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Maine Audubon Birdathon Starts This Week
Event - Thursday, May 15, 2008 

Maine Audubon's annual Birdathon fund-raiser--where teams support wildife conservation by collecting pledges and identifying as many bird species as they can--kicks off this week with a birder's swap meet at Gilsland Farm in Falmouth on Thursday evening and a free birder's breakfast at Evergreen Cemetery on Saturday from 7-9 a.m.
Free Online Conservation Maps and Data - Workshop 5th May
Event - Friday, May 02, 2008 

The Northern Appalachian/Acadian Ecoregion Conservation Planning Atlas is an online mapping atlas that contains more than 30 new conservation datasets. Come to a FREE one day workshop to learn how to use this atlas - Monday 5th May, Augusta Maine
Medomak Alewife Project Begins Second Year of Fish Count
Press Release - Thursday, May 01, 2008 

Medomak River Alewife Enhancement Project seeks volunteers to help count alewives at counting station off of Mill Street in Waldoboro.
Warren Warbler Walk
Event - Sunday, April 27, 2008 

Warren Warbler Walk - Sunday May 18th – 7am-10am. Auburn.
New Gloucester Marsh-Pineland Farms Bird Walk
Event - Sunday, April 27, 2008 

New Gloucester Marsh / Pineland Farms Saturday May 17th – 7am-Noon.
Evergreen Cemetery Bird Watch
Event - Sunday, April 27, 2008 

Evergreen Cemetary Saturday May 10th – 7am-Noon. Portland. 
Weekly Bird Walk
Event - Sunday, April 27, 2008 

Tuesdays April 22nd through Tuesday May 20th 6am-8:30am. Bates College.
Brunswick Bike Fair Sat. April 26th
Event - Tuesday, April 22, 2008 

The Brunswick Sustainability Group, in conjuction with Sustainable Bowdoin, will be hosting the First Annual Brunswick Bike Fair on Saturday April 26th, from 11am-2pm on the Brunswick Town Mall (rain location at Dayton Arena at Bowdoin College).
Sustainable Energy Conference at Chewonki Foundation
Event - Thursday, April 17, 2008 

The Chewonki Foundation will hold its eighth annual Conference on Sustainable Energy on Saturday, April 26.  Paul Kando is the keynote speaker.
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Biologists keeping eye on red tide
Bangor Daily News - Thursday, May 15, 2008 

Marine biologists say 2008 could be a bad year for red tide in coastal Maine waters based on recent shellfish surveys and current weather patterns.
"Bird-A-Thon" To Benefit Bird Habitat
Maine Public Broadcasting Network - Thursday, May 15, 2008 

Bird enthusiasts from around the state are scheduled to meet at Maine Audubon Society in Falmouth to trade strategies for finding and identifying bird species
Stockton Springs company features organic local ingredients and biodegradable packaging
LivingGreenMaine.com - Friday, May 09, 2008 


Sabine and Baxter of Stockton Springs are living the green lifestyle. Their food is handmade with organic ingredients that are, for the most part, produced at local farms. They avoid packaging that is not biodegradable. They also happen to be dogs.
A field trip with a ripple effect
Portland Press Herald - Friday, May 09, 2008 

Fifth-grade students from York Middle School watch as their teacher, Margot Simonds, nets a salamander discovered at the York Land Trust’s Hilton-Winn property.
Freedom: Installation of wind farm nears
Bangor Daily News - Friday, May 09, 2008 

Barring any legal challenges, installation of the Beaver Ridge wind turbines could begin this summer.
Who's the greenest? Colleges vie for title
Bangor Daily News - Friday, May 09, 2008 

Environmentally sustainable efforts have been under way at Maine’s colleges and universities for years. Katona led COA, a small, private school, in a number of sustainability initiatives during his tenure from 1993 to 2006.
Fishing Smarter: Monhegan has its “best year ever”
The Working Waterfront - Tuesday, May 06, 2008 

Under new state rules, fishing a longer season with fewer traps per person, Monhegan lobstermen are having surprising success catching as many or more lobsters as before. “We are now fishing 300 traps apiece,” said Doug Boynton, who has been fishing off Monhegan for 38  years. “And the fishing is as good as when we were fishing 600 traps.”
Forest Products Council slams LURC plan
Portland Press Herald - Sunday, May 04, 2008 

To landowners in Northern Maine, the Land Use Regulation Commission's proposed comprehensive plan for the state's unorganized territories intrudes on property rights.
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