AUBURN — Barbara Charry, wildlife biologist for the Maine Audubon Society, will visit the Auburn Public Library to present an illustrated program on how changes in Maine’s climate are altering conditions for Maine’s wildlife. The brown bag lunch program will begin at noon on Thursday, Aug. 5, in the library’s Androscoggin Community Room, 49 Spring St.

Such changes include declines of snow cover and conifer forests, which could jeopardize the moose, lynx and pine marten that depend on them for shelter and subsistence, and rising water temperatures that could make rivers and streams too warm to support brook trout. Charry will also discuss how Maine citizens can support measures that could minimize the impact of climate change on native wildlife, such as legislation that encourages the building and sighting of development and roadways to allow wildlife to more successfully migrate to the habitat they need to survive.

Attendees may bring a bag lunch or order out at the Library Cafe and the library will provide drinks and dessert. The program is sponsored by Auburn Public Library and the Androscoggin Soil and Water Conservation District. For more information on the topic, contact Becca Wilson of the Maine Audubon Society in Falmouth at 781-2330, ext. 222 or by e-mail at [email protected].