BOOTHBAY REGISTER • September 29, 2021
Yes, many of the birds that spend summers raising their young around us here in Maine have departed or will soon depart for points south. We will miss them over the long winter. But their long absence will make their arrival in spring so much the sweeter. And yet, as some birds are leaving us, others are just arriving from their breeding grounds far to the north. The abundance of all these birds that we enjoy in migration here in Maine is tied to the pristine forests and wetlands that support them in summer across the Boreal Forest region of Canada and Alaska. The world is fortunate that the Indigenous people that have inhabited and used these lands since time immemorial have put forward a world-leading conservation vision for the Seal River Watershed to see it become protected. ~ Jeffrey V. Wells and Allison Childs Wells