This photo was taken at Popham Beach in Phippsburg on New Year’s Day this year. With snow in the forecast today, we may see this view of Popham again soon. Photo by NRCM member Diane Schetky of Topsham, Maine To see past My Maine This Week photos, or to submit a photo of your own Read More
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Bay Stewards Challenge Belfast to ‘Ban the Bag’
By Ethan Andrews, staff writer Republican Journal news story Belfast — “Remember when everyone used to smoke in restaurants?” Ned Lightner asked recently. He had been talking about his work with Ban the Bag in Belfast, a volunteer movement to do away with single-use plastic bags in the city. There was plenty to say about Read More
My Maine This Week: Mount Desert Island by Jayne Winters
“These photos were taken a couple of weeks ago while on a visit to Mount Desert Island. The first two photos were taken at low tide on the sand bar over to Bar Island. The third photo is a path on the island.” – Photos by NRCM member Jayne Winters of South China, Maine To Read More
My Maine This Week: Anne Kotchek
“I love standing over to the side near the rocks and looking out at the beach from the shade. It reminds me that although we may experience our fair share of shadows in life, there’s always some kind of sunshine waiting for us on the other side.” Photo of Sand Beach at Acadia National Park Read More
My Maine This Week: Peter Simmons
“I took this photo of the full moon rising over Isle au Haut from the top of Mount Battie in late July.” —Photo by NRCM member Peter Simmons of Brunswick, Maine To see past My Maine This Week photos, or to submit a photo of your own to be featured on our website, please visit Read More
Rising Sea Levels Could Wash Away $3.1B in Maine Property
By Darren Fishell Bangor Daily News news story If sea levels rise six feet by the year 2100 as projected, that would put an estimated $3.1 billion in Maine residential real estate under water. The property site Zillow matched up its proprietary data on current home values with federal projections of how sea level rise Read More
Peaks Island Students Change Habits Beyond an Island in Maine
Students at Peaks Island Elementary School recently engaged in an endeavor created to align with their new, project-based learning program, RRR-Evolution. The idea is to help the youngsters understand the impacts of their decisions with hands-on (quite literally in this case) examples of how those decisions effect the world around us. Students spent one week Read More
St. George Middle School Students Make a Difference for Alewives
The St. George Middle School in Tenant’s Harbor is beautifully positioned next to Ripley Creek, a tidal stream that opens into a freshwater marsh. This marsh teemed with spawning alewives until the 1980s when a new culvert constructed in Ripley Creek blocked their passage. In 2015, the town replaced this culvert with a fish-friendly culvert. Read More
Bath Middle School Students Report on Biodiversity and ‘Mitten Menaces’
Bath Middle School students have used their NRCM grant to visit local state parks and examine some of the aquatic animals that live there, most especially green crabs. During their visits they have discovered a number of other creatures: check out these student reports on the Biodiversity of Reid State Park, as well as a Read More