Thanks to new My Maine This Week photographer Peggy Yaeger of Corbin, Kentucky, for sharing this adorable photo of a red squirrel that she took on one of her trips to Maine to visit family. She calls this, “Lunch time in the Schoodic Peninsula.”
Maine House Passes Ban on Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling
NRCM news release June 3, 2019 (Augusta, ME) — The Maine House of Representatives today passed a bill (LD 955) to ban offshore oil and gas drilling and exploration in Maine’s ocean waters. In January 2018, the U.S. Department of Interior proposed to vastly expand offshore drilling and exploration, including off the coast of Maine, Read More
June 29, 2019: NRCM 60th Anniversary Celebration, Cushing
The Natural Resources Council of Maine welcomed more than 200 guests who celebrated 60 years protecting the nature of Maine! Through member support, NRCM is safeguarding Maine’s land, air, waters, and wildlife in 2019 and in 2079 and beyond, just as NRCM’s founders did in 1959. Thanks for celebrating with us at this multi-generational event. Read More
Key Bill to Jump-start Solar Energy in Maine Approved by Committee
Augusta, ME (May 30, 2019) – A bipartisan bill aimed at sparking the development of solar energy in Maine received approval from the Legislature’s Energy, Utilities & Technology Committee (EUT) late last night. LD 1711, sponsored by Senator Dana Dow (R-Lincoln), would stimulate solar energy across the state by breaking down outdated barriers to investment Read More
Landmark Bill Would Protect Sustenance Fishing Rights in Maine’s Tribal Waters
May 29, 2019 (Augusta, ME) – Under a bill proposed by Governor Janet Mills that earned broad-based support during a public hearing today, Maine’s tribes will receive long-sought water quality protections for legal sustenance fishing rights provided to the tribes in the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act of 1980. The bill (LD 1775) addresses an Read More
My Maine This Week: Butch Moor
“I took this photo of friends with their young children hiking a section of the Appalachian trail, in the Rainbow Lake area a few years ago.” Photo by Butch Moor of Glenburn, Maine. Do you have photos of you, your friends, and family enjoying Maine’s outdoors? If so, please send them to us at nrcm@nrcm.org Read More
Bill Would Upgrade Clean Water Protections for Maine Rivers
News Release May 23, 2019 (Augusta, ME) — More than 400 miles of Maine’s rivers and streams will receive increased legal protection under a bill (LD 1743) that will receive a public hearing today. Of particular significance, the bill includes critical portions of Maine’s largest river, the Penobscot, and 200 miles of trout streams flowing Read More
Talking about Trout: An Update from Mahoney Middle School
A couple of weeks ago, our science teacher, Ms. Pitt, and our class decided to check on the trout. Although at first glance everything seemed normal, when we checked the chiller it read 20 degrees Celsius. This was a problem that our class did not anticipate, especially since the trout had been familiar with approximately Read More
My Maine This Week: Artwork by Mason, Age 6
This week’s My Maine This Week feature is a little different than our usual gorgeous landscape and wildlife photos by NRCM members and supporters. But, it is beautiful just the same. This drawing was sent to us by a very proud mother of six-year-old Mason of Houlton, Maine. Mason drew this picture and his mom Read More
