NRCM member Richard Flanagan of Fairfield, Maine, sent us this gorgeous photo of the Kennebec River, taken, he writes, “at precisely the hour when winter began, the longest day of the year.” This view is from Fairfield, just over the Waterville city line. Thank you, Richard, for capturing this moment in time.
Kennebec River
News & Noteworthy — October 2022
Read highlights from October 2022 news stories and opinion pieces related to the environment, including Maine’s air, land, water, and wildlife, in this News & Noteworthy from the Natural Resources Council of Maine. October 27, 2022 We are going to kick off this week’s News & Noteworthy with a news story about one of our Read More
Celebrating Maine’s Clean Water Champions
Marking the 50th Anniversary of the Clean Water Act Remarks by Pete Didisheim, NRCM Interim CEO, at a Clean Water Act event on September 29th in Lewiston, Maine, along the banks of the Androscoggin River Greetings and welcome to this celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Clean Water Act. We are now at the Read More
My Maine This Week: Richard Flanagan
NRCM member Richard Flanagan of Fairfield, Maine, shares this photo of the Kennebec River in Waterville. Richard has shared many of his beautiful Kennebec photos with us over the years, and we always love to see them. Thank you, Richard! We have been working to restore the Kennebec River for many years, but there is Read More
News & Noteworthy — July 2022
Read some highlights from July 2022 news stories and opinion pieces related to the environment, including Maine’s air, land, water, and wildlife, in this News & Noteworthy from the Natural Resources Council of Maine. July 28, 2022 NRCM Staff Scientist Nick Bennett is quoted in this recent Seacoastonline.com news story about removal of dams on the Kennebec Read More
The Path to Restoring Maine’s Kennebec River
Today, the future of the Kennebec River is at a turning point. Maine can continue the highly successful restoration of the river that has taken place over the past 20 years and help save Atlantic salmon from becoming extinct. We can improve the health of the river and enhance communities along the Kennebec. Doing so, however, will require Read More
News & Noteworthy — June 2022
Read some highlights from June 2022 news stories and opinion pieces related to the environment, including Maine’s air, land, water, and wildlife, in this News & Noteworthy from the Natural Resources Council of Maine. June 29, 2022 We are going to cover the news from the past two weeks in this week’s News & Noteworthy. Read More
My Maine This Week: Richard Flanagan
Last week we saw photos from a fishing trip on the West Branch of the Penobscot River. This week, NRCM member and frequent My Maine This Week photographer Richard Flanagan of Fairfield, Maine, shares a photo of two people taking some time on a beautiful spring day to cast their lines into the Kennebec River Read More
News & Noteworthy — May 2022
Read some highlights from May 2022 news stories and opinion pieces related to the environment, including Maine’s air, land, water, and wildlife, in this News & Noteworthy from the Natural Resources Council of Maine. May 24, 2022 We will start this week’s News & Noteworthy with some cool news from the Blue Hill area. Local Read More