At this webinar, NRCM and guests discussed how clean car standards can improve your driving experience, benefit your health, and protect our environment. This event featured the following speakers: Josh Caldwell, NRCM Climate & Clean Energy Outreach Coordinator Scott Vlaun, Executive Director of the Center for an Ecology-Based Economy Muhammed Patel, NRDC Clean Vehicle Advocate Read More
Heads of Estuaries, Meadow Brook
Conserved as part of a larger effort to protect Maine’s beautiful coastline, Head of Estuaries is a wetland that started the Mason Bay Conservation Area, a group of conservation projects that includes 260 acres of freshwater and inner tidal wetlands, as well as 630 acres of uplands, protecting more than 5.5 miles of saltwater shore Read More
October 16-17, 2023: Pickett Mountain Mine Public Comment Sessions, Millinocket
Public Comment Sessions: The Katahdin Region is No Place for a Mine An untested and underfunded company, Canada-based Wolfden Resources Corporation, Inc. has proposed building a zinc metal mine at Pickett Mountain, in the shadow of Baxter State Park and the Katahdin Woods & Waters National Monument. The Land Use Planning Commission (the LUPC) held Read More
October 23, 2023: Pickett Mountain Mine Public Comment Session, Bangor
Public Comment Session: The Katahdin Region is No Place for a Mine An untested and underfunded company, Canada-based Wolfden Resources Corporation, Inc. has proposed building a zinc metal mine at Pickett Mountain, in the shadow of Baxter State Park and the Katahdin Woods & Waters National Monument. The Land Use Planning Commission (the LUPC) held Read More
My Maine This Week: Western Maine by Linda Woods
If it’s summer, and especially if it is beautiful weather on her birthday weekend, we know we will get gorgeous western Maine photos taken by longtime NRCM member and photographer Linda Woods of Waterville. This summer was no different! Earlier this summer, Linda shared her photos from Rumford Whitecap (a Land for Maine’s Future property), Read More
Critter Chatter — Do Foxes Swim?
I wasn’t sure what this month’s column would be about, but I needn’t have worried. Don always has a story or two (or more) to tell about the critters and experiences at the Duck Pond Wildlife Care Center! After more than over 50 years in wildlife rehab, you’d think that he’s seen about everything, but Read More
My Maine This Week: Mushrooms by Walter Mugdan
NRCM member Walter Mugdan of Little Neck, New York, writes, “Given how unrelentingly wet this summer has been — at least in northern Maine — we have seen more interesting and colorful mushrooms than ever before. I photographed these on our property in Beaver Cove.”
Central Falmouth Conservation Corridor
The Central Falmouth Conservation Corridor begins at Hadlock Community Forest, one of the largest community spaces in Falmouth, stretching until River Point on the Presumpscot River. There are 181 acres of town-owned land in the corridor, of which 81 are protected by the Falmouth Land Trust. This land includes trails, town land, and part of Read More
Indian Cellar Preserve
Indian Cellar Preserve contains roughly three miles of trails that lead to the mouth of the Saco River. A 1.6-mile perimeter trail wraps around the river, with several additional interior trails. The site divides the towns of Buxton and Hollis. Visitors can enjoy a variety of outdoor activities at the site during all four seasons, Read More
