Happy New Year! We are kicking off 2023 by sharing this incredible photo of an adorable seal, photographed by NRCM member Larry Mingledorff of Palm Coast, Florida, during a visit to Maine. This seal is enjoying some sunshine in Penobscot Bay. Let’s hope the year ahead is full of sunshine! Do you have photos you Read More
News & Noteworthy — October – December 2022
Read highlights from December 2022 news stories and opinion pieces related to Maine’s air, land, water, and wildlife, in this News & Noteworthy from the Natural Resources Council of Maine. December 2022 Rulemaking for Maine’s first-in-the-nation Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for Packaging law began this month. Read about the first meeting, and hear from NRCM Read More
My Maine This Week: Winter solstice by Richard Flanagan
NRCM member Richard Flanagan of Fairfield, Maine, sent us this gorgeous photo of the Kennebec River, taken, he writes, “at precisely the hour when winter began, the longest day of the year.” This view is from Fairfield, just over the Waterville city line. Thank you, Richard, for capturing this moment in time.
Critter Chatter — Memory Lane
When visiting Don Cote at the Wildlife Care Center last week, I was curious about his “growing up years” and if he’d always had an interest in animals. As “they” say, it is indeed a small world: it turns out Don grew up on the same street in Augusta that I did, about 15 years Read More
My Maine This Week: Jonnie Maloney
As the sun sets on 2022, we thought it was the perfect time to share these gorgeous sunset photos by NRCM member Jonnie Maloney of Livermore, Maine. Jonnie captured these spectacular sunsets over Long Pond in Livermore. Look at those colors! Do you have some sunsets or some beautiful Maine photos from 2022 that you Read More
New Zoning Plan Charts Positive Path Forward for Maine’s Moosehead Region
Thousands of visitors and residents are drawn to Maine’s Moosehead Lake region every year to experience the spectacular clean waters, forests, and wildlife. The Plum Creek proposal in the early 2000s threatened to damage that unique character with sprawling development and was met with intense opposition. Eventually, the landowner, Weyerhaeuser, withdrew the plan in 2020. Read More
Talking Trash with Author Edward Humes in Maine
Author and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Edward Humes recently visited Maine for the day on a research mission for the sequel to his book Garbology. In Garbology, he investigates trash—what’s in it; how much we pay for it; how we manage to create so much of it; and how some families, communities, and even nations are Read More
My Maine This Week: Jonathan Milne
NRCM supporter Jonathan Milne of Sidney, Maine, shares this very cool photo that he took during a recent site visit in the 7 Lakes Alliance lands in Belgrade. Populous tremuloides suspended by two (nearly invisible) spider web strands. What are some unique and unexpected things you’ve seen while exploring Maine’s mountains, coastline, trails, and waterways? Read More
Maine Environment Fall-Winter 2022 Newsletter
In this issue of Maine Environment, we feature a story about our recent survey of all Mainers who own and drive electric vehicles — find out what they love the most about their EVs! You can also meet our new board members and our 2022 Conservation Leadership Award recipients. We also share news of our new Read More
