by Susan Sharon Maine Public Radio news story Just days after the Plum Creek Timber Company acknowledged that it mistakenly logged a deer wintering area and violated a voluntary agreement with the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, the company is under fire again; and so is the state agency that oversees land use in Read More
Plum Creek Admits Mistakenly Logging in Deer Wintering Area
By Kevin Miller and Nick Sambides Jr. Bangor Daily News news story INDIAN STREAM TOWNSHIP, Maine — Plum Creek officials acknowledged Monday that they mistakenly logged part of a deer wintering area in Indian Stream Township but are now taking steps to address the issue. Plum Creek’s statement came after members of the grassroots groups Read More
NRCM and Other Conservation Groups Sue EPA Over Power Plant Air Toxic Pollution
WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, a coalition of state and national public health and environmental groups, including the Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM), filed a lawsuit in federal court here, seeking a firm and enforceable new deadline for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to require deep reductions in mercury and other toxic air pollutants emitted Read More
NRCM Award Goes to Scarborough Mom for Her Work to Stop Toxic Pollution
A Scarborough mom has been honored for her work to pass legislation safeguarding the health of Maine’s children from the threat of toxic chemicals in consumer products. Elisa Boxer-Cook was presented with the 2008 Natural Resources Council of Maine Environmental Award. In accepting the award, Boxer-Cook shared the emotional story of how, after building her Read More
NRCM Gives Award to Hampden Middle Schooler
Augusta, ME – While most kids were watching TV or playing video games, 12-year-old Dustin Ramsay was busy protecting Maine’s environment. Last week, he was honored for his efforts with the 2008 Natural Resources Council of Maine Environmental Award. “I first met Dustin Ramsay two years ago, when he and his mother Melanie attended NRCM’s Read More
NRCM Gives People’s Choice Award to Wiscasset Coal Plant Activist
NRCM news release Augusta, ME – The Natural Resources Council of Maine is pleased to announce that Woolwich resident Willy Ritch is the winner of the 2008 Natural Resources Council of Maine’s People’s Choice award, for his work protecting beautiful Wiscasset from a proposed coal gasification plant. Last year, when Wiscasset was faced with a Read More
NRCM Gives Award to Law Firms in Portland, D.C. for River Restoration Efforts
Augusta, ME – Two law firms, Verrill Dana in Portland, Maine, and Wiley Rein in Washington, D.C., have been awarded a 2008 Natural Resources Council of Maine Environmental Award for their tireless efforts to free the Sebasticook River by removing the Fort Halifax Dam in Winslow. For about 100 years, the Fort Halifax Dam at Read More
Plum Creek Accepts LURC Conditions
by Nick Sambides Jr. Bangor Daily News news story Plum Creek Timber Co. has accepted state regulators’ conditions for approving what would be Maine’s largest-ever development — the Seattle-based company’s plan for nearly 1,000 house lots, two large resorts and hundreds of thousands of acres of land conservation in the Moosehead Lake region — and Read More
An Interview with Conservation Ecologist Jeff Wells
On October 16, 2008, conservation ecologist Jeffrey Wells, Ph.D., will give a multi-media presentation, “Canary in a Coal Mine: Birds, Energy, and Global Warming,” at NRCM’s Annual Meeting. Jeff, author of the acclaimed Birder’s Conservation Handbook, is senior scientist for the International Boreal Conservation Campaign and a Cornell Lab of Ornithology Visiting Fellow. His work Read More