Last Saturday, September 29, the Gilsland Farm apple orchard and visitor center overflowed with beautiful Maine crafts as well as the visitors enjoying them. Forty-six artists set up on the grounds for the Maine Audubon craft show. At first we were concerned by the light rain on Friday morning, but …
Sanctuaries
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 …
Join us on Monday: Tom Fleischner on “Why Natural History Matters”
I'm very excited about this special event we are hosting at Gilsland Farm on Monday evening: Why Natural History Matters: Saving the Earth and Feeding Your Soul Through the Study of Natural History, with Tom Fleischner, Executive Director of the Natural History Institute In his only east coast …
Celebrating Moths with Maine Audubon
Moths are an underappreciated, relatively little-known group of insects. They aren't just little brown bugs that come to your porch light! Varying from leaf miners (at barely 0.1 inches long) to the Atlas Moth of Asia (with a wingspan of over 12 inches -- around the same size as the world's largest …
Craft Fairs, Retreats, and the Gilsland Farm Gallery
Art at Maine Audubon Last winter's issue of Habitat magazine focused on the connection between Maine Audubon and art. Love of the natural world and love of artistic pursuits both run deep in Maine, and the legacy of John James Audubon and his illustrations forever connects the two. This confluence …
March of the Migrating Fish
You don't have to travel to Africa or the Arctic tundra to witness one of the world's great migrations. Maine's migratory fish provide a rare opportunity to see wildlife in abundance, and they are an excellent example of resilience and persistence. Species such as salmon and shad, blueback …
Honoring our friend and colleague Carroll Tiernan this weekend
Last summer, we lost Carroll Tiernan. Carroll managed the Maine Audubon Nature Store for over 30 years. Her kindness, dedication, and knowledge made her a Maine Audubon fixture, and she continues to be deeply missed. This coming weekend, there are two special events taking place in honor of …
Best of the Best: Thank you Falmouth!
Maine Audubon is pleased to be chosen as the #1 Nonprofit Agency in Falmouth by the readers of the Forecaster. We're so grateful to our neighbors who voted for us in this category! The ongoing support we receive from the Falmouth community for our work on behalf of Maine's wildlife and habitat is …
Gearing up to “Bring Nature Home” at our June 16 Plants Sale
In the last few years, as part of our “Bringing Nature Home” (BNH) initiative, Maine Audubon has been in the horticulture business. Psychologically, the growing season seems to kick off each March with the Maine Flower Show...but now is when things really start getting …