News release June 10, 2020 (Augusta, ME) – Maine’s leading environmental advocacy group, the Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM), today filed an appeal of the Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) permit for Central Maine Power’s (CMP) controversial transmission corridor. NRCM called the permit fundamentally flawed and contrary to the interests of Maine people because the Read More
Voting is Power: Vote on July 14 and November 3
The protests we are seeing in Maine and across the country led by the black community are a justifiable reaction to the injustices they face in America. As our CEO Lisa Pohlmann wrote last week, we must actively seek not just to be against racism but to be anti-racist. We must identify actions that will Read More
My Maine This Week: David Preston
“I love to fly fish in Maine, and took these shots last week of Grand Lake Stream in Washington County, famous for more than a hundred years for its Landlocked Salmon fishing. As you can see, the water is crystal clear, so that often you can see the fish in the stream,” writes this week’s Read More
Ingrained in the Woodwork
The Western foothills and mountains of Maine, similar to much of rural Maine, is a quiet place. We who live here value the calm, privacy, and refuge that the dense forest provides from the violence and the pain that we see on the news. But the tall pines, the rivers, and the mountains are only Read More
Protecting Maine’s Environment Means Protecting It for All
Like many of you, I have been shaken to my core watching the video of George Floyd’s horrific death at the hands of a white police officer. Floyd’s murder is one of several racist and hateful attacks we have collectively witnessed over the past few months, from the wrongful death of Breonna Taylor in Kentucky Read More
Get Involved in the Political Process: NRCM State House Action Day
I’m a welder and fabricator by trade. I don’t have a political science degree, but I do listen to the scientists and trust what they are saying about our environment. As a native Mainer, I value being able to live nearby some of the most beautiful places in the world. And, naturally, I want to Read More
Critter Chatter: Speaking of Quarantine…Part I
As we try to adjust to social distancing, I wondered about what warrants quarantining at wildlife rehab centers. Indoor and outdoor caging is required to separate incoming injured, and perhaps sick, wild animals from people as well as other wild or domestic animals on site. It is imperative that personal safety and confinement protocols be Read More
My Maine This Week: David Small
We hope you are all finding time to get outside and explore and photograph Maine’s environment — especially since warm weather and sunshine have arrived in the last week. We want to thank this week’s My Maine photographer, NRCM member David Small of Old Town, Maine, for continuing to share his gorgeous wildlife photos with Read More
My Maine This Week: Callie Wronker
This week’s My Maine photo was sent to us by NRCM member Callie Wronker of Jefferson, Maine. She sent this to us earlier this spring, of a beaver that visits her quite frequently from the nearby pond. Callie writes, “Interesting to be here at a time we usually find somewhere less muddy to be. There Read More
