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PublishedFebruary 24, 2025
Sheepscot salmon show a rare resurgence in Maine
A recent survey of Atlantic salmon redds revealed a higher count than expected, given last year’s low water levels — a hopeful sign in local streambeds.
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PublishedFebruary 6, 2025
Casco Bay scientists tackle eelgrass loss
At Maine’s first seagrass summit, researchers gathered to share findings and develop a strategy for large-scale restoration.
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PublishedJanuary 28, 2025
Maine airports seek exemption from wildlife protection laws
Aviation officials and businesses say a bill to exempt airports from state protections for Maine's endangered or threatened species would prevent wildlife collisions, but environmental groups say the protections are needed.
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PublishedOctober 2, 2024
Officials confirm 1st case of Maine lobster gear causing the death of endangered right whale
The whale was found dead near Martha's Vineyard in January, but the official cause of death – 'chronic entanglement' in fishing gear that belonged to a Maine lobsterman – was announced Wednesday.
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PublishedJune 23, 2024
A European wild cat was nearly extinct. Now, it’s making a comeback.
Once 'critically endangered,' the Iberian lynx population has grown to more than 2,000, and could be unthreatened in 10 years.
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PublishedJune 13, 2024
Large number of whales spotted off New England includes endangered species
The whales are 'swimming in harms way' until the U.S. finalizes strict rules to protect them from collisions with large ships and entanglement in commercial fishing gear, one activist says.
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PublishedMarch 28, 2024
Biden administration restores threatened species protections dropped by Trump
Among the changes announced, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will reinstate a decades-old regulation that mandates blanket protections for species newly classified as threatened.
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PublishedJanuary 28, 2024
The federal government tightens rules around pesticide applications
But they don't go far enough, as homeowners probably won't read them. It's the plants and animals in your garden that will suffer.
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PublishedDecember 11, 2023
Endangered species list grows by 2,000, and Atlantic salmon are near threatened
Climate change is making it harder for the salmon to find food and easier for alien species to compete, but there are some signs of hope: Their numbers ticked up in Maine this year.
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PublishedMarch 31, 2023
Local creators publish a children’s book about Higgins Beach piping plovers
Half of the profits from the book will go to Maine Audubon's Piping Plover Recovery Project.
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