This week’s featured photograph, Wildlife in the Marsh, is by NRCM supporter David Silva of Holden, Maine. David writes, “You never know, sometimes after a wildlife photo, what you might see. While practicing with my camera in a marsh area, I noticed from about 200 yards away what I initially thought was a doe. To my Read More
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My Experience Monitoring Piping Plovers in Maine
Every summer, Maine Audubon works with Maine’s Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife and municipal officials to protect Piping Plovers that nest on Maine’s shoreline. Over the past three months, I have been a volunteer for Maine Audubon’s Coastal Birds Project, which is among many initiatives developed to monitor and project coastal birds all across Read More
New Report: Offshore Wind Would Have Lowered Electricity Prices 11% Last Winter
September 4, 2025 (Augusta, ME) – New England electricity prices would have been 11% lower last winter if contracted offshore wind projects had been operational, according to a new study by Daymark Energy Advisors. Tens of millions of dollars in lower costs would have been reflected on the electricity bills of Maine households and businesses. Read More
My Maine This Week: Dragonfly by Rachel Maher
NRCM member Rachel Maher of Scarborough shares a photo she took recently of a dragonfly. She writes, “Here’s a photo of one of my favorite visitors in summertime! The stained-glass window effect of its wings is mesmerizing, don’t you think?”
My Maine This Week: Mother Deer and Her Fawns by Ana Vasquez
Talk about being in the right place at the right time! Ana Vasquez, from Quito, Ecuador, a college student in Canada, was visiting Maine with her boyfriend’s family when she saw this beautiful doe and her babies in Bar Harbor recently. Ana, thank you so much for sharing your beautiful photos with us. We hope Read More
My Maine This Week: Chipmunks by David Small
NRCM member and My Maine This Week photographer David Small of Old Town shares some photos of chipmunks he photographed as they scurried around his neighborhood collecting their winter stash of food. Aren’t they cute?
My Maine This Week: Grafton Loop by Mark Fochesato
NRCM supporter Mark Fochesato of Brunwick shares some photos from a recent hike he recently completed of Grafton Loop in western Maine. He writes, “Grafton Loop Trail is a rugged 39 miles and 11.5k vertical feet. Beautiful and amazing part of the great state of Maine.” Thank you for sharing your photos with us, Mark!
My Maine This Week: Hiking Western Maine by Linda Woods
NRCM member and frequent My Maine This Week photographer Linda Woods of Waterville, Maine, shares some photos from a recent hike she and her husband did in her favorite place in Maine — Grafton Notch! Enjoy her photos and captions below, and have a great week! “Since the Grafton Notch area is my favorite place, Read More
My Maine This Week: West Grand Lake by David Preston
Another stunning Maine photo by NRCM member David Preston of China Village, Maine! This one is of four boathouses on the shore of West Grand Lake in Washington County in eastern Maine. Thank you, David!
