Miles and Liesel recently completed their first thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail (AT). I caught up with them as they start to settle back into a “normal” life back in Maine. —Daniel Bartup, NRCM Rising Leadership Team member Why did you hike the AT? For Liesel, the AT began as a childhood dream. She committed Read More
Critter Chatter – Oh, Deer! What’s Up With That? Part 2
As a follow-up to last month’s article about the whitetail buck with three legs and only one horn, I’d be remiss not to write about the other permanent resident buck at the Wildlife Center. Rather than simply missing an antler, this deer has two, but they’re both deformed and remain in velvet. He’s the oldest Read More
My Maine This Week: Elizabeth Byrd Wood
NRCM member Elizabeth Byrd Wood of Cape Elizabeth, shares her beautiful fall photo with us and writes, “The fen at the Davidson Nature Preserve, a Kennebec Land Trust property, in Vassalboro, Maine. A great place for blueberry picking in the summer, but truly a place of tranquility and beauty year round.” Where do you go Read More
My Maine This Week: Nahmakanta Lake by Patricia Williams
NRCM member Patricia Williams of Pelham, Massachusetts, shares her beautiful, peaceful photo of Nahmakanta Lake as this week’s featured photograph. Do you have a favorite lake or place to paddle? If so, we would love to see your photos and may feature them as upcoming My Maine This Weeks. Please send them to nrcm@nrcm.org.
2022 Conservation Leadership Awards Honor Lasting Contributions to Maine’s Environment
October 28, 2022 (Augusta, ME) – Two sustainability leaders, a rockweed scientist, a local landfill activist group, and a coalition formed to stop an aquafarm in Frenchman Bay, plus Maine’s famed puffin scientist, were all honored recently for their significant, long-lasting contributions to protecting the nature of Maine. The Conservation Leadership Awards program, held Wednesday Read More
Great Places to Dip or Dash to Participate Virtually
If you are unable to join us in person for our 2022 Polar Bear Dip & Dash on December 31st at Southern Maine Community College, we have compiled a list of great places around Maine to dip, dash, or both! Do you have places to add to the list? Send them to us at nrcm@nrcm.org.
Critter Chatter – Oh, Deer! What’s Up With That? Part 1
While visiting Don at the Wildlife Center the other day, awaiting the arrival of a family of six baby opossums whose mother had likely been the victim of a car accident, we got to talking about one of the white-tailed bucks that is a permanent resident at Duck Pond. I’d only seen him from a Read More
My Maine This Week: Megan O’Donnell
Megan O’Donnell of Kennebunk, Maine, shares a photo she captured recently of a gorgeous sunrise at Gooch’s Beach in Kennebunk. Megan also sent us some other photos as entries for our second annual Fall in to Winter photo contest. Do you have some beautiful Maine photos from fall and winter months? If so, learn more Read More
My Maine This Week: Callie Wronker
NRCM member and frequent My Maine This Week photographer Callie Wronker of Jefferson and Portland, Maine, shares two beautiful fall photos she took recently while visiting western Maine. The first is the view from Center Hill, Mt. Blue State Park, in Weld late last month. The second photo is a view of the Sandy River Read More
