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August 18, 2026 | Frances Killea, Policy Advocate, Woods, Waters, & Wildlife

What’s Up with the CLUP?

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July 30, 2026 | Josh Caldwell, Outreach and Campaigns Senior Manager

Making Polluters Pay for Climate Damages to Maine
July 28, 2026 | Jeff and Allison Wells

“Color-coded” Bird Names
July 21, 2026 | NRCM

Creature Feature: Muskrat
June 16, 2026 | Jack Shapiro, Climate & Clean Energy Director

The Truth About the Environmental Impacts of Clean Energy
June 4, 2026 | Colin Durrant

The Transformative Power of Nature: A Q&A with Executive Director Justin Strasburger

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Birding with Jeff and Allison

Do you enjoy watching and learning about birds? In “Birding with Jeff and Allison Wells,” these two lifelong birders share their birding adventures, knowledge, stories, and enthusiasm for birds.

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NRCM’s Creature Feature highlights birds, fish, mammals, and other wildlife that play an important role in the nature of Maine.

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yellow bird perched on tree branch
May 26, 2026 | Jeff and Allison Wells

Spring Trill-ogy

Many insects make a trilling sound by rapidly vibrating legs or wings, as we know from crickets, grasshoppers, cicadas, and other insects. Some frogs and…
fish jumping out of the water
May 26, 2026 | NRCM

Creature Feature: Atlantic and Shortnose Sturgeon

Atlantic & Shortnose Sturgeon Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchu & Acipenser brevirostrum Cool Fact: Sturgeon have been around for more than 200 million years Atlantic and shortnose…
brown and white bird with long yellow legs wading in water and grass
April 29, 2026 | Jeff and Allison Wells

Cooper Flagg Fans, Meet Cholao 2

As we write this, Cooper Flagg, the superstar basketball player from Newport, Maine, now playing for the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks, has just won the award…
Red-winged Blackbird perched on bare branch
April 28, 2026 | NRCM

Creature Feature: Red-winged Blackbird

Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Cool Fact: Red-winged Blackbirds can reach flight speeds up to 30 MPH and will travel as far as 50 miles to…