Appalachian Mountain Club | Maine Audubon | Natural Resources Council of Maine | Trout Unlimited December 18, 2025 (Augusta, ME) – Several of the state’s leading conservation groups have filed an appeal with the Board of Environmental Protection (BEP) asking them to require improvements to Central Maine Power’s (CMP) flawed Conservation Plan for the New England Clean Energy Connect Read More
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First Round of Maine Trails Program Grants Awarded
Maine Trails Coalition | Natural Resources Council of Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands Awards $7.5M to projects statewide December 11, 2025 (Augusta, ME) – Trails advocates are applauding the announcement by the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry’s Bureau of Parks and Lands (BPL) of $7.5 million in awards through the new Maine Trails Read More
NECEC’s Flawed Conservation Plan Should Not Have Been Approved
News release from Appalachian Mountain Club, Maine Audubon, Natural Resources Council of Maine, and Trout Unlimited The Conservation Plan intended to mitigate for the impacts of a 53-mile-long transmission corridor fails to meet the permit requirements Augusta, Maine – A Conservation Plan filed by Central Maine Power (CMP) and approved earlier this week by the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) as mitigation for the New England Clean Energy Connect (NECEC) transmission line fails to Read More
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Northern Cardinal
Did you know that Northern Cardinals sing more than 24 different songs and during the breeding season? Males may sing 200 or more per hour. The females are among the more vocal of female North American songbirds. In addition to courting melodies, her singing later tells her mate when to bring food and when to stay away. Learn more cool facts and information in our newest Creature Feature.
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