Maine Audubon estimates that 2,770 adult loons and 276 chicks were on lakes in southern Maine this summer, down from the previous two years. The estimates are based on the organization’s 43rd annual Loon Count, held July 18. A record 1,861 volunteers surveyed 438 lakes statewide.
COURTESY OF THE MAINE FOREST SERVICE Did you know that Maine’s Forest Rangers have made more than 5,000 site visits to timber harvests over the last 4... COURTESY OF THE MAINE FOREST SERVICE Did you know that Maine’s Forest Rangers have made…
COURTESY OF THE MAINE FOREST SERVICE “Maine is the most forested state in the nation. Everybody here depends on our forests,” said MFS Director Patty Cormier. “They’re part of all our lives, whether we realize it or not.” In the…
A major land return is underway in Maine, where 11,000 acres are being turned over to the Penobscot Nation in the first phase of a larger transfer. The move connects Indigenous land rights and conservation. As reported by Maine Public, when…
Headed into the holiday weekend, peak color is arriving in central Maine and headed for the coastal and southern parts of the state. Throughout most of the state, more than half of trees are at... We’re into the part of…
Air, water, land and their keepers.