The Gulf of Maine was once so rich with Atlantic Cod that the explorer John Smith reported he simply lowered baskets weighted with rocks into the sea and raised them loaded with fish. Much has changed since then. Today, fisheries are in trouble and everything connected to the industry is threatened, too.
Support for Saving New England Fisheries provided by The Butler Foundation
How did a Christmas-time tradition of shooting birds change to one of counting them?
Every year, thousands of broad-winged hawks embark on a treacherous flight.
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The population of many songbird species is plummeting, and the birds face serious threat.
