirds look […]
Disgusting Photos of a Maine River Before the Clean Water Act
October 18 marks the 46th anniversary of the passage of the Clean Water Act. That’s a long time, and it can be difficult to remember just how bad things were on some of Maine’s rivers before the Clean Water Act forced pollution to be cleaned up. We’d like to remind you how far we’ve come. […]
Congress Has Let the Land & Water Conservation Fund Expire
The Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) has expired. Congress failed to reauthorize the program over the weekend, meaning the 52-year-old fund is no longer collecting money to conserve parks, forests, watersheds, recreation areas, and open spaces as of this week. At the time of my writing, this critical conservation tool has lost out on […]