An excellent piece was reported by NEWS CENTER Maine last night on how Hog Island was impacted by the storms. Eric Snyder from Hog Island Audubon Camp did a top notch interview. Unfortunately, his FOHI
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 Birder’s World: This year at Audubon’s iconic Hog Island Camp, an influential instructor wore the student’s clothing.
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 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.
“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
Andrea Willingham, Coastal Maine Bird Studies 2007, has an essay on Audubon Magazine’s website. The 17-year old author’s piece is enhanced by a series of exquisite photos she took while at Hog Island last summer.
From The Boston Globe —8/7/2005 The island camp where all have congregated was started in 1936 by the National Audubon Society and is managed now by Maine Audubon. The 330-acre island of spruce, fir, white
“At just past 4 a.m. on a day in early July, the first hints of light appear on Hog Island’s horizon. Lobster boats on Muscongus Bay soon labor to their pots, their unmuffled motors providing
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