NRCM news release June 13, 2019 – Land and water conservation projects nationwide would receive a big boost from a bipartisan bill introduced this week to guarantee full funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), one of the nation’s most important conservation programs. The bill, HR 3195, introduced in the U.S. House of Read More
Buzzing with Excitement about Bees at Windham Middle School
Windham Middle School is buzzing with excitement as students start working on an on-campus bee sanctuary. A few weeks ago, we had a landscaping expert from the Roosevelt Trail Garden Center come in to share how landscapers plan pollinator gardens. Hannah, our expert, shared the needs of native and invasive bee species, the benefits of Read More
Messalonskee Students Plant and ID Trees
After patiently waiting for “leaf out” this spring, Mrs. Ripa took her Block 2 science class outside to the Messalonskee Trails. Students used the ID cards they had created in the fall to find a reference specimen to document with our new camera, looking for distinguishing characteristics that we had learned about from our district Read More
St. George School: All Things Alewives!
Since our last update, a huge milestone was met; our digital salinity probe was put in the marsh! It now is busy collecting temperature and salinity data. From this, we got to look at the first several weeks of data in comparison to the spring tides of May. We are wondering if the salinity that Read More
Make a Change, Save Forests
Guest blog post and video by Antonio Juárez Navarro Nowadays, when someone starts thinking about what they fear in the world, they may think of inequality, drinkable water, poverty, or global warming. There’s one thing above all that may not come to our minds everyday. Forests. Forests are one of the Earth’s greatest natural resources. Read More
My Maine This Week: Dave Small
“I’d like to offer this photo as a My Maine offering. A reminder to us all to be careful about littering, and perhaps, be proactive and pickup some litter after others.” Photo by NRCM member Dave Small of Old Town, Maine. “I’ve only seen one mink in the wild before the one I now have Read More
My Maine This Week: Red Squirrel by Peggy Yaeger
Thanks to new My Maine This Week photographer Peggy Yaeger of Corbin, Kentucky, for sharing this adorable photo of a red squirrel that she took on one of her trips to Maine to visit family. She calls this, “Lunch time in the Schoodic Peninsula.”
Maine House Passes Ban on Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling
NRCM news release June 3, 2019 (Augusta, ME) — The Maine House of Representatives today passed a bill (LD 955) to ban offshore oil and gas drilling and exploration in Maine’s ocean waters. In January 2018, the U.S. Department of Interior proposed to vastly expand offshore drilling and exploration, including off the coast of Maine, Read More
June 29, 2019: NRCM 60th Anniversary Celebration, Cushing
The Natural Resources Council of Maine welcomed more than 200 guests who celebrated 60 years protecting the nature of Maine! Through member support, NRCM is safeguarding Maine’s land, air, waters, and wildlife in 2019 and in 2079 and beyond, just as NRCM’s founders did in 1959. Thanks for celebrating with us at this multi-generational event. Read More
