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
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
