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"Contaminants In Maine Birds" lecture at Wells Reserve

WELLS, MAINE - On Thursday, July 24 at 7 pm, the Wells Reserve presents "Contaminants in Maine Birds" with Wing Goodale, a senior research biologist at BioDiversity Research Institute. A suggested $5 donation includes site admission. Reservations are not needed. For more information, call 207-646-1555 or visit www.wellsreserve.org.

Goodale authored a recent report documenting over 100 harmful contaminants in the eggs of Maine birds. Many contaminants were found at levels above those known to have adverse effects. Goodale and his colleagues found flame retardants, industrial stain and water repellents, transformer coolants, pesticides, and mercury in all 23 bird species tested. Common loon, Atlantic puffin, piping plover, belted kingfisher, great black-backed gull, peregrine falcon, and bald eagle had the highest contaminant levels.

Wing Goodale is coastal bird program director at BioDiversity Research Institute. He has studied wildlife in many regions of the United States, worked with endangered species in Hawaii, assessed a macaw reintroduction project in Costa Rica, and assisted in an expedition to the lowland rainforest in Brazil. He is on the Maine Board of Environmental Protection, and is a member of both the Falmouth Shellfish Committee and the Falmouth Conservation Commission. Goodale has a bachelor's degree in biology from Colorado College and master's degree in conservation biology from College of the Atlantic.

BioDiversity Research Institute in Gorham, Maine, is a nonprofit ecological research group dedicated to progressive environmental study and education that furthers global sustainability and conservation policies.

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