Penobscot River Restoration Trust Awarded Funds to Remove Fish Passage Barriers Penobscot River Restoration Trust Today, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced that it will invest $6.1 million through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to help rebuild the sea-run fisheries of Maine’s Penobscot River. A grant to the Penobscot River Restoration Trust Read More
State Better for Having 50 Years of NRCM
The group has been a leader in setting environmental policy for half a century. Portland Press Herald editorial Look around. The state you see would probably not be the same if not for the Natural Resources Council of Maine. The pristine Allagash Wilderness Waterway would probably have dams and bridges. The highways could still be Read More
Imagine Maine Without Natural Resources Council
Kennebec Journal editorial As lifelong conservationist Bill Townsend of Canaan put it, if the Natural Resources Council of Maine did not exist, the state of Maine would look very different. Townsend was one of the original members of the organization, which celebrated its 50th anniversary this week. He and other pioneers in the environmental organization Read More
NRCM Celebrates 50 Years of Service
Major state issues influenced by group by Kevin Miller Bangor Daily News news story AUGUSTA, Maine — Nearly 50 years ago, a small group of individuals gathered for the inaugural annual meeting of a fledgling environmental organization. The hot topics that day: the Allagash, pesticides and pollution. Fast forward about a half-century and it’s likely Read More
Fifty Years of Speaking for Maine
Sun Journal editorial If there is such a thing as an “establishment” environmental advocate, the Natural Resources Council of Maine would qualify. This description is not meant to insinuate anything negative; rather, it aims to portray the organization’s stability, strong influence and broad mission. Over the past 50 years, the NRCM has developed into as Read More
Ten Years After Dam Removal Kennebec River Fish are Jumping Back
by Susan Sharon Maine Public Radio news story For centuries, dams that harnessed water power fueled factories around the Northeast. But the walled barriers prevented migrating fish from reaching their native spawning grounds. Water quality and entire ecosystems changed. Think about a dam on a river you know. Imagine what would happen if that structure Read More
NRCM Turns 50
Bangor Daily News editorial In 1959, the environment was a vague concept to most and protecting it was not a priority. That was the year the Natural Resources Council of Maine was formed to protect the places and values that, in many ways, have come to define Maine. The group, which celebrates its 50th anniversary Read More
Green Greatness: Group to Mark 50 Years of Protecting Environment
by John Richardson, staff writer Portland Press Herald news story Maine has passed some of the country’s most aggressive environmental laws, from a ban on billboards in 1969 to a light bulb-recycling program signed by Gov. John Baldacci on Monday. For the past 50 years, the Natural Resources Council of Maine has been at the Read More
Maine Governor Signs First-in-the-nation Law to Require Manufacturers to Recycle Mercury-containing Light Bulbs
New law protects families and the environment; Saves taxpayer money News release AUGUSTA – Today, Governor Baldacci signed a new first-in-the-nation law to help reduce mercury pollution by requiring compact fluorescent light bulb manufacturers to share the costs and responsibility for recycling their mercury-containing bulbs. Similar bills are now pending in MA, VT, and CA. Read More
