As noted in recent columns, I’ll be sharing some of Carleen Cote’s past articles because Duck Pond Wildlife Care Center isn’t accepting any wildlife or phone inquiries right now. What follows is a story entitled, “Labor of Love” from August 3, 2002: “This week’s ‘Critter Chatter’ is not about the Duck Pond Wildlife Care Center Read More
My Maine This Week: Snowy Owl by Ted Anderson
NRCM member Ted Anderson of Westbrook, Maine, shares this beautiful photo he took recently of a Snowy Owl in Southern Maine. He writes, “I was fortunate enough to see and photograph one of the Snowy Owls this past Sunday. With the dark feathers, this is probably a female.” Have you seen any Snowy Owls this Read More
My Maine This Week: Northern Lights by Lisa Swett
NRCM supporter Lisa Swett of Corinth, Maine, shares this photo she took last week using the night mode on her iPhone, of the Northern Lights that were visible once again in Maine. She took this photo on New Year’s Eve in Corinth. What a way to ring out the old and ring in the New Read More
See What We Achieved Together for Maine’s Environment in 2024
This year, Maine’s environment thrived because of dedicated Mainers who took action to protect what makes this state special. We’ve put together a short video to celebrate all that we accomplished together to inspire us as we step into 2025. In 2025, we will face new challenges and opportunities to protect the Maine that we love. Read More
My Maine This Week: “Pondering Life” by Barbara Heap
As we end 2024 and get ready for a new year, we thought this photo by NRCM member Barbara Heap of Readfield, Maine, was the perfect for the occasion. Barbara sent this photo to us earlier this month and titled it, “Pondering Life.” The end of the year is a great time to look back Read More
News & Noteworthy—October – December 2024
December 2024 NRCM Sustainable Maine Program Manager Vanessa Berry is quoted in this Portland Press Herald article about the Board of Environmental Protection voting in support of Maine’s new Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for Packaging rules. The bill to create Maine’s first-in-the-nation EPR for Packaging law, out of which these rules came, was signed into law Read More
My Maine This Week: Sunset on Madawaska Lake by Brenda Ketch
This week’s My Maine This Week photo comes to us from Aroostook County. NRCM supporter Brenda Ketch of Stockholm, Maine, captured this photo of a beautiful sunset across Madawaska Lake. Brenda writes, “This sunset that just happened recently was a day of cloudy weather, and snow squalls/showers off and on throughout the day. But, as Read More
Congress Approves Bill to Expand Outdoor Equity
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
