NRCM supporter Dee Dow of Westport Island, Maine, shares her photo of a sunset as seen from the island. She writes, “I live on the western side of the island and am treated to sunsets like this often. This one is too beautiful not to share.” We couldn’t agree more, Dee! See more of Dee’s Read More
Federal Agency Removes Nearly All of Key Fishing Ground from Wind Energy Development in Gulf of Maine
October 19, 2023 (Augusta, ME) — Fishing groups, labor unions, and environmental organizations who came together to push a compromise bill that will advance responsible offshore wind in the Gulf of Maine scored a key victory when the federal government excluded nearly all of a key fishing ground called Lobster Management Area 1 from offshore Read More
Critter Chatter – Hit or Miss
When I visited with Don today, there were two new admissions in small cages in his living room: a young chipmunk and a gray squirrel, both likely HBC (Hit By Car) victims. The chipmunk wasn’t in good shape; he was hunched up in a corner of his cage, his fur very disheveled. Don said he Read More
My Maine This Week: Island Falls by Dan Tanner
Photographer and NRCM supporter Dan Tanner of Oakfield, Maine, shares his stunning fall foliage photo taken last September in Island Falls, from the Bog Brook Road overlooking the Mattawamkeag River. Wow! We’d love to see your fall photos, too! Please send them to nrcm@nrcm.org.
My Maine This Week: Fall Colors in the County by Peggy Yaeger
NRCM supporter Peggy Yaeger from Clinton, Maine, currently living in Corbin, Kentucky, shared these photos in our Fall in to Winter photo contest last year. She writes, “Stunning fall trees in the Northern Maine Woods along Rt. 11 in Aroostook County. My family stopped here for a photo op as we were traveling to Ft. Read More
My Maine This Week: Penobscot Bay by Jeannie Mooney
NRCM supporter Jeannie Mooney of Bangor, Maine, now residing in Tasmania, Australia, shares a photo of Penobscot Bay from Searsport that she took during a visit this summer. She writes, “This view of Penobscot Bay was the beginning and ending of each day I spent in Searsport this summer. The painterly quality sets off my Read More
News & Noteworthy — July-September 2023
Read these noteworthy news stories and opinion pieces related to Maine’s land, air, water, and wildlife and the work of the Natural Resources Council of Maine. September 28, 2023 Last weekend many of you were at the Common Ground Country Fair in Unity. Thanks to all who stopped by to say hi to us in Read More
Your Questions Answered: Wolfden’s Proposed Pickett Mountain Mine
An untested and underfunded company called Wolfden Resources has submitted a second rezoning petition to the Land Use Planning Commission (LUPC) to allow for the development of a zinc mine near Pickett Mountain in the Katahdin region. The Canada-based exploration and development company focused on metallic mining deposits was forced to withdraw its first application Read More
My Maine This Week: Tumbledown Mountain by Leslie Burhoe
Fall officially arrive on Saturday, so we think it’s time to start getting excited about fall foliage! These photos by NRCM member Leslie Burhoe of Wayne, Maine, highlight a spectacular fall hike in western Maine: Tumbledown Mountain, complete with a pond at the top! Thanks, Leslie! As fall foliage begins its spectacular show in the Read More
