Bennett Christiansen of Kittery Point, Maine, has been sharing with NRCM his stunning photographs from around the state for many years, since he was a teenager. About his latest photo, he writes, “While engaging in the art of photography the past decade, I consistently found myself enticed by this scene by the Cutts Island Trailhead Read More
NRCM Voter Guide 2023
Election Day is Tuesday, November 7th; do you know how you’ll be voting? The November elections are fast approaching, and this year there are eight questions on the statewide ballot. After careful review, the Natural Resources Council of Maine has taken a position on four ballot questions that will have an impact on Maine’s Read More
My Maine This Week: Westport Island by Dee Dow
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
