by Deirdre Fleming Portland Press Herald news story Former U.S. Sen. George Mitchell, the keynote speaker at the Natural Resources Council of Maine’s annual meeting, used his speech praising Brownie Carson’s 20 years of service to warn of environmental dangers ahead. “We’re going backwards in this world in dealing with environmental issues,” Mitchell said Friday Read More
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A “Brownie” Who’s Green
Danielle Gamiz Kennebec Journal AUGUSTA — Maine’s natural beauty is what attracted Everett “Brownie” Carson here from his home state of Virginia during the 1960s. And that beauty kept Carson here after he graduated from Bowdoin College and earned a law degree from the University of Maine. It’s also what fuels a passion for his work Read More
Brownie Carson Honored for 20 Years at Helm of Natural Resources Council
A voice FOR the wilderness by Elizabeth Dorsey Times Record news story BRUNSWICK – Brownie Carson knows an environmental law can be repealed. He knows that a restored landscape can be contaminated again. But when a hydroelectric dam falls, there isn’t anyone who’s going to build it back up again. This is what Carson was thinking on Read More
Harry Dwyer and Andy Irish Receive 2004 Environmental Award
The Natural Resources Council of Maine recognizes with deep appreciation their extraordinary efforts to protect Maine’s forests. Liquidation logging—also called “cut and run” logging—is logging with no care for the future. Liquidators churn through the landscape—buying land, stripping off all the valuable timber, and selling it again within a short period of time. Liquidation logging Read More
Another Carson
Editorial Times Record “Transparently honest” … “balanced and clear-sighted” … “an inspiration and a crusader, a leader and an agitator” … “Dean of Green” … “Maine’s other Carson” (besides Rachel). These are some of the things being said about Brownie Carson as friends and colleagues celebrate the 20th anniversary of his becoming executive director of Read More
