From BoatingLocal.com: Three-hundred-acre Hog Island on Maine’s Muscongus Bay has been losing money for years and was on the brink of new ownership until a dedicated group of birders called Friends of Hog Island (FOHI) intervened.
From The Working Waterfront: A group of volunteers has headed off — at least for now — a deal to transfer ownership of Hog Island in Muscongus Bay from the National Audubon Society to Camp Kieve in Nobleboro.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Dear Mr. Yarnold, The board and members of Mid-Coast Audubon are alarmed by recent rumors of the imminent transfer of Hog Island to Camp Kieve. As representatives of Audubon in mid-coast Maine, we would like
“Birders have been coming to the island, a few hundred yards off the Bremen shore, for seventy-two of the past seventy-four seasons, drawn by the opportunity to immerse themselves in its ecosystem in the company
Your thoughtful gifts are deeply appreciated by FOHI leadership and staff and
help the organization to prosper and thrive.
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