Last night, Susan Gallo received her Source Sustainability Award, presented to her by the Portland Press Herald in recognition of her leadership of Maine Audubon's annual Loon Count. From the Press Herald's original story: Every year, in early summer, hundreds of Mainers head out onto lakes …
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Results of the 2017 Loon Count
On the third Saturday of every July since 1984, over a thousand volunteers have ventured out on lakes and ponds across the state to search for, and count, Common Loons. Last July 15, 1,377 people participated in the 34th annual Maine Audubon Loon Count, once again providing reliable survey data that …
Maine Policy Review features Maine Audubon on Citizen Science
Thanks to the Maine Policy Review for publishing this article on lessons we've learned from decades of citizen science work in the field of wildlife conservation, authored by director of conservation Sally Stockwell and wildlife biologist Susan Gallo. The lessons include: Be realistic …
Proposed Buzzards Bay oil spill settlement good news for Maine loons
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) has announced that they, along with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and the State of Rhode Island, have reached a proposed settlement of $13 million with the Bouchard Transportation Company, …
Results of the 2016 Loon Count
Update: The 2017 Loon Count will be on Saturday, July 15th! If you'd like to participate, please email conserve@maineaudubon.org for more information and to sign up. ~~ It won't be too long before the ice starts breaking up and our Common Loons wing in from the ocean to set up for another …
MEDIA RELEASE: Volunteers Take to the Lakes for 33rd Annual Maine Audubon Loon Count
MEDIA RELEASE For Immediate Release July 13, 2016 Contact: Leslie Taylor, Digital Media Managerltaylor@maineaudubon.org (207) 781-2330 x276Cell: (347)225-1510 FALMOUTH, Maine – On Saturday, July 16, Maine Audubon will conduct its 33rd annual Loon Count. Over 900 Mainers have volunteered to …
Loon Count Results 2015
Rarely does a Maine summer day start out with such bad weather as it did on Saturday, July 18, 2015. Unfortunately, for Maine Audubon's dedicated corps of loon counters, this was also the morning of the 32nd annual loon count. Counters reported every form of rain imaginable, from hard and steady to …
MEDIA RELEASE: Maine Audubon and Partners Launch Fish Lead-Free Campaign
MEDIA RELEASE For Immediate Release July 23, 2014 Contact: Michelle Smith, Communications & Marketing Manager msmith@maineaudubon.org (207) 781-2330 x209 Mobile: (207) 838-0511 Maine Audubon and Partners Launch Fish Lead-Free Campaign Passage of 2013 Loon Protection Bill …
LD 1626, Funding for Invasives Eradication, on Appropriations Table
LD 1626 has been amended. In this new version, a portion of the milfoil sticker money that was sent to the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is being sent to a new account at the Department of Environmental Protection. This new account is specifically designed for eradication. This …