Environmental Club members have continued to work toward consistent cafeteria composting at Hall-Dale Middle School, but not without encountering challenges along the way. Our original farmer had a very busy schedule—between taking care of his animals and picking up food waste from others around town, he could not always get to us in a timely Read More
Game Cameras and Birdhouses Allow Up-close Wildlife Observation for Athens Students
Our wildlife observation project at ACS has now taken flight! On April 2, students Hunter and Tyler and an instructor from Somerset County Technical Center in Skowhegan, Mr. Dan Foss, visited our school to teach our 4-H club how to build birdhouses for our projects. Mr. Foss provided a chart that allowed students to choose Read More
Teaching on Trails at Loranger Memorial School
We have continued our work on local trails and are educating as many other students as we can about the local trail environments. April 26 was a day of showers, learning, and fun for our sixth-grade science group. We went into Milliken Mills Woods South and taught a group of about 50 third graders about Read More
Jonesport Students Testing Local Water Quality
Jonesport, Maine, is a small, coastal community of approximately 1,300 people. It is a rural town and has no public water supply or sewer system. Water for all activities in the home comes from private wells or is purchased in the form of bottled water. The school’s drinking water contains trace amounts of lead and Read More
My Maine This Week: Ted Anderson
There’s nothing quite like the call of the loons across Maine’s lakes during the summer months. Enjoy these stunning photos of Common Loons taken in the early morning on Brettun’s Pond in Livermore, Maine. Photos by NRCM member Ted Anderson of Harrison, Maine. Do you have beautiful photos of Maine’s wildlife or scenic landscapes to Read More
Central Maine Power Project a Bad Deal for Maine
The proposal would allow a foreign company to cut a wide swatch through the forest of northern Maine, with little benefit to the state. By Tom Saviello, Republican state senator from Wilton Central Maine Newspapers op-ed Imagine what the people of Maine would think if a European company decided to cut a path the width Read More
Chaplain Grateful for Endangered Species Act
Pray that our congressional delegation recognizes and values the importance of this landmark law. By Macauley Lord, resident of Brunswick, an Episcopal chaplain and a fly-fishing guide Portland Press Herald op-ed BRUNSWICK — When a Republican president signed the Endangered Species Act into law in 1973, he probably could not have dreamed how effective it Read More
Legislators Battle with LePage Over CMP’s Proposed Transmission Line
by Andy O’Brien Free Press news story Gov. Paul LePage and Central Maine Power are battling it out with environmental groups, local power generators and a bipartisan group of legislators over a proposed $950 million electrical transmission line from Lewiston to Quebec. The 146-mile New England Clean Energy Connect (NECEC), which is a joint effort Read More
Conservation Projects Have Let ‘Astounding’ Number of Alewives Return to Maine Rivers
By A.J. Higgins Maine Public news story Watch videos. Alewives, or river herring, are making their usual spawning migration to Maine in unusually high numbers this year, thanks in part to restoration efforts and the removal of dams on the Penobscot and Kennebec Rivers. Because they serve as a food source for several fish species Read More
