by Dylan Martin MaineBiz news story Ask Jim Wellehan what it means to be a business leader, and for his initial response, you likely won’t hear him mention Lamey-Wellehan, his 100-year-old, Auburn-based family retail shoe business. Instead, he’ll bring up a word that means a great deal to him: community. “I love my community. I Read More
Conservation Leadership Awards
Best Tool in the Toolkit
As we head into the fast-approaching legislative session, with newly elected officials and so much work to be done to protect Maine’s lands and waters, I have been thinking about our various strategies to ensure success in the coming year. We are always in the process of reviewing the research, identifying emerging threats and opportunities, Read More
2014 NRCM Conservation Leadership Awards Go To Jim and Kathy Wellehan Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award, Lake Protection Advocates, Aroostook County Activists, and LNG Organizer
NRCM news release Augusta, ME – The Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM), the state’s leading nonprofit membership organization working to protect Maine’s land, air, water, and wildlife, has named its 2014 Conservation Leadership Award winners. Award recipients will be honored at a special event Wednesday, October 15 from 5–7:00 p.m., at Maple Hill Farm Read More
2013 NRCM Environmental Awards Go To Citizens Fighting Tar Sands Oil and LPG Tank, and Advocating for St. Croix River Alewives
NRCM news release Augusta, ME – The Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM) has awarded its 2013 NRCM Environmental Awards to an outstanding individual and two groups of activists working to project Maine’s environment. The awards, which are presented at NRCM’s annual meeting, are given each year to people and groups that have made a Read More
NRCM 2013 People’s Choice Award Presented to “Thanks But No Tank”
Thanks But No Tank 2013 People’s Choice Award for exceptional efforts mobilizing and engaging citizens to protect Searsport and surrounding coastal communities from potential harm posed by a proposed LPG tank and terminal. This year, NRCM received 26 People’s Choice nominations from across the state. We then had the difficult task of narrowing it down to Read More
NRCM 2012 Environmental Award Winner: Sam Day
Sam Day, 2012 Environmental Award For his exceptional efforts to raise awareness about issues threatening Maine’s watersheds and native fisheries, and for his effective lobbying and testimony at the Legislature to protect Maine’s wetlands and waterfowl. The first person we’d like to acknowledge this evening was initially nominated for our People’s Choice Award—the winner of Read More
NRCM 2012 Environmental Award Winner: Mark Stadler
2012 Environmental Award, Mark Stadler For his decades of service protecting Maine wildlife as leader of the Wildlife Division at Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, and for his invaluable efforts in the Legislature and before the Board of Environmental Protection that helped defeat extreme rollbacks of strong protections for Maine’s inland wading bird and waterfowl habitat. Read More
NRCM 2012 Environmental Award: Representative Bob Duchesne
Representative Bob Duchesne, 2012 Environmental Award For his tireless and skilled leadership across a broad range of legislative issues, bringing passion and humor to the job of defending Maine’s environment through the passage and defense of strong laws As a member of the Environment and Natural Resources Committee in the Maine Legislature, Bob knew that 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
