Bring your lead fishing tackle to the Kittery Trading Post’s Septemberfest Event on the weekend of September 12 and 13, between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., and receive a $10 voucher toward the purchase of lead-free tackle in the store! Kittery Trading Post is partnering with Maine Audubon and the Department of Fish and Wildlife […]
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Andy’s Blog: Make Your Vote Count
At Maine Audubon, advocacy is central to the work we do. I often liken it to one of the legs on a three-legged stool, with education and conservation as the other legs that together support our mission to connect people with wildlife and habitat. Part of our advocacy work involves lobbying and engaging with lawmakers, […]
Reflections on John James Audubon
The Black Lives Matter movement has caused Maine Audubon to look inward at its own role in inequity and racial inequality, just as it has for millions of Americans. For the hundreds of Audubon societies around the country, that reflection has included a renewed analysis of the character of our namesake: John James Audubon. When […]
Sanctuary Spotlight: Ospreys invited to nest at Hamilton Audubon Sanctuary
If you build it, will they come? That’s the big question now at Hamilton Audubon Sanctuary after the foundation for an osprey nest was created last week. Kyle Rosenberg, owner of Forest To Shore tree service, came to Hamilton and worked with caretaker Glenn Evans and Properties Director Peter Baecher to create the framework for […]
Bringing Nature Home: Behind the scenes at our native plants sales
Take a behind-the-scenes tour of Maine Audubon’s native plant sales and growing operations with Properties Director Peter Baecher. In this video, he takes you into the hoop house, outdoor growing area, and demonstration garden, talking about what plants are on sale right now that are perfect for late-summer planting, including sunflowers; grasses including Pennsylvania Sedge […]
Andy’s blog: Beating the heat by keeping busy
The dog days of summer are here, and we’re all looking for any way to beat the heat. For many, that’s meant a canoe or kayak trip at Scarborough Marsh, and we’re so thankful that we’ve been able to rent boats, lead tours, and show people the beauty of the marsh during these challenging times. […]
Bringing Nature Home: Native Plants Grown From Seed
In the five years that Maine Audubon has been promoting and selling native plants, we have also been growing many of our favorite pants from seeds. Propagating our own plants this natural way is more economical, uses less fossil fuel, sustains natural genetics of straight species, and ensures our control over our complete supply chain. […]
Bringing Nature Home: Size up midsummer plants and plan for fall planting
The COVID-19 pandemic may have wiped out our fifth annual in-person Native Plants Sale & Festival, but it has still been a wildly successful year for the �Bringing Nature Home� initiative. We launched the new Maine Native Plant Finder website in May, and look forward to an expanded 2.0 version in time for late summer. […]
Great Black Hawk Statue unveiled in Portland
The Great Black Hawk which found its way during the winter of 2018-19 from Central America to Portland, and then into the hearts of thousands of admirers, is now a permanent resident. A bronze statue of the wayward raptor was unveiled in its favorite haunt, Deering Oaks Park, on Friday, July 17. The story of […]