If you are unable to join us in person for our 2022 Polar Bear Dip & Dash on December 31st at Southern Maine Community College, we have compiled a list of great places around Maine to dip, dash, or both! Do you have places to add to the list? Send them to us at nrcm@nrcm.org.
Critter Chatter – Oh, Deer! What’s Up With That? Part 1
While visiting Don at the Wildlife Center the other day, awaiting the arrival of a family of six baby opossums whose mother had likely been the victim of a car accident, we got to talking about one of the white-tailed bucks that is a permanent resident at Duck Pond. I’d only seen him from a Read More
My Maine This Week: Megan O’Donnell
Megan O’Donnell of Kennebunk, Maine, shares a photo she captured recently of a gorgeous sunrise at Gooch’s Beach in Kennebunk. Megan also sent us some other photos as entries for our second annual Fall in to Winter photo contest. Do you have some beautiful Maine photos from fall and winter months? If so, learn more Read More
November 3, 2022: Zoom in with NRCM—The Future of Maine’s Electric Grid
Zoom in with NRCM: The future of Maine’s electric grid Thursday, November 3, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Maine is already building a clean energy future, with record amounts of heat pumps and solar energy being installed, and more electric vehicles than ever on our roads. Funding from the Inflation Reduction Act can help accelerate progress. In Read More
November 1, 2022: 50 Years of the Clean Water Act in Maine, Waterville
Fifty years ago, Maine’s rivers were open sewers for the conveyance of industrial and municipal waste. Today they have become thriving waterways for migrating fish and riverside communities. Maine Senator Ed Muskie played the central role in achieving passage of the Clean Water Act, which became law on October 18, 1972, but countless Maine people Read More
My Maine This Week: Callie Wronker
NRCM member and frequent My Maine This Week photographer Callie Wronker of Jefferson and Portland, Maine, shares two beautiful fall photos she took recently while visiting western Maine. The first is the view from Center Hill, Mt. Blue State Park, in Weld late last month. The second photo is a view of the Sandy River Read More
My Maine This Week: Roger Leisner
Roger Leisner of Augusta, Maine, is a new My Maine This Week photographer, but definitely not new to photography! Roger has photographed Maine people, places, and events for many years. We are glad to have Roger’s photo as this week’s feature. Roger entered this photo into the contest at the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Read More
A Conversation with 2022 Allagash Visiting Artist Jordan Parks
Two years ago, the Allagash Wilderness Waterway (AWW) started a visiting artist program, and every year the Natural Resources Council of Maine’s Forest & Wildlife Director Melanie Sturm has interviewed the artist to explore the intersection of art and Maine’s environment. Below is Melanie’s interview with Jordan Parks, the 2022 AWW Artist in Residence and Read More
My Maine This Week: Richard Flanagan
NRCM member Richard Flanagan of Fairfield, Maine, shares this photo of the Kennebec River in Waterville. Richard has shared many of his beautiful Kennebec photos with us over the years, and we always love to see them. Thank you, Richard! We have been working to restore the Kennebec River for many years, but there is Read More
