Meet the Maine ”Puffin Man” and the Team Restoring Native Maine Puffin Populations

In this segment, we’re in Bremen, Maine, to meet Dr. Stephen Kress of Project Puffin and learn more about the beautiful native seabird.

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Did you know that Maine is the only place in the United States where you can see native Atlantic Puffin colonies? In this season 3 segment of “Weekends with Yankee” (episode 301), we’re in Bremen, Maine, to meet Dr. Stephen Kress, also known as the “Puffin Man”. As the director of the Project Puffin, Stephen and a team of bird enthusiasts have been working to restore native puffin populations along the coast of Maine. Learn about the charismatic seabird, the dangers they face with global warming, and fall in love with adorable pufflings.

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