May 19 may have been Endangered Species Day but Maine Audubon educators spent the better part of last week celebrating and helping endangered species by releasing hundreds of salmon fry, raised in part by Maine students, into the wild. Maine currently has the last remaining wild population of …
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Bangor students see things from a salmon’s eye view
Through recent outdoor learning and hands-on activities, students at the Fairmount School in Bangor are deepening their understanding of watersheds thanks to Maine Audubon’s “River in my Backyard” after-school program. The school was recently presented with their very own salmon story “walk,” 12 …
Come visit our centers to see Atlantic Salmon eggs hatching
If you’ve stopped by the nature centers at Fields Pond or Gilsland Farm recently, chances are you may have noticed a few hundred new inhabitants: Atlantic Salmon eggs! Both centers are currently raising endangered Atlantic Salmon through Fish Friends, a program of the Maine Council of the Atlantic …
Raising Salmon, Raising Awareness
Some kids learn how to raise cows or grow potatoes. This spring, 500 students in all 10 of Portland’s public elementary schools had hands-on experience raising endangered Atlantic Salmon! It’s all part of an educational salmon rearing program called Fish Friends, which aims to educate school …
Introducing Salmon Shorts!
Just a few hundred years ago, Atlantic Salmon were abundant up and down the northeast coast. Now, Maine is home to the last remaining wild populations of Atlantic Salmon in the United States and they are a federally recognized endangered species. This decline has had huge impacts on everything …
Good luck, young salmon!
If you've followed along with our adventures in salmon-rearing in previous years, you know that May is when we typically release our Atlantic Salmon fry into the Presumpscot River watershed. Of course, this year has been anything but typical, with participants in the Fish Friends program scrambling …
Atlantic Salmon, Endangered Species Day, and the release of our fish friends
Friday, May 17th is Endangered Species Day, making it a fitting day for Maine Audubon staff to release 200 Atlantic Salmon fry raised here at Gilsland Farm into the Presumpscot River watershed. These fish, and others being raised at the Fields Pond Audubon Center and at schools around the state, are …
2019 Is the Year of the Salmon!
View upcoming Year of the Salmon events in Maine! Earlier today, 200 Atlantic Salmon eggs arrived and were placed in their temporary home at Gilsland Farm. We expect that 200 more will arrive at Fields Pond sometime in February. This is the second year in a row Maine Audubon will raise …
Setting Our “Fish Friends” Free
Last week marked the end of Maine Audubon's "Fish Friends" spring project. As we described previously, Fish Friends is an educational rearing program overseen by the Atlantic Salmon Federation (ASF) in cooperation with the region's federal fish hatcheries and agencies. Designed primarily for …