Since our last update, a huge milestone was met; our digital salinity probe was put in the marsh! It now is busy collecting temperature and salinity data. From this, we got to look at the first several weeks of data in comparison to the spring tides of May. We are wondering if the salinity that Read More
Make a Change, Save Forests
Guest blog post and video by Antonio Juárez Navarro Nowadays, when someone starts thinking about what they fear in the world, they may think of inequality, drinkable water, poverty, or global warming. There’s one thing above all that may not come to our minds everyday. Forests. Forests are one of the Earth’s greatest natural resources. Read More
My Maine This Week: Dave Small
“I’d like to offer this photo as a My Maine offering. A reminder to us all to be careful about littering, and perhaps, be proactive and pickup some litter after others.” Photo by NRCM member Dave Small of Old Town, Maine. “I’ve only seen one mink in the wild before the one I now have Read More
My Maine This Week: Red Squirrel by Peggy Yaeger
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
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 LD 1711, sponsored by Senator Dana Dow (R-Lincoln), would stimulate solar energy across the state by breaking down outdated barriers to investment Read More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
