[1] It is owned by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIFW), and it is located off the southern Atlantic Coast of the state.

[2] Project Puffin, a restoration effort by the Audubon Society, is implemented on Eastern Egg Rock through a contract with the MDIFW.

[2] In 1973, Stephen W. Kress of the Audubon Society started Project Puffin, an effort to restore seabird colonies to the southern Maine area.

Biologists from other countries joined the society to help coax the birds back to Maine's islands and control the population of predators.

[4] To protect the birds, the island is closed to visitors for the breeding season, which runs from April through August.