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After 40 years, many of Maine's puffins still must nest among live explosives left over from a time when the Navy used the same area as a practice bombing range. A cleanup is long overdue.
The December-January issue of Working Waterfront, in a rundown on the situation on Seal Island 22 miles off the coast in Penobscot Bay, recalls that a brush fire once touched off a series of explosions, supposedly from the Navy ordnance. Fishermen and sailors are warned about live bombs lying around on the rocky 65-acre island and in nearby waters. Visitors from the Audubon Society, state wildlife researchers and the Army Corps of Engineers must step carefully to avoid touching off a blast or disturbing the puffins in their underground burrows.See the full content of this document
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Puffins Vs. Explosives
The Audubon people have set television cameras to provide live, long-distance, online viewing by computer (...
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