Conservation Resources & Publications

Conservation Resources

NEW REPORT:
Forest Conservation Easements

Approximately 90% of Maine is covered in forestland, making it the most heavily forested state in the nation. Millions of these acres are included in a complex grid of small and large working forest conservation easements. Maine Audubon undertook a detailed assessment of the terms of these easements. The assessments, analyses, and recommendations were published in a report titled Forest Conservation Easements and Wildlife: A Review of Working Forest Conservation Easements, Their Potential for Conserving Wildlife and Habitat, and Recommendations for Improvements. Read the report online here or view a downloadable PDF here (published September 2025).

Climate Change

Economics of Wildlife Conservation

What Conservation Looks Like in Maine (pdf)
The Economic Arguments for Conservation (pdf)
Watching Out for Maine’s Wildlife (pdf)
Valuing the Nature of Maine (pdf)

Habitat Connectivity

Maine Turtle Roadkill Survey (2021 report)
Stream Smart Road Crossing Pocket Guide, 2017 (pdf)
Endangered Species Road Watch Protocol (pdf)
Wildlife Monitoring at Road Crossings in the Western Maine Mountains, Final Report – March 2016 (pdf)
Maine Audubon Wildlife Road Watch 2015 Report (pdf)
Maine Terrestrial Wildlife Crossings Survey Report: Potential for Retrofitting Transportation Infrastructure to Benefit Movement of Terrestrial Wildlife (Executive Summary) (pdf)
Maine Terrestrial Wildlife Crossings Survey Report: Potential for Retrofitting Transportation Infrastructure to Benefit Movement of Terrestrial Wildlife (Full Report) (pdf)

Habitat Conservation

The Beginning with Habitat website (BwH, a collaborative program of federal, state and local agencies and non-governmental organizations, is a habitat-based approach to conserving wildlife and plant habitat on a landscape scale).
Beginning with Habitat: Conserving Maine’s Natural Landscape for Plants, Animals, and People (pdf)

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Significant Wildlife Habitat

Important Bird Areas

More information
List of candidate IBA sites (pdf)
Species of conservation concern (pdf)
Guidelines(pdf)
IBA Site Descriptions (pdf)
22 IBA’s from April, 2008 Habitat (pdf)

CONSERVATION PROJECTS

Native Plants

COMMUNITy SCIENCE

Renewable Energy Siting

Policy & Advocacy

Education

Chapters