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MONDAY March 25, 2013

Winter GOMSWG Meeting at Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife in Bangor, Maine, 10AM-3:30PM. Contact Linda_Welch@fws.gov for more information

THURSDAY August 16, 2012

Summer GOMSWG Meeting at Hog Island Audubon Camp, Bremen, Maine, 9AM-4PM. Contact Rosalie V Borzik at email address rvb4@cornell.edu for more information

March 19, 2012

Winter GOMSWG Meeting at Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife in Bangor, Maine, 10AM-3:30PM. Contact Linda_Welch@fws.gov for more information

December 2011 through February 2012

Audubon's Project Puffin and Maine Coastal Islands NWR accepted applications for seabird island technicians, interns, and contractors

May 7, 2012

Maine Coastal Islands NWR seabird Island contractors start work. After a two day training in Milbridge, Maine, contractors are transported to the island and stay to monitor and protect seabird colonies until early August.

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Funding for this website was graciously donated by Friends of Maine's Seabird Islands, a non-profit dedicated to supporting Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge and seabird conservation in the Gulf of Maine. For more information about FOMSI or to join the group, go to www.maineseabirds.org

Website Manager: send website content updates, corrections, or comments to Sara_Williams@fws.gov

Our mission

The Gulf of Maine Seabird Working Group (GOMSWG) is a partnership between public and private organizations dedicated to restoring and protecting seabirds in the Gulf of Maine.

GOMSWG participants have worked together to guide seabird restoration on offshore islands. Two meetings are held annually to discuss conservation issues, new research findings, and the status of breeding colonies

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