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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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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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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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.