Contact Lynda Doughty Telephone 207-844-0654 Date: October 4, 2017 Email ldoughty@mmome.org Website https://www.mmome.org MARINE MAMMALS OF MAINE Rehabilitates and RELEASES its first TWO HARBOR Seals ~OCTOBER 8th, 2017~ Harpswell, ME, October 4, 2017– Marine Mammals of Maine is excited to announce its first release of two young harbor seals. The release will be this…Continue Reading
A MMoME Intern’s Experience With a High-Profile Stranding Case on Old Orchard Beach, June 2016
Meet Bri, one of 3 amazing MMoME interns this summer. Below is her experience working with MMoME during its first season of seal triage, and a high-profile stranding case. I entered the Marine Mammals of Maine triage center at 9:30 am on the Friday before Memorial Day weekend, for the first day of my summer internship. I was nervous…Continue Reading
Help Us Help the Seals
If you see these young marine mammals ashore this summer, leave them aloneBy Donna Buttarazzi dbuttarazzi@seacoastonline.com Posted Jul. 13, 2016 at 2:50 PM Updated Jul 13, 2016 at 2:53 PM Link to Story: http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/20160713/help-us-help-sealsThis baby harbor seal was rescued by Marine Mammals of Maine on Wells Beach last Wednesday and is doing well. Courtesy photo. WELLS…Continue Reading
Marine Hospital Rehabing 12 Maine Seal Pups
Check out the below news story about where many of MMoME’s recently rescued harbor seal pups have gone and how they are doing. This facility, one of two that can accept MMoME’s rescued seals, is currently completely full and not able to accept any more patients. The 12 pups they are currently caring for are…Continue Reading
NOAA Fisheries Press Release: Marine Mammals of Maine Opens New Short-term Seal Triage Facility
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 25, 2016 Contacts: Lynda Doughty, Marine Mammals of Maine, 207-233-3199 Jennifer Goebel, NOAA Fisheries, 978-281-9175 Harpswell, Maine – Marine Mammals of Maine is proud to announce the opening of a new short-term holding facility for seals, the first of its kind on the East Coast. This facility has just been authorized…Continue Reading
Community Open House
Community Open House: Please join us in celebrating Maine’s only triage center for seals. Come learn more about MMoME and our role in helping marine animals. Light Refreshments Provided. If you would like to bring a needy item for the seals, please see our wish list. Sunday, May 1st 11am to 2pm A dedication ceremony…Continue Reading
2016 Marine Mammals of Maine Summer Internship
Marine Mammals of Maine (MMoME) is a relatively new non-profit organization federally authorized to respond to live and dead marine mammals. MMoME is dedicated to providing response, assistance and care to stranded marine mammals between Kittery and Rockland Maine. The organization covers some of the busiest seal stranding coastline during the summer months, totaling over…Continue Reading
10 Mainers We’re Thankful For in 2014
Every Thanksgiving, the Portland Press Herald recognizes and interviews 10 people in Maine who are known by their neighbors for their generous hearts and for their genuine commitment to improving the community around them. The Phippsburg resident and Executive Director of Marine Mammals of Maine, Lynda Doughty, is one of the 10 2014 Mainers to be thankful for. Read why here.
Pilot Whale Washes Up On Popham Beach, Drawing Crowd
An adult pilot whale washed up on Popham Beach in Phippsburg, Maine in July of 2014. A necropsy will be performed by Marine Mammals of Maine on the carcass to determine how it died before washing up Tuesday night on one of the state’s most heavily trafficked state parks. For the full text, see the following link to the…Continue Reading
Help Us Save Our Stranded Seals
Marine Mammals of Maine (MMoME) is still here and going strong! However, the closing of the Marine Animal Rehabilitation Center at the University of New England in May, 2014 has increased the pressure on MMoME’s staff and volunteers during our busiest time of the year. DONATE Lynda Doughty, our Executive Director, is working closely with…Continue Reading
