We need your help! Please contact your legislators today and urge them to support the Minority Report for LD 1798! A vote could be possible for early next week, and your legislators need to hear that allowing county commissioners to nominate themselves and simultaneously serve on the LUPC Board is …
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“Adopt A Road” Volunteers Needed for Survey Routes
Maine Audubon Wildlife Road Watch is now recruiting observers to select roads to monitor more closely for wildlife. We are calling this research project "Adopt A Road". To sign up as an "Adopt A Road" volunteer: Create an account to help us identify observations from specific observers. …
Help us stop LD 1826!
Since 1983, the Maine Endangered and Nongame Wildlife Fund has been supporting important programs that protect Maine's threatened, endangered and nongame wildlife. Voluntary contributions made via the "chickadee check-off" and loon license plate registration fees have been essential to the …
Public Hearing for LD 1797 regarding habitat buffers 2-15-2012
A public hearing has been scheduled for Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at 1pm in Cross Building Room 216. The Board of Environmental Protection (BEP) has strengthened the Maine DEP's proposed rules for IWWH. The BEP unanimously voted to increase the required habitat buffer from 100 feet to 150 …
Gearing Up and Getting Ready for Big Hearings
The LURC Reform bill, LD 1798, has been scheduled for hearing on Thursday, February 16th at 1:00 pm. This is a top priority. Please keep an eye on our action page for more information www.maineaudubon1.wpengine.com/act. For more information about our concerns, go to: …
State House and Audubon’s Priority Issues
Monday, the Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Committee held a public hearing on LD 1652, An Act to Ensure A Reliable Funding Stream for the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. This has been a very important issue for Maine Audubon for some time. Without adequate funding, the future …
Legislative Update Jan. 19
The Legislature is back in action at the State House. Our formal legislative preview is being polished and will soon be released. In the meantime, here's a sense of what we're working on and what's happening. Land Use Regulation Commission (LURC) The LURC Reform Commission, created by the …
Rare Bird Alert – October 25 – 30, 2011
Area: State of Maine Compilers: Doug Hitchcox Species mentioned: Greater White-fronted Goose ‘Blue' Snow Goose Barnacle Goose Harlequin Duck Sooty Shearwater Hudsonian Godwit Baird's Sandpiper ‘Kumlien's' Iceland Gull Forster's Tern Atlantic Puffin Red-headed Woodpecker Northern Shrike Blue-gray …
Conservation Updates: Loon Count Broadens Its Focus in 2010
The 27th annual Maine Audubon Loon Count was on July 17, when over 900 volunteers took to Maine's lakes and ponds to count adult loons and their chicks. While the Loon Count gives a half-hour snapshot of Maine's loon population, Maine Audubon and about a hundred of its longtime volunteer counters …