One of the highlights of camp each week is field trip day! Last week our aquatic adventurers explored Kettle Cove in Cape Elizabeth to check out the tide pools and other coastal habitats. Campers found lots of crabs, hermit crabs, periwinkles, barnacles, fish, and even an eel! …
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Roundup: Reports & Images from the 35th Annual Loon Count
Saturday morning, July 21, was the 35th year of Maine Audubon's Annual Loon Count. On Lakes and ponds around the state, over 1,400 volunteers headed out to tally the loon adults and chicks in their designated areas. Over the coming days and weeks, their reports will be collected and aggregated, …
Take Action: Important Land Conservation Tool to Expire in September
One of the nation's most important land conservation funding tools will expire on September 30th -- unless we take action. For more than 50 years, the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) has protected wildlife and habitat in every state. Without action from Congress, this bipartisan program …
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 …
Action Alert: Help Stop Another Attack on the Endangered Species Act
On Tuesday, July 17 -- tomorrow! -- the Senate Environment and Public Works committee will hold a hearing on what is perhaps the most egregious attack to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) to date. We need you to stand with Maine Audubon and our conservation allies across the country in solidarity …
Maine’s North Woods Are Under Threat
Maine's Land Use Planning Commission (LUPC), the land use authority for Maine's 10.5 million acres of unorganized territories, is considering a proposal that would open hundreds of thousands of acres to residential subdivisions and commercial development. Since this major planning effort got …
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 …
Nature Moments: On Climate Change, Trust but Verify
Is climate change just a hoax? It's not...but why not follow Ronald Reagan's advice and "trust but verify" by looking for evidence – pro or con – in your own backyard? If you pay attention to animals, plants and weather, you may discover that your neighborhood really is getting warmer, explains …