The New Year brings us a new My Maine This Week photographer! This week’s photo was sent to us by Soni Adams, a summer resident of East Boothbay, Maine. She took this gorgeous photo of Green Island, off of Ocean Point, Maine, just before Christmas. She writes, “It reflects the rugged, cold beauty of Maine!” Read More
My Maine This Week: Max Miller
We welcome a new My Maine This Week photographer this week. This photo was taken in November by Max Miller of Thomaston, Maine. He captured this beautiful image of a sunset behind wild parsnip flowers, taken along Old County Road overlooking a small valley to West Meadow Road. You can follow Max on Instagram to Read More
Maine Environment Fall 2019 Newsletter
Maine Environment Fall 2019: What’s Inside! In this issue of Maine Environment, we feature an important story by NRCM Sustainable Maine Director Sarah Nichols about the fundamental problems Maine is facing in regard to recycling materials, and how we can fix it through an extended producer responsibility for packaging policy reform. Sarah talks about a new Read More
My Maine This Week: Pam Wells
The Natural Resources Council of Maine is fortunate to have amazingly talented photographers as members and supporters. Some NRCM members, like Pam Wells of Old Town, Maine, have been sending us photos for more than a decade. This week’s photos were taken by Pam at the Orono boat launch on the Penobscot River. Pam captured Read More
3 Reasons Maine Needs the Transportation and Climate Initiative Now!
Right now, 12 states in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic are developing a regional Transportation & Climate Initiative (TCI) that could help create more affordable and healthier transportation options for Mainers and lead to less pollution from cars and trucks. Today the states released a draft Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and results of economic modeling on Read More
Critter Chatter Column Returns!
December 2019, Part I In light of Donald Cote’s recent recognition by the Natural Resources Council of Maine [Town Line, November 21, 2019] for his decades of wildlife rehab work, the Critter Chatter column is being brought back to readers! As the new writer for this venture, I thought a good place to start would Read More
Fixing Fundamental Problems with Recycling
Recycling is one of the key ways we can keep materials out of landfills and conserve our natural resources. For decades, Maine people have developed a strong recycling ethic because they want to do the right thing. However, many are losing access to recycling programs due to changes in the recycled commodities markets. This is Read More
My Maine This Week: Jayne Winters
One of our regular My Maine This Week photographers, NRCM member Jayne Winters of South China, Maine, shares with us this adorable photo of a chickadee, taken in South China last winter. Jayne has captured some beautiful images of Maine wildlife, many of them birds that visit her backyard! To see more photos by Jayne, Read More
Mainers Call for Fairness in Army Corps Review of CMP Corridor
NRCM news release December, 5 2019 (Lewiston, ME) — People from across Maine gathered in Lewiston to express their growing concern over the proposed Central Maine Power (CMP) corridor through Western Maine and call on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to conduct a rigorous environmental review for the controversial transmission line, as was done Read More
