Island-inspired quilt to roost permanently in Bremen
The 30-year-old quilt — portraying 17 species of birds common to the area — will be seen in public next summer for the first time since 2002.
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Video captures the spirit of Hog Island
Famed videographer Lang Elliott has produced a new 6-minute video about the ornithology and teen birding session at the Audubon Camp in Maine on Hog Island.
National Audubon to work with FOHI
From David Yarnold: “We’ve called time out to enable the local Friends of Hog Island to put together a business plan, including a strategy for raising an endowment that would enable Audubon to retain control over both the programming and property at Hog Island.”
Potential Audubon/Kieve partnership on Hog Island creates local anxiety
From the Lincoln County News: Friends of Hog Island is currently trying to get National Audubon to delay their decision about the future of the island and consider FOHI as an alternative for partnership.
An open letter to National Audubon
From Juanita Roushdy: I personally still have faith in National Audubon that it will defer it’s decision to transfer ownership to Camp Kieve for at least 2 years. Doing so will give the Friends of Hog Island and the new programming under Project Puffin and Steve Kress time to prove that Hog Island can truly be financially successful.
Comments on Hog Island ownership from around the Web
I just got news that Audubon is about to ditch its historic Hog Island nature camp in Maine, where Roger Tory Peterson used to be a counselor, and where generations of Audubon members have created bonds to nature.
Hog Island Update: November 2010
On October 27, Working Waterfront, a publication of Maine’s Island Institute, posted an [intlink id=”3150″ type=”post”]article[/intlink] reporting on discussions about Hog Island ownership. The next day, National Audubon posted an [intlink id=”3157″ type=”post”]response[/intlink] to the article.
National Audubon responds to Working Waterfront article
From David Yarnold, Audubon President & CEO: We are grateful for the generous support we have received from the Friends of Hog Island and others to ensure that this treasure will continue to be a place for discovery, inspiration, and conservation.
Working Waterfront reports on Hog Island developments
From Working Waterfront: Hog Island, in the past host to legendary luminaries such as ornithologist Roger Tory Peterson and naturalist Rachel Carson, has been losing money for years and could change hands by the end of the year.
Registration open for 75th anniversary year at Hog Island
The legendary Audubon Camp in Maine on Hog Island offered its first session in 1936. Now, 75 years later, Project Puffin announces the beginning of registration for the Camp’s anniversary year.