FRIENDS OF MERRYMEETING BAY • May 31, 2021
Just 10 out of 17 species listed as threatened or endangered at the federal level and found in Maine are listed at the state level: Atlantic salmon, Atlantic sturgeon, blue whale, Canada lynx, green turtle, rusty patched bumble bee, and red knot. Three would fall under MESA and four under MMESA, and most were listed at the federal level after Maine abolished mandatory listing. The most egregious omission is Atlantic salmon. Endangered at the national level, Atlantic salmon are found nowhere else in the United States except Maine, and they are hanging by a thread. ~ Bob Mallard