2025 Maine State Wildlife Action Plan Revision

Atlantic puffin with bird band on right leg standing on a cliff with the ocean blurred in background, MDIFW logo, text that reads Maine's Wildlife Action Plan 2025-2035, Prepared by MDIFW in collaboration with conservation partners

Maine's State Wildlife Action Plans provides a blueprint for proactively conserving fish and wildlife to help prevent species from becoming endangered. First created in 2005, the plan is updated every 10 years to periodically evaluate the health of wildlife populations and identify conservation opportunities.

Now is our chance--MDIFW, conservation partners, and you, the public--to set the framework for the next 10 years of conservation. Together we can better protect Maine's fish, wildlife, and natural resources.

Get Involved

Conservation partners and the public are critical to updating the plan and putting its recommendations into practice. So far, the public helped shape the list of Species of Greatest Conservation Need, identified major threats and potential conservation actions, and reviewed the draft plan. We are currently reviewing those public comments and conducting a final review and will share the final plan late soon.

A Collaborative Plan

The State Wildlife Action Plan is a collaboration of the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Maine Natural Areas Program, Maine Department of Marine Resources, Maine Audubon, and many other members of Maine's conservation community.