by Steve Collins, Staff Writer Sun Journal news story Watch the Androscoggin River today as it flows down from the Great Falls at Lewiston-Auburn and it seems scarcely believable it was once little more than an open sewer, full of toxic chemicals, a channel for every throwaway thing that could be swept to the sea…. Continue Reading
Cleaning Up the Androscoggin River
Advocates Urge Environmental Protections On Anniversary of Clean Water Act’s Passage
By Susan Sharon Maine Public news story Wednesday marks the 45th anniversary of the Clean Water Act, the landmark law authored by U.S. Sen. Edmund Muskie of Maine, who was inspired by the Androscoggin and other rivers that were being treated as open sewers. Along the Androscoggin there were more than half a dozen paper… Continue Reading
Mainers Celebrate 45th Anniversary of Clean Water Act
Describe Enormous Progress and Serious Threats to Clean Water in Maine NRCM news release Lewiston, ME — Today on the banks of the Androscoggin, once labeled the most polluted river in America, a diverse group of Mainers described the importance of the Clean Water Act. The Act became law on October 18, 1972, when Congress… Continue Reading
Quarter-mile Section All that Separates Androscoggin River from Improved Water-quality Standard
by Bonnie Washuk, Staff Writer Sun Journal news story LEWISTON — On a recent August afternoon, outdoorswoman and Bates College retiree Judith Marden was on the Androscoggin River, in Gulf Island Pond, learning to paddleboard. “I’m not very good at it,” the 69-year-old said with a laugh. The first time Marden tried “I fell off… Continue Reading
View from the River
Jeff Wells and Allison Childs Wells, columnists Boothbay Register In early September, we had the pleasure of kayaking with a large group (43 people) on the Androscoggin River for about 10 miles between Gilead and Bethel in western Maine. It was quite interesting to look for birds from this very different vantage point on moving… Continue Reading
Clean Water Act – 40th Anniversary Today!
Forty years ago today, the U.S. Congress passed the Clean Water Act into law, and they did so in a remarkable fashion. In a powerful statement of bipartisan support for the environment, both the House and the Senate on October 18, 1972, voted to override President Nixon’s veto of this landmark bill. And it never… Continue Reading
Hello Nature. Goodbye, Summer.
By Beth Dimond, NRCM Public Affairs Coordinator Summers in Maine seem to go by too quickly. I don’t know how it got to be mid- September when I feel like summer just started. I have wanted to tell you about two great exhibits that I saw this summer at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art,… Continue Reading
Water Worries
I am a worrier. I always have been. I probably always will be. I am better than I was, but ask anyone around me and they will tell you I have a long way to go. Most of my worries are probably about things that will never happen. I know that those worries are a… Continue Reading
Phish & NRCM: Tabling at the Augusta, Maine, Concert
The hugely popular jam band Phish made a rare appearance in Augusta, Maine, in October 2010. The concert sold out quickly, but the Natural Resources Council of Maine was there—as guests of the band! The Waterwheel Foundation, the charitable arm of Phish, chose NRCM as the band’s charity for the evening. We set up beside… Continue Reading
