The designated 4th of July fireworks site in Amesbury was supposed to be mowed when they found endangered bobolink birds on site. The display is now postponed. Read more here.
Bobolinks, Savannah sparrows and eastern meadowlarks enrich every summer with their songs, but their populations have suffered dramatic, long-term declines due to the loss of their grassland habitat.
Vermont wildlife officials are making their annual plea to farmers and landowners to extend No Mow May for the entire summer to protect threatened bird species.