NRCM Sustainable Maine Program Manager Vanessa Berry spoke at Curtis Memorial Library in Brunswick on Thursday, October 30th as part of this two-part, two-evening event. Vanessa spoke about “Maine Leads the Way on EPR” to share updates and ways to be involved in the implementation of Maine’s first-in-the-nation Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging law. Mariel Read More
Critter Chatter — The Final Chapter
On September 20, a Celebration of Life for Don and Carleen Cote was held at the VFW in Augusta. As I was driving by the former Duck Pond Wildlife Care Center on my way to this special event, a beautiful male Bald Eagle flew just above my car. A fitting symbol of freedom, strength, and Read More
Belgrade Lakes Region Birds by Larry Mingledorff
NRCM member Larry Mingledorff of Palm Coast, Florida, recently shared his photos of some of Maine’s favorite birds. This summer, Larry spent some time in the Belgrade Lakes region of Central Maine and captured these incredible images. What is your favorite Maine bird?
New “Damaging Maine” Report Details Impacts of Draconian Cuts to US EPA Budget
(Augusta, ME) – A new report issued today details how the U.S. House Appropriations Committee’s FY26 budget proposal would put Maine’s clean air and water at risk, limit clean-up of old industrial sites, and halt important scientific research that is essential for safeguarding public health. The dramatic cuts being proposed to the U.S. Environmental Protection Read More
Conservation Groups Applaud Historic Agreement on the Kennebec
Augusta, ME – A coalition of conservation and fishing groups is hailing an agreement between The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and Canadian power company Brookfield Renewable that sets the stage for the decommissioning and removal of four dams that are barriers to fish passage on the lower Kennebec River in Maine. Removing the Lockwood, Hydro-Kennebec, Shawmut, Read More
Bringing Down the House
The house next door to ours, and directly across our driveway, had sat vacant for the nearly 20 years we’ve owned our home, and for several years prior according to many in town. Last year we were finally able to purchase the property with the intent of tearing it down. It was beyond restoration. The Read More
Katahdin Dawn by Wendy Weiger
NRCM member Wendy Weiger of Greenville Junction, Maine, shares two incredible photos from a recent hike up Katahdin. Please enjoy Wendy’s words and images, Katahdin Dawn, as this week’s My Maine This Week feature. Wendy writes: “Katahdin is an ancient Penobscot word, meaning “greatest mountain.” My understanding, from a presentation by Tribal Historian James Francis, is that Read More
My Maine This Week: Paddling Near Katahdin by Charlotte Agell
Usually, NRCM member Peter Simmons of Brunswick, Maine, is a My Maine This Week photographer. THIS week, he is the photographed! Peter’s wife Charlotte Agell took this photo of Peter while he paddled on Abol Pond, with the majestic Katahdin in the background. Peter said this was an “A-1 paddling day in late August.” What Read More
My Maine This Week: Wildlife in the Marsh by David Silva
This week’s featured photograph, Wildlife in the Marsh, is by NRCM supporter David Silva of Holden, Maine. David writes, “You never know, sometimes after a wildlife photo, what you might see. While practicing with my camera in a marsh area, I noticed from about 200 yards away what I initially thought was a doe. To my Read More
