By Ray Owen, Special to the BDN Bangor Daily News op-ed I have spent much my life working to improve Maine’s environment. I was a professor of wildlife ecology at the University of Maine for 32 years, commissioner of the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife for four, and chaired Maine’s former Land Use Read More
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NRCM Testimony in Support of LD 216 and LD 319, Two Water Quality Bills
Testimony in Support of LD 216, An Act To Protect Water Quality by Standardizing the Law Concerning Septic Inspection in the Shoreland Zone; and LD 319, An Act To Standardize the Laws Concerning Property Transfers and To Protect Water Quality Senator Carson, Representative Tucker, and members of the Environment and Natural Resources Committee: My name Read More
Public Hearing Participants Overwhelmingly Oppose Irving Rezoning Proposal
by Christopher Bouchard The County news story CARIBOU, Maine — All but one of 15 County residents who gave testimony on May 22 voiced their opposition to J.D. Irving Ltd.’s proposal to rezone 51,000 acres of land within the Fish River chain of lakes during a public hearing hosted by the Maine Land Use Planning Read More
Canadian Company Presents Plan for Mining Thousands of Acres in Northern Maine
by A.J. Higgins Maine Public news story Listen to full news story. Dreams of excavating mineral riches in northern Maine have persisted since the late 1970s, when a geological survey confirmed significant deposits of zinc, copper, silver and lead in the region. Since then, mining companies have had their eyes on the Pickett Mountain area Read More
NRCM Testimony in Opposition to LD 400, “An Act Regarding the Construction or Placement of Decks within the Shoreland Zone”
Senator Saviello, Representative Tucker and members of the Environment and Natural Resources Committee. My name is Nick Bennett, I am the staff Scientist for the Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM), and I reside in Hallowell. I am testifying in opposition to LD 400 on behalf of NRCM and its 20,000 members and supporters. Maine’s Read More
Deeper EPA Cuts Pose a Particular Menace to Maine
Critics say both the environment and the economy would be hard hit by losses in funding for Superfund sites and water quality monitoring. By Colin Woodard, staff writer Portland Press Herald news story The deeper cuts proposed by the Trump administration would slash funding for the Environmental Protection Agency’s Superfund cleanup activities and eliminate its Read More
NRCM Testimony in Opposition to LD 1082, “An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Granting of a Variance from the Dimensional Standards of a Zoning Ordinance”
Good afternoon Senator Davis, Representative Martin, and members of the State and Local Government Committee. My name is Cathy Johnson. I am a resident of Alna and the Forests and Wildlife Project Director for the Natural Resources Council of Maine. I am here today on behalf of the 20,000 members and supporters of the Natural Read More
NRCM Testimony in Opposition to LD 930, “An Act To Protect Maine Families by Enhancing Well Water Regulation”
Senator Saviello, Representative Tucker, and members of the Environment and Natural Resources Committee: My name is Nick Bennett, and I reside in Hallowell. I am the Staff Scientist for the Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM). NRCM is Maine’s largest environmental advocacy group with more than 20,000 members and supporters. I am testifying in opposition Read More
For Those Who Don’t Tire Easily
Do you love Old Orchard Beach and Ferry Beach State Park? Then you’ll be happy to hear that the Maine Conservation Corps is working with the City of Saco to help clean up Bear Brook and needs your help. Bear Brook flows into Goosefare Brook and from there directly into the Atlantic through Old Orchard Read More
