Camp is over and school has started—it’s a bittersweet time. Campers, we’ll miss you! GILSLAND FARM After eight fun-filled weeks of summer camp at Gilsland Farm, it’s time to clean out the cubbies and put the sprinkler away. But first, we wanted to revisit some of our favorite moments from the summer. This year brought […]
Environmental Education
Another Super Summer with Sprout Lewiston students!
(Above photo: Sprout Lewiston students at Acadia National Park) On a humid morning in July, students from the Sprout Lewiston program met under a tent in the orchard at Gilsland Farm Audubon Center in Falmouth with Mihku Paul, a Wabanaki cultural sharer and regular partner of Maine Audubon. Mihku welcomed students in her language, Maliseet-Passamaquoddy, […]
Maine Audubon Honors Wildlife Champions in the Legislature
This week Maine Audubon held its first ever Wildlife Champion Awards event at Gilsland Farm. We gathered in the Ann and Jim Hancock Native Plants Education Center to honor six state legislators who helped pass important legislation related to wildlife and habitat during the 132nd Maine Legislature, which convened in 2025 and 2026. Wildlife advocacy […]
Emerald Ash Borer Summer Update: Information, Action, and Community Science
Ash trees are being threatened by Emerald Ash Borer (EAB), an invasive pest which has arrived in North America. Ash trees—which make up about 3% of all trees in Maine, an estimated 511 million trees—feed and support numerous species of insects, birds, and mammals, and are vital to Maine forests and communities. Once EAB has […]
Fun new features at Fields Pond!
We are so fortunate at Maine Audubon to have amazing members like Joyce Rumery and Kendra Burton, whose generosity and creativity have transformed our summer camp headquarters this year. Thanks to their collaborative efforts, campers and visitors alike are discovering two wonderful new additions to FPAC—and the joy on their faces says it all. For […]
Maine Audubon reaches more than 12,000 students this school year
With the school year having finally come to a close, Maine Audubon is celebrating the end of another year of working with schools to get kids outside and exposed to Maine to wildlife and habitat. Research tells us that children who have positive experiences outdoors are more likely to develop pro-environmental behaviors as adults. Maine […]
Good luck, baby salmon!
In the Greater Bangor area: On another chilly day in February, when the warmth of spring still felt like a distant memory we were all clinging to, we set up our holding tank and chiller in the lobby of the Fields Pond Audubon Center. As they have for the past several years, staff members hiked […]
Pollinator Spotlight: Flower Flies
Each year, Maine Audubon and Birth Roots partner to host the Pollinator Parade & Picnic for families with young children. Leading up to this special event, we like to highlight some of our favorite pollinators! If you have tickets to the parade, consider this some extra costume inspiration. And even if you can’t attend, we […]
“Being with the Seasons” Phenology Summit: Professional Development for Educators
Gilsland Farm Audubon Center in Falmouth, Saturday, May 30 For teachers and other educators in Cumberland County and beyond Maine Audubon and Portland Arts & Technology High School (PATHS) will host a daylong, climate education professional development workshop funded by the Maine Department of Education for K-12 educators on Saturday, May 30, at Gilsland Farm […]