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 …
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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 …
Large-scale solar development rush must strike delicate balance
This essay was published in the Portland Press Herald as a Maine Voices opinion piece on August 11, 2020. It’s an exciting time for …
Nature Play, Native Plants, and Local Birds: Maine Audubon webinar series at Springvale Library focuses on outdoor exploration
From nature-based play, to growing native plants, to spotting birds in your backyard, a new three-part series of virtual workshops will help …
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 …
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 …
Family Fun Connections: Go with the flow
It’s no secret that water play—pouring, scooping, splashing—is a great way to engage young children, and the perfect way to stay cool on a …
Chickadee Club: Sign up for August now!
With the debut of the Chickadee Club a few weeks behind us and the sign-up deadline for August/September kits rapidly approaching, you may …
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 …