A new book, From Mountains to the Sea, captures inspiring stories from the Penobscot River Restoration Project, a collaborative effort including the Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM) that worked to balance fisheries restoration and hydropower production in Maine’s largest watershed. The project removed two dams—the Great Works and the Veazie—that had blocked fish migrations Read More
November 10, 2020: Zoom in: Celebrating Progress for the Penobscot River
The Natural Resources Council of Maine and our partners hosted a Zoom webinar to celebrate the success of the Penobscot River Restoration Project. Participants heard stories from Mainers, including those directly involved, who helped make the project a reality, captured in an inspiring new book, “From the Mountains to the Sea.” You can pre-order your Read More
My Maine This Week: Sam Horine
This week’s photos are by frequent My Maine This Week photographer and longtime NRCM member Sam Horine of Skowhegan, Maine. We love these fall photos that Sam took earlier in the season. We know parts of Maine have already seen snow, but we want to make sure the autumn season, which is so beautiful in Read More
Must-visit State Parks in Maine
How did we come up with this master list? We are the Rubys. We have been to every Maine State Park as a family and have camped at all of the Maine State Park family campgrounds. Lucky for us, we’ve camped at some of them on multiple occasions. What started as a silly idea back Read More
My Maine This Week: Claudia Marshall
“I was visiting with my sister, Patricia Horine, from California and took this photo from her house,” writes new My Maine This Week contributing photographer Claudia Marshall of Half Moon Bay, California. Patricia’s husband, Sam, notes that they had gone out back to the Kennebec River-side lawn in Skowhegan to see the full moon, which Read More
News & Noteworthy — October 2020
Read the latest news stories and opinion pieces related to the environment, including Maine’s air, land, water, and wildlife, in this month’s News & Noteworthy. October 29, 2020 Portland Press Herald op-ed: Cities, States Leading the Way in Combating Climate Crisis NRCM Sustainable Maine Director Sarah Nichols is quoted in this article: EPR-style Legislation Increasingly Draws Read More
Environmental Groups File Lawsuit Challenging Army Corps for Indefensible CMP Corridor Analysis
News release from Natural Resources Council of Maine, Appalachian Mountain Club, and Sierra Club Maine Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC), the Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM), and Sierra Club Maine are challenging the Army Corps for failure to rigorously assess impacts of the controversial transmission corridor on Western Maine. The Corps’ inadequate assessment was completed Read More
My Maine This Week: Steve Cartwright
As we get ready for a blue moon on Halloween night, we want to share this gorgeous harvest moon over Southern Island photo from earlier this month, taken by longtime NRCM member Steve Cartwright of Tenants Harbor, Maine.
October 22, 2020: NRCM Conservation Leadership Awards
Thank you to everyone who joined us online to celebrate this year’s Conservation Leadership Award recipients, including our 2020 People’s Choice Award winner. The event was virtual and included a poem by Kristen Lindquist and two of our six Brookie Award winner videos. We were pleased to honor and recognize this year’s award recipients: This Read More
