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New Report Details Potential Impacts of Damaging Cuts to EPA

Conservation Groups Applaud Historic Kennebec Agreement

Urge Legislators to Fund the Land for Maine's Future Program

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New “Damaging Maine” Report Details Impacts of Draconian Cuts to US EPA Budget

September 25, 2025 (Augusta, ME) – A new report issued today details how the U.S. House Appropriations Committee’s FY26 budget proposal would put Maine’s clean air and water at risk, limit clean-up of old industrial sites, and halt important scientific research that is essential for safeguarding public health.    The dramatic cuts being proposed to the Read More

Conservation Groups Applaud Historic Agreement on the Kennebec

Augusta, ME – A coalition of conservation and fishing groups is hailing an agreement between The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and Canadian power company Brookfield Renewable that sets the stage for the decommissioning and removal of four dams that are barriers to fish passage on the lower Kennebec River in Maine.   Removing the Lockwood, Hydro-Kennebec, Shawmut, Read More

New Report: Offshore Wind Would Have Lowered Electricity Prices 11% Last Winter

September 4, 2025 (Augusta, ME) – New England electricity prices would have been 11% lower last winter if contracted offshore wind projects had been operational, according to a new study by Daymark Energy Advisors. Tens of millions of dollars in lower costs would have been reflected on the electricity bills of Maine households and businesses.  Read More

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Meet the 2025 NRCM Conservation Leadership Award Recipients

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Caching Up for the Winter

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Wood turtle, photo by Pam Wells

Creature Feature

Wood Turtle

According to the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife, the wood turtle is one of Maine’s rarest turtles and is listed as a species of “Special Concern.” It is found statewide, but wild populations are decreasing. On a positive note, it’s a long-lived species: up to 40 years in the wild. Learn more in our newest Creature Feature.

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My Maine This Week

mountain in lake with Canada geese on grass in foreground

My Maine This Week: Mount Kineo by Gerard Austin

black and white loon swimming in blue lake water

Belgrade Lakes Region Birds by Larry Mingledorff

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Katahdin Dawn by Wendy Weiger

Banner photo: Fall colors in Upton, Maine, by Beth Comeau