BATH, Maine (AP) - Maine wildlife officials are meeting with the public to talk about plans to try to preserve a couple of rare bird species in the state.
The Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is holding the informational meetings about piping plovers and least terns. The meetings will take place at Bath City Hall at 7 p.m. on Wednesday and the Scarborough Municipal Office on Thursday at 7 p.m.
The plovers and terns are on the state’s endangered species list. The state says Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands beaches support about a fifth of Maine’s nesting population of piping plovers.
The state wildlife department protects nesting areas with temporary fencing. It also supervises a “predator management program” to remove species such as foxes and raccoons via trapping.
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