Today, the U.S. Senate approved the bipartisan Outdoors for All Act sponsored by Senator Susan Collins. The exciting investment in the nation’s outdoor spaces now heads to President Biden to be signed into law. The Natural Resources Council of Maine issued the following statement from Federal Policy Advocate Anya Fetcher: “Access to the outdoors and Read More
Maine Environment Fall-Winter 2024 Newsletter
In this issue of Maine Environment, our feature story is about our work with community members and organizations in Franklin County. We also share news of the first offshore wind leases in the Gulf of Maine. You can meet NRCM’s interim executive director and our newly elected board members. Also learn more about the 2024 NRCM Read More
Critter Chatter — Reminiscing, Part III
As part of our continued stroll down Memory Lane, I found several articles written by Carleen Cote about students who have raised money for Duck Pond Wildlife Care Center. Here is one from August 4, 2001: “On June 12, fourth graders from Windsor Elementary School, with teachers Julie Clark and Sheila Ready, visited the Center Read More
Creature Feature: Bobcat
Bobcat Lynx Rufus 3 Cool Facts: Did you know that the bobcat’s fifth toe is raised on its front feet, so there is no fifth impression when it walks? Bobcats can run at speeds up to 30 mph — the same speed as domestic cats. President Calvin Coolidge once had a pet bobcat named “Smoky.” Read More
My Maine This Week: Sunset & Calm on the Maine Coast by Steve Cartwright
A big thanks to NRCM member Steve Cartwright of Tenants Harbor, Maine, for these peaceful photos he captured recently on the Midcoast. The first photo is sunset at Martinsville Beach in St. George, Maine. The second, “Reflecting Calm” in Tenants Harbor.
My Maine This Week: Mt. Vernon Snow by Karen Mairs
Winter hasn’t officially arrived yet, but the snow has! Karen Mairs of Mt. Vernon, Maine, captured this scene at a neighbor’s camp on Taylor Pond during the Thanksgiving snowstorm recently. Thank you, Karen! We’d love to see your snowy photos! Send them to us at nrcm@nrcm.org if you’d like to be featured in My Maine Read More
Maine Finalizes Nation-Leading EPR for Packaging Program
December 5, 2024 (Augusta, ME) – The Maine Board of Environmental Protection today finalized rules for a first-in-the-nation Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for Packaging law that will save taxpayers money and improve recycling by holding corporations accountable for the wasteful packaging they produce. “Today’s vote is great news for Maine taxpayers and our environment,” said Read More
My Maine This Week: Singing Meadow by Margot Stiassni
As December arrives and snow has fallen in parts of Maine for the first time this season, let’s get ready for winter and inspire you with these winter photos by NRCM member Margot Stiassni of Edgecomb, Maine. Margot shares her photos of sunset at Singing Meadow in Edgecomb, a Boothbay Regional Land Trust preserve, which Read More
NRCM Urges Senators Collins, King Not to Undermine Senate Confirmation Process for Nominees
November 25, 2024 (Augusta, ME) — Maine’s leading environmental advocacy organization today urged Senators Susan Collins and Angus King to insist that the full, deliberative “advice and consent” process be pursued in the U.S. Senate for nominees to federal agencies that play a critical role in helping protect Maine’s environment. The Natural Resources Council of Read More
