endangered species
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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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PublishedFebruary 18, 2023
A rare bird and bumblebee fight for survival in Maine
The state wants to add the Saltmarsh sparrow and Ashton's cuckoo to its endangered list, and designate four other birds, a bat and a beetle as threatened.