The day of the Great Works Dam removal celebration dawned sparkling clear. For me it started early at the Veazie Salmon Club, and had a few moments by the Penobscot River before everyone arrived. The power of the river was palpable, especially after all the rain we’ve had. It coursed over the Veazie Dam, and I Read More
Brownie Carson
“Redneck Legacy” & Mountaintop Removal Mining: Thoughts on a Presentation by a West Virginia Activist
Chuck Keeney, from Friends of Blair Mountain, gave a fabulous presentation at Bowdoin College last night on the history of coal mining and the unionization of miners in West Virginia. His great grandfather played a central role in the miners’ early resistance to coal company exploitation that eventually led to the Battle of Blair Mountain Read More
Carson Honored with Lifetime Award
Brownie Carson was honored with the Natural Resources Council of Maine’s 2011 Environmental Lifetime Achievement during the organization’s annual meeting in September. Times Record news story AUGUSTA â “For a lifetime of dedication, vision and success,” Everett “Brownie” Carson of Harpswell has been awarded a 2011 NRCM Environmental Award for Lifetime Achievement, according to a Read More
Force of Nature, for Nature, Brownie Carson ’69 Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award
Bowdoin Daily Sun news story Everett B. “Brownie” Carson ’69, the 2005 Common Good Award winner, was given the 2011 Environmental Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM), the organization he led for 27 years, until his retirement in January 2011. “Brownie has been an ever-present force of nature, for Read More
Brownie Carson Honored with 2011 NRCM Environmental Award for Lifetime Achievement
Augusta, ME â For a lifetime of dedication, vision, and success, NRCM has awarded Carson, of Harpswell, a 2011 NRCM Environmental Award for Lifetime Achievement. For 27 years, Brownie Carson was not just the heart and soul of the Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM), he was the face of environmental advocacy in Maine. His Read More
Marching for the Mountain
“Retirement” – to me, that word means having no schedule, no plans, and spending a lot of time relaxing and doing all the things one never had time to do while they were working. Over the past few years, I have seen my mother “retire” – and now work more hours at her “part-time job” Read More
NRCM’s Brownie Carson Earns EPA’s Lifetime Achievement Award
Free Press news story On Wednesday, May 11, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) presented its annual Environmental Merit Awards for 2011 in a ceremony at Boston’s Faneuil Hall. Brownie Carson, executive director of Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM) for the past 27 years until his retirement earlier this year, was presented with the Read More
Brownie Carson Earns EPA Lifetime Achievement Award and USM Distinguished Achievement Award
NRCM’s Former Executive Director has led battles for clean water, clean air, and the health of Maine’s people, wildlife, and natural areas for 27 years Boston, MA – Today, at historic Faneuil Hall in Boston, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is honoring the lifetime achievements of a champion for the protection of Maine’s air, land, Read More
Plum Creek Update: Our Day in Court
Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011, NRCM finally got its day in court on our appeal of the Land Use Regulation Commission’s (LURC) approval of Plum Creek’s Concept Plan for three resorts including 2,000 house lots in the Moosehead Lake region. The hearing was held in the old courthouse in Portland. NRCM was represented by our wonderful Read More
