Hello USM Students,
We need your help! Maine Audubon is seeking volunteers to survey roads in southern Maine for signs of several endangered species. It's a fun, free, and healthy activity that individuals and groups can do together in the spring and summer months. Volunteers monitor a 1 mile stretch of road this spring and summer while recording sightings of dead or alive endangered species and other wildlife. Volunteers then enter their sightings in the interactive website "Maine Audubon Wildlife Road Watch."
Roads can have a big impact on endangered species by impeding movement and separating populations, as well as killing individuals from collisions. Biologists with Maine Audubon and the Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife will use the information gathered by volunteers to work with town planners and Maine Department of Transportation to reduce road risks to rare wildlife and improve conditions for drivers. Maine Audubon officials say that Blanding's turtles and spotted turtles are expected to become extinct in Maine due to road mortality unless changes are made. Other endangered species of interest in the study include the black racer snake and the New England cottontail.
If you are interested in participating in this program, we have 2 upcoming trainings sessions:
1) Saturday, April 7th,10:30 am to 2 pm, at the Goodall Memorial Library, 952 Main Street in Sanford
2) Saturday, April 14th, 10:30 am to 2 pm, at the York Public Library, 15 Long Sands Road in York.
Lunch will be provided and families are encouraged to attend.
If you are interested in volunteering but cannot attend either workshop, please contact Barbara Charry (bcharry@maineaudubon.org)
Feel free to pass along information about this project to any other students that may be interested in volunteering to help endangered species in southern Maine. I look forward to hearing from you!
Sincerely,
Amanda Moeser
Maine Audubon
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