Listening to Steve Norton's soundscape composition Requiem is both peaceful and unsettling at the same time. Unusual bird songs mix with frog croaks here and there, sounds come together, then pause. “A lot of people think it's relaxing and beautiful,” says Norton, “but some people tear up and …
Media Release
Results of the 2019 Loon Count
For the 36th year in a row, community scientists all over Maine ventured onto their local lakes and ponds on the third Saturday in July this year to count Common Loons. In total, 1, 414 people participated in the count this year (up from 1,350 in 2018), covering 292 lakes. Click here to see …
New Report: Renewable Energy and Wildlife in Maine
Tackling climate change is one of the most difficult and pressing tasks Mainers face, both personally and collectively. Maine's lawmakers have set some ambitious goals for reducing the state's greenhouse gas emissions and for procuring retail electricity sales from renewable energy sources. This …
Statement on LUPC Adoption of New Development Rules in the North Woods
Maine Audubon is deeply disappointed by the Land Use Planning Commission's (LUPC) vote on April 2 to adopt rules to open tens of thousands of acres of Maine's North Woods to subdivisons and commercial development. There was very little discussion by the Commissioners before the vote, which is the …
Celebrating Maine Audubon’s Women in Science
This coming Monday, February 11, is the International Day of Women & Girls in Science -- a day established by the United Nations to "support and promote the access of women and girls and their participation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics education, training and research …
Maine Audubon Applauds Nomination of Judy Camuso to Head MDIFW
Yesterday, it was announced that Governor-elect Janet Mills has picked Judy Camuso to be Commissioner of the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIFW). MDIFW is the agency tasked with preserving, protecting, and enhancing Maine's wildlife and inland fisheries resources, from the …
Results of the 2018 Loon Count
This past July marked the 35th anniversary of Maine Audubon's Annual Loon Count. As has happened on each third Saturday of July since 1984, a corps of dedicated volunteers ventured out on lakes and ponds across the state to search for, and count, Common Loons. In the 2018 count, 1,350 people …
Statement Regarding Gilsland Farm Solar Arrays
In 2014, Maine Audubon partnered with Shawn Moody, owner of Moody's Co-Worker Owned, Inc. (“Moody's”), and Revision Energy to install solar arrays at the Gilsland Farm Audubon Center in Falmouth, with the goal of reducing Maine Audubon's organizational carbon footprint. Revision Energy installed the …
A Banner Year for Maine’s Nesting Piping Plovers
The Maine Audubon "plover crew" has wrapped up its 2018 season monitoring the nesting of Piping Plovers on Maine's beaches -- and they have good news to report for this struggling species. "In 2018, we had a record number of nesting pairs and a record number of fledglings for Maine," explained …