Dip and Dash in its 6th year by Jim Keithley WMTW news story PORTLAND, Maine —The Natural Resources Council of Maine hosted its sixth annual Dip and Dash at East End Beach in Portland. It is a New Year’s Eve tradition, said Lisa Pohlmann, NRCM executive director. Pohlmann said 150 people registered for the polar Read More
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Portland Ocean Group Holds Ocean Plunge Fundraiser
WGME-13 TV news story PORTLAND (AP) — Mainers are jumping into the frigid ocean to raise money to support the state’s largest environmental advocacy group’s fight against climate change. The Natural Resources Council of Maine held its 5-kilometer race on Tuesday at 11 a.m., followed by a cold-water ocean plunge at Portland’s East End Beach Read More
Thanks, But No Tank Among NRCM’s Environmental Award Recipients
Freepressonline.com news story Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM) presented its 2013 Environmental Awards last week at its annual meeting. The awards are given to people and groups that have "made a real difference at the local, regional, or state level in protecting the health and beauty of Maine’s environment." This year’s winners are: • Read More
Climate Experts: Warming in Maine Leading to Declining Moose, Lobster Populations
By Mario Moretto, BDN Staff Bangor Daily News news story PORTLAND, Maine — Climate change is real, human activity is causing it, and its effects will leave Maine — and the planet — “fundamentally degraded.” That was the message delivered by renowned climatologist Michael Mann, who spoke to a packed auditorium at the University of Read More
NRCM 2013 Environmental Award Winner: Paul Bisulca
Paul Bisulca2013 Environmental Awardfor exceptional efforts to reopen the St. Croix River to alewives It was great news for NRCM in 2012 when Paul Bisulca became involved in the fight to end Maine’s 1995 alewife law blocking these important fish from their ancestral spawning areas of the St. Croix River. NRCM had been working on Read More
NRCM 2013 Environmental Award Winner: Tar Sands Activists from Casco, Harrison, Otisfield, South Portland, and Waterford
Tar Sands Activists 2013 Environmental Award for their hard work defending against the risks to air, land, and water by leading efforts in their communities to pass a municipal resolution in opposition to sending tar sands through Maine’s crude oil pipeline As part of our ongoing work to combat climate change, NRCM has been working Read More
Alewives are Heading Up Into the St. Croix River for the First Time in 22 Years
Poised to become largest alewife run in the nation Press release Baileyville, Maine â This week marks a big leap in the lives of river herring of the St. Croix River. For the first time in 22 years, this year alewives will be passing the Grand Falls Dam to return to spawn in high-quality lakes Read More
NRCM Scientist Nick Bennett Earns Bates Award for Environmental Stewardship
NRCM news release Nick Bennett, staff scientist for the Natural Resources Council of Maine for more than 16 years, has been awarded The Bates-Morse Mountain Award for Environmental Stewardship. This award goes to an individual or group demonstrating significant commitment to and achievement of environmental stewardship and will be presented at the Harward Center for Read More
Earth Day Marks First Anniversary of Natural Resources Council of Maine Solar Array
Produced 15,000 Kilowatt-hours In Year One NRCM Press Release AUGUSTA, ME â Today is Earth Day, and Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM) is celebrating the one-year anniversary of powering its Augusta headquarters with solar energy. NRCM is the state’s leading environmental advocacy organization, and its solar array has produced 15,000 Kilowatt-hours in its first Read More
