Maine Environment Fall/Winter 2021: What’s Inside! In this issue of Maine Environment, we feature a story about our work to close a loophole in Maine law that allows toxic out-of-state waste to fill our State-owned landfills like Juniper Ridge in Old Town. We also update you on our work to restore the Kennebec River above Read More
Conservation Leadership Awards
Maine Environment Fall-Winter 2020 Newsletter
Maine Environment Fall-Winter 2020: What’s Inside! In this issue of Maine Environment, meet our 2020 Conservation Leadership Award recipients and learn more about their work to protect Maine’s environment. You can also read about our newest members of NRCM’s Board of Directors. The feature story by NRCM intern Katie Moody shares stories of people around Maine Read More
October 22, 2020: NRCM Conservation Leadership Awards
Thank you to everyone who joined us online to celebrate this year’s Conservation Leadership Award recipients, including our 2020 People’s Choice Award winner. The event was virtual and included a poem by Kristen Lindquist and two of our six Brookie Award winner videos. We were pleased to honor and recognize this year’s award recipients: This Read More
Reflections On Our Work Together
On October 16, NRCM celebrated our 2019 Conservation Leadership Award recipients. The event took place in Portland, at the Jewish Community Alliance and was filled with warmth and celebration among our members and friends. It was truly an honor to recognize people so dedicated to helping protect the nature of Maine. I invite you to Read More
October 16, 2019: NRCM’s Conservation Leadership Awards, Portland
NRCM was pleased to recognize three exceptional individuals and a coalition of young climate activists at this year’s Conservation Leadership Awards ceremony held Wednesday, October 16, at the Jewish Community Alliance, 1342 Congress Street in Portland. The evening included music, wine, light refreshments, and, of course, the inspirational stories of this year’s recipients. • Jon Read More
NRCM Names 2018 Conservation Leadership Award Winners
Augusta, ME – The Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM) has named its 2018 Conservation Leadership Award winners. The award recipients include a former Republican legislator who crafted several of Maine’s most important environmental laws; a shellfish grower turned climate activist; a couple of fearless advocates for Maine’s natural resources, and this year’s winner of Read More
October 17, 2018: NRCM’s Conservation Leadership Awards, Yarmouth
NRCM’s Annual Conservation Leadership Awards A former Republican legislator who crafted several of Maine’s most important environmental laws. A shellfish grower turned climate activist. A couple of fearless advocates for Maine’s natural resources. And this year’s winner of the People’s Choice Award. Thanks to all who joined us on Wednesday, October 17, for NRCM’s 2018 Read More
Portland Students’ Ocean Litter Project Wins Conservation Award
By Kate Irish Collins The Forecaster news story PORTLAND — In their bid to protect the ocean from litter, two students at King Middle School have won the People’s Choice Award from the Natural Resources Council of Maine. The council held its annual conservation leadership awards ceremony Oct. 19 in Bath, where Addie Farmer, 13, Read More
Natural Resources Council of Maine to Present Awards to Mount Vernon, South Paris, Freeport, Portland Conservation Leaders
Augusta, ME – The Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM), the state’s leading nonprofit membership organization working to protect Maine’s environment, has named its 2017 Conservation Leadership Award winners. The award is given each year to individuals or groups who have made an extraordinary contribution to the protection of Maine’s land, air, waters, or wildlife. Read More
