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Clean, healthy waterways are vital to our day-to-day lives. They help ensure safe drinking water, suitable habitat for fish and other wildlife, and recreational opportunities that make Maine a special place to live, work, and visit. NRCM has been working on clean water issues since we were founded in 1959 to protect the Allagash.

NRCM continues to advocate for clean and healthy waters across Maine. Read more news & blogs about our work to protect Maine's beautiful rivers, lakes, and streams.

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rocks and trees along shoreline of lake
January 27, 2025 | Luke Frankel, Woods, Waters, & Wildlife Director and Staff Scientist

Nature-based Shoreline Rules Protect Maine’s Waterways

Historically, riprap, retaining walls, and other hardened structures have been the dominant means by which erosion has been controlled along the shorelands of our lakes,…
alewives swimming in Sebasticook River
June 7, 2024 | NRCM

Alewives Abound at Benton Falls

At the end of May we were lucky enough to join our colleagues on a field trip to the Benton Falls Dam on the Sebasticook…
people holding signs opposing Wolfden mine
December 6, 2023 | NRCM

Maine Voices Opposed to Wolfden’s Mining

As the Land Use Planning Commission (LUPC) prepares to make its decision regarding Wolfden Resources’ flawed mining proposal, more than a thousand Mainers, local businesses,…
Pete talking at podium
October 5, 2022 | Pete Didisheim, Senior Director of Advocacy

Celebrating Maine’s Clean Water Champions

Marking the 50th Anniversary of the Clean Water Act Remarks by Pete Didisheim, NRCM Interim CEO, at a Clean Water Act event on September 29th…
aerial view of Lockwood Dam in Waterville
July 14, 2022 | Emmie Theberge, Senior Director of Outreach and Campaigns

The Path to Restoring Maine’s Kennebec River 

Today, the future of the Kennebec River is at a turning point. Maine can continue the highly successful restoration of the river that has taken…