Highlights and shadows cast by winter light captured water, snow, flora, and fauna in all the photographs submitted for the first ever Fields Pond Winter Photo Contest. Fifteen photographers submitted photos taken this winter at the center. Online voting took place between February 3 and February 10, and more than 375 votes were cast for […]
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Fields Pond has a month of family fun this December
Embrace winter through wildlife this season at Maine Audubon�s Fields Pond Audubon Center. We�ve got a month full of activities that can help connect you and your family to wildlife and the outdoors, while still celebrating the holiday season. Fields Pond Audubon Center, just seven miles from Bangor, is a beautiful 229-acre wildlife sanctuary with […]
Numbers are in for Maine Audubon’s 40th Annual Loon Count
(Above photo: This striking photo was taken by Elizabeth Payne, an annual loon counter; used by permission) And just like that we have 40 years of loon count data for the state of Maine! On July 15, 1503 volunteer loon counters headed out to 374 lakes to gather important data, allowing Maine Audubon to calculate […]
Maine Audubon in Augusta: Important Final Updates
The Maine Legislature is nearing the end of an active and productive session. Though today is the last day on its formal calendar, there is still a lot of work to do and the Maine Audubon team expects that the Legislature will meet at least through the end of the week. Until then, we want […]
WIN! Gov. Mills Signs into law a bill that will help protect loons from lead poisoning
One of Maine’s most iconic wildlife species will benefit from a new law signed this week by Governor Mills that phases out the use and sale of small-sized painted lead fishing tackle. Common Loons can accidentally ingest lost or discarded lead tackle when it sinks to the bottom, causing illness and death. This new law […]
Join Maine Audubon’s 40th annual loon count on July 15
Early Saturday morning in mid July, on the shores of hundreds of Maine lakes, people are getting coffee and tea, studying maps, prepping their boats, dusting off binoculars, and meeting up with neighbors who they may only see this one time each year: They are getting ready for the Annual Loon Count. For four decades, […]
Seeking Environmental Education Assistants!
Are you a 14- to 17-year-old who wants to spend time exploring outdoors with campers this summer? Do you want to build skills, gain experience, and have fun while volunteering? If so, we hope you�ll apply to be an Environmental Education Assistant (EEA) with Maine Audubon�s summer day camps for children ages 3-9 at Gilsland […]
Broad Support Demonstrated for Bill to Close Loophole in Lead Fishing Tackle Laws
On May 8, advocates gathered to testify at a public hearing before Maine State Legislature’s Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Committee in support of LD 958, a bill to update existing law to phase out the sale and use of small-sized painted lead jigs to more comprehensively address lead-caused mortalities in Maine’s Common Loons. Lead poisoning […]
Maple Thanksgiving is a Sweet Treat for Portland Kindergarteners
Maple sugaring takes patience–a lesson kindergarten students in Portland Public Schools now know firsthand. Students across the district spent late winter learning about maple trees and maple sugaring, studying maple trees on their school grounds, and in many cases, tapping those trees, as a part of a Wabanaki Studies unit for kindergarten called Maple Thanksgiving. […]