Natural Resources Council of Maine
Protecting the Nature of Maine
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By Doug Harlow, Staff Writer Kennebec Journal news story MADISON — Students jokingly call it The Floating Beast; a scale-model, floating offshore wind-turbine platform. But it was no joke recently when the model — and the four Madison high school students who developed it — took the overall top award in the Windstorm Challenge 2012 at Read More
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NRCM recognizes and honors the Penobscot, Passamaquoddy, Mi’kmaq Nation, and Maliseet Tribes of Maine, collectively Wabanaki, which translates as “People of the Dawn.” These Tribes have stewarded Maine for generations, stretching back to before colonial settlers forcibly occupied the area. The NRCM office in Augusta is on the unceded territory of the Penobscot Indian Nation, and all of us in Maine are on unceded lands once overseen by the Wabanaki. Let us remember this history and move forward with a commitment to justice and alignment with the Tribes in Maine. (Read full land acknowledgement.)
