News Release The Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM) has chosen House Speaker Hannah Pingree as the recipient of the 2010 Environmental Award for her leadership in passing bold new laws that protect the health of Maine’s people, environment, and wildlife. The prestigious award, which will be presented at NRCM’s annual meeting on Thursday, October Read More
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Natural Shift
Brownie Carson reflects on his years as an advocate for Maine’s environment by Jackie Farwell, Mainebiz staff reporter Maine Biz story Everett “Brownie” Carson, 62, executive director of the Natural Resources Council of Maine, plans to step down by the end of this year after more than a quarter century at the helm of the Read More
NRCM Gives Award for Historic Penobscot River Restoration
Augusta, ME – The Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM) has awarded Scott Hall and Richard Fennelly of PPL Maine a 2009 Environmental Award for their leadership and collaboration in making the historic restoration of the Penobscot River a reality. The award is given each year by NRCM to an individual or group who whose actions Read More
Natural Advocate
by Henry Garfield Bangor Metro business profile March 2009 Brownie Carson of the Natural Resources Council of Maine stands like a tall tree among Maine’s environmental activists. It’s no wonder that he’s been rooted in natural resources advocacy for 25 years. When the Natural Resources Council of Maine celebrates its 50th birthday in 2009, Executive Read More
Natural Resources Council of Maine Celebrates 50 Years Protecting the Nature of Maine
Mainers Everywhere Invited to Participate in “50 Events for 50 Years” AUGUSTA, ME—This year, the Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM), the state’s leading member-supported organization working to protect Maine’s environment, celebrates its 50th anniversary. Established in 1959 by a small group of volunteers determined to help preserve the Allagash Waterway, NRCM has been involved Read More
What’s the Dam Point?
Environmental economist Lynne Lewis is changing the way people measure the value of rivers by Virginia Wright Bates College Magazine news story Shortly after a press release announced Lynne Lewis’s scholarly article on dam removal, the Bates environmental economist learned where her academic research really hits home. “Someone called from Augusta, Ga., wanting to talk Read More
NRCM Gives People’s Choice Award to Wiscasset Coal Plant Activist
NRCM news release Augusta, ME – The Natural Resources Council of Maine is pleased to announce that Woolwich resident Willy Ritch is the winner of the 2008 Natural Resources Council of Maine’s People’s Choice award, for his work protecting beautiful Wiscasset from a proposed coal gasification plant. Last year, when Wiscasset was faced with a Read More
NRCM Gives Award to Law Firms in Portland, D.C. for River Restoration Efforts
Augusta, ME – Two law firms, Verrill Dana in Portland, Maine, and Wiley Rein in Washington, D.C., have been awarded a 2008 Natural Resources Council of Maine Environmental Award for their tireless efforts to free the Sebasticook River by removing the Fort Halifax Dam in Winslow. For about 100 years, the Fort Halifax Dam at Read More
Jenna Shue Receives 2005 Environmental Award
For moving the Maine Legislature to address gaps in monitoring and managing emissions from waste-to-energy incinerator plants Jenna Shue, a senior at Hampden Academy, inspires all of us who believe that one person truly can make a difference. Jenna grew up within sight of a waste incineration plant and became concerned about potential health impacts.At Read More
