“This guy glided across the trail only feet in front of me at Plymouth Bog, a Maine Wildlife Management Area. It gave me quite a start. It landed on a branch perhaps 10 yards into the woods and 15 feet high. As I bobbed around trying to get a shot, the owl seemed also to be Read More
A River of People
They were old and young. Men and women. Black, white, brown, and everything in between. Workers with hardhats and professors. It seemed like the full spectrum of American diversity was on the streets in New York on Sunday, September 21st. And they were all calling for action on climate change. The messages were as diverse Read More
My Maine This Week: Nancy Root
“I took this photo on a visit to Maine in 2008 while standing on the ‘longest wooden footbridge in the country’ (as claimed by Yankee Magazine in their March/April article about the footbridge house), looking toward the inner harbor in Boothbay Harbor. I have walked across this bridge more times than I can count in Read More
My Maine This Week: Jane Gagnon
“This image is taken at Sherwood Forest in Auburn of a Downy Woodpecker working for his lunch. It was only my first visit to this pretty trail, which is part of the Androscoggin Land Trust. It is a short trail and just five minutes from the downtown area. You could say it was peaceful except for Read More
My Maine This Week: Stephanie Davis
“This picture was taken at Moxie Falls right before you get to the point that the falls turn into the waterfall.” – Photo by Stephanie Davis of Surry, Maine
Maine Business Leaders, Citizens Press Senator Collins to Support EPA Action on Climate Change
400 Businesses Have Signed On Urging Collins to Act NRCM News Release PORTLAND, MAINE – Today, leading environmental organizations, lobstermen, wind and ocean energy experts, and other Mainers gathered near Senator Collins’ Portland office encouraging her to support the EPA’s Clean Power Plan when she goes back to Washington, D.C. next week. They unveiled a list Read More
Gulf of Maine is Warming Faster than 99% of World’s Oceans, Say Scientists
The water level is rising and species such as cod and herring are moving to colder waters. By Patrick Whittle, The Associated Press Watch full news video FRIENDSHIP — Imagine Cape Cod without cod. Maine without lobster. The region’s famous rocky beaches invisible, obscured by constant high waters. It’s already starting to happen. The culprit Read More
Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) Marks Milestone 25th Carbon Auction
New Reports Demonstrate Success of RGGI for Maine People, Business, Economy NRCM news release Westbrook, ME – Businesses and energy leaders gathered with the Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM) today to celebrate the success of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative or RGGI. The multistate program to limit climate-changing carbon pollution from power plants achieved Read More
My Maine This Week: Jeanne Merrill
“This photo was taken at Center Pond in Sangerville, Maine. This camp was purchased in the 1950s by my parents, Mae and Ray Mills. I took the photo around 5:30 a.m. on August 28, 2014 before the sun was up.” – Photo by Jeanne Merrill of Searsport, Maine. To see past My Maine This Week Read More
