Maine’s coastline used to be full of puffins, but after years of overhunting, they were almost gone. In 1973, a young biologist named Steven Kress decided to try something no one believed would work. His plan? Raise pufflings on a nearby island, then lure more puffins home using decoys and mirrors. Colleagues doubted him so much that some even tried to pull his permits. But Steven stayed with it. He moved young puffins from Newfoundland to Eastern Egg Rock, raised them, and hoped they’d return a

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