Thanks to all who were able to attend Maine Audubon’s 2022 Native Plants Festival & Sale! It was so nice to see you all in person for the first time since 2019. We sold upwards of 3000 plants! A warm thanks to all the attendees, volunteers, and of course our fantastic presenters. If you were …
News & Notes
Backyard Bird of the Month for June: Northern Flicker
Perhaps one of the most striking North American woodpeckers, the Northern Flicker is a year-round resident of Maine woodlands, and as temperatures rise you can expect to come across this bird more frequently. Flickers spend most of their time foraging for ants and beetles, fitting their …
Raising Salmon, Raising Awareness
Some kids learn how to raise cows or grow potatoes. This spring, 500 students in all 10 of Portland’s public elementary schools had hands-on experience raising endangered Atlantic Salmon! It’s all part of an educational salmon rearing program called Fish Friends, which aims to educate school …
Putting the Festival in the 2022 Native Plants Festival & Sale
Maine Audubon will host its sixth Native Plants Festival and Sale at Gilsland Farm Audubon Center on Saturday, June 11, from 9 am to 3 pm. We are anticipating 90 or so species of Maine native plants, and past experience shows we can expect all you excited shoppers lining up for the 9 am opening …
Maine Audubon and Ag Allies announce new partnership to help grassland birds
Bobolinks are one of the most charismatic and iconic species of our grasslands. They, along with other grassland species, have suffered the steepest declines of North American birds in recent decades, dropping 53% between 1970 and 2019. They face threats on several fronts, all across their range …
Introducing the new Bringing Nature Home Manager, Andrew Tufts
Greetings, everyone! My name is Andrew Tufts, and I am the new “Bringing Nature Home” Program Manager at Maine Audubon. I come to the role after growing up in Topsham and pursuing an education and career devoted to landscape design, municipal planning, habitat stewardship, and landscape …
Maine Audubon Joins Conservation, Labor, and Business Groups to Support Offshore Wind
On May 18, 2022, Maine Audubon joined partners from the conservation, labor, and business communities for a press conference in Portland in support of offshore wind in the Gulf of Maine. The group gathered to urge state and federal governments to work quickly and responsibly in furthering …
Maine Audubon releases PSAs on wildlife-friendly fishing tips
Maine is a great place to fish, whether you’re at the ocean, on a lake, or in a river. And if we all take a few simple steps this summer, we can keep it that way. To help support our native fish populations as well as wildlife like the iconic loon, Maine Audubon has created public service …
It’s Bat Week! Let’s Celebrate — and Help
It pays to think for a moment about how cool bats are. It's not easy -- you may need to push through the fog of spookiness, creepiness, and icky-ness that clouds the discussion on bats -- but when you can get to a clear mental space you'll realize that there's so much to love. They're mammals that …