PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • January 30, 2025
Even though Maine already has 31 official state symbols — including a soil type, soft drink, fossil and insect — there seems to be a tendency to focus on what we don’t have. Take for example proposals before the legislature this session. State Rep. Laurie Osher (D) presented a bill to name the spring peeper as Maine’s official amphibian and the wood turtle as state reptile. A bill to declare a state dog was brought by Rep. David Boyer (R).