http://www.nrcm.org/rss.asp?f=3 NRCM Woods, Wildlife, and Wilderness bdimond@nrcm.orgFri, 03 Sep 2010 03:19:54 EDTFuzzyRSS 1.0.1 http://www.nrcm.org/news_detail.asp?news=3806AUGUSTA, Maine — State forestry officials signed an emergency order on Wednesday banning the importation of untreated firewood into Maine as part of a stepped-up campaign to prevent the spread of invasive pests wreaking havoc in other parts of the country and Canada.As part of an educational campaign for the final weeks of camping season, state forest rangers will offer a free firewood excha...bdimond@nrcm.orgThu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT http://www.nrcm.org/news_detail.asp?news=3807BANGOR  — Obama administration officials are in Maine to hear what's being done at the local and state levels to connect Mainers to the outdoors and conserve natural resources.Thursday's session at the Bangor Civic Center is free and open to the public.The Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality and senior representatives of the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and the ...bdimond@nrcm.orgThu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT http://www.nrcm.org/news_detail.asp?news=3809As Mainers, we appreciate our natural heritage and feel blessed to have such an incredible backyard. Maine’s natural legacies play an enormous role in both our economy and our way of life. Maine’s natural lands are relished by residents and visitors from around the world, with use of our state parks up 32 percent so far this summer. In addition, Maine's forests help to absorb climate c...bdimond@nrcm.orgThu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT http://www.nrcm.org/news_detail.asp?news=3805Ever compare Acadia National Park to a piece of Swiss cheese? You should.Acadia is a majestic place — from the breathtaking views of Frenchman Bay from atop Cadillac Mountain to top-notch hiking trails like the Beehive and the Precipice to the storied carriage roads — it is one of Maine’s and America’s greatest treasures.But the park is scattered with “holes.” M...bdimond@nrcm.orgWed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT http://www.nrcm.org/news_detail.asp?news=3800On the banks of the Crooked River, a couple of miles up a dirt track near the town of Harrison, lies Scribner's Mill. Walking inside the old sawmill is like stepping back in time. As the river flows underneath the floorboards, pieces of machinery lie about the place, different types of saws, mainly.In one corner, Bonnie Trundy, of Hebron, is putting the finishing touches to a wooden barrel she'd s...bdimond@nrcm.orgThu, 26 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT http://www.nrcm.org/news_detail.asp?news=3780FRENCHTOWN TOWNSHIP, Maine — Plum Creek Timberland’s harvesting in 2009 of an area too close to a rare plant in the Frenchtown area of Piscataquis County is being investigated.The timber company advised the Forest Society of Maine on Monday that it had harvested within a buffer around a rare lesser wintergreen plant, a violation of the Moosehead Region Conservation Easement.Click here ...bdimond@nrcm.orgFri, 13 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT http://www.nrcm.org/news_detail.asp?news=3769Can alewives coexist with small mouth bass in the St. Croix river? That was the focus of a public hearing hosted by the Canadian-American International Joint Commission in the Eastern Maine town of Princeton last night, where local fishing guides, biologists, and members of the public weighed in on a proposed plan to restore the alewife to the river that forms the eastern boundary with Canada.&#16...bdimond@nrcm.orgThu, 05 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT http://www.nrcm.org/news_detail.asp?news=3759HARRISON - Down a long dirt road and around a bend in what seems like the middle of nowhere, Scribner's Mill stands frozen in the 19th century.The complex of wooden buildings was once the site of a bustling sawmill that used the power of the Crooked River to turn logs into lumber, clapboards and shingles. Although the mill buildings have been restored to their glory days, the antique machinery in ...bdimond@nrcm.orgSun, 01 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT http://www.nrcm.org/news_detail.asp?news=3758MISSOULA, Mont. -- A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is arbitrarily excluding "critical habitat" that could be occupied by the elusive Canada lynx, which were listed a decade ago as threatened.U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy ruled Wednesday the agency excluded large swaths of Western habitat from protection when it recommended in 2009 that 39,000...bdimond@nrcm.orgSat, 31 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EDT http://www.nrcm.org/news_detail.asp?news=3753When Samuel de Champlain visited the St. Croix River in 1605, he marveled at the quantity of fish being taken by the Wabanaki fishermen there. “In May and June,” he wrote, “so great is the catch here of herring [alewives] and bass [striped bass] that vessels could be loaded with them. The Indians resort thither sometimes five or six weeks during the fishing season.”Sadly, t...bdimond@nrcm.orgWed, 28 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EDT