This is exciting! Our first international contribution to My Maine This Week comes to us from NRCM member Jeannie Mooney, a Mainer who now lives in Tasmania. Jeannie found this rock (look like any beautiful state you know and love?!) on a local beach. Jeannie wrote, “You don’t have to live in Maine to love Read More
NRCM Fall In To Winter Photo Contest
Fall In To Winter Photo Contest! Ah, New England in the fall. It marks the time when we know that another Maine winter is on its way. We want to see, and possibly use, your fall and winter photos of our beautiful state to help us protect the nature of Maine! Maybe you’ve got leaf-peeping Read More
My Maine This Week: Kristen Lindquist
NRCM member Kristen Lindquist of Camden, Maine, shares some photos she took recently while exploring Clark Island Preserve in St. George, along Maine’s Midcoast. Learn more about the Preserve, which is accessible by foot across a bridge. Thank you, Kristen, for sharing your beautiful Maine photos! Fun fact: Kristen has also written some of NRCM’s Read More
Maine DEP Suspends CMP Corridor Permit
November 23, 2021 (Augusta, ME) — This evening, Maine Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Melanie Loyzim suspended the permit for CMP’s controversial corridor project. This is a major blow for the project and comes weeks after an overwhelming vote by Maine people to terminate the CMP corridor. Below is a short statement from NRCM’s Advocacy Read More
My Maine This Week: Callie Wronker
Earlier this fall, NRCM member Callie Wronker of Jefferson and Portland, Maine, spent four nights at Spencer Pond Camps east of Moosehead Lake. This is the view she had for those four days – of Spencer Mountain across Spencer Pond. She said this was taken near the cabins at Spencer Pond Camps. Do you want Read More
US House Votes for Largest Investment in Climate Action and Clean Energy in History
NRCM statement by Emmie Theberge Today, the U.S. House of Representatives voted in favor of the Build Back Better Act, which includes the largest investment in climate action and clean energy in U.S. history. Below is a statement from Emmie Theberge, Federal Director at the Natural Resources Council of Maine, regarding the House’s vote: “This Read More
Mainers Rally at DEP HQ to Call for Immediate Suspension of Permit for CMP Corridor
NRCM news release November, 18, 2021 (Augusta, ME) – Voters who supported Question 1 from across Maine gathered today outside the headquarters of Maine’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to call on the agency’s commissioner to immediately suspend the permit for the highly controversial Central Maine Power (CMP) corridor project. Speakers at the rally noted that Maine law allows DEP Commissioner Melanie Loyzim to Read More
New Poll: Maine Voters Want CMP to Stop Corridor Cutting, Support DEP Suspending Permit
November 17, 2021 (Augusta, ME) — A new public opinion survey completed since Election Day shows that most Maine voters want Central Maine Power (CMP) to stop all clearing of trees in western Maine to honor the will of Maine voters. A strong majority also supports having the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) order Read More
Critter Chatter – Odds & Ends
Chatting with Don Cote at the Duck Pond Wildlife Center is always enjoyable. Don has years of interesting experiences and his stories are touched with a sense of humor, as well as extensive personal knowledge and an obvious love for animals. I thought I’d mention a few of them this month. Earlier this year, Don Read More
