On a recent early evening, my husband and I watched two young boys, poles and bobbers in hand, clamber down the far bank of the river in front of our home as the sun was setting, the river touched by golden light. Fishing season is beginning, thanks to Governor Mills’ decision to open it early. Read More
My Maine This Week: Steve Cartwright
“Come Spring” NRCM member Steve Cartwright of Tenants Harbor, Maine, shares this sure sign of spring from the woods in Tenants Harbor. Skunk cabbage “on the rise,” is a sure sign that no matter what, spring is here and nature is alive in Maine. Speaking of “skunks,” check out our brand new Creature Feature on Read More
5 Ways to Reduce Food Waste at Home While Practicing Social Distancing
Chances are that you went to the grocery store (at least once) recently and impulsively bought way more food than usual. And I suspect that may have led to an unanticipated consequence: food waste. (Or perhaps you just guilt-ate way more than you should to prevent your food from going bad!) Reducing food waste is Read More
Creature Feature: Striped Skunk
Striped Skunk Mephitus mephitus Cool fact: Skunks are active year-round, but during the cold of winter they slow down and stay inside their dens, which are insulated with leaves and grass, sometimes with other skunk families and friends. The striped skunk, Mephitus mephitus, occurs throughout most of Maine, from open fields and farms to city Read More
Maine’s Outdoor Spaces Offer Respite During Trying Times
In E. O. Wilson’s 1984 book Biophilia, the world-renowned biologist and Harvard University professor described an innate “love of life” that humans have, meaning, we are drawn to nature. In an interview with PBS, he said this intrinsic attraction is so basic that he believed most people understand it and that it’s slowly instilling a Read More
My Maine This Week: Peter Simmons
“For those of us on the coast who have had a ‘Mid-Atlantic winter’ this year, visiting true winter in Maine’s unspoiled northern counties is balm for the soul,” writes this week’s My Maine This Week photographer and NRCM member Peter Simmons of Brunswick, Maine. With winter coming to an end later this week, we wanted Read More
My Maine This Week: Special Edition
The Natural Resources Council of Maine’s CEO, Lisa Pohlmann, shared a message with our supporters related to the COVID-19 virus that has reached Maine and around the globe. In that message, she urged people to find solace and respite in Maine’s beautiful outdoors (while practicing important social distancing). We are fortunate that Maine has so Read More
Leading Maine Conservation Groups Criticize DEP’s Draft Permit on Controversial CMP Corridor
News release from NRCM, TU, and AMC March 13, 2020 (Augusta, ME) – The Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) today issued a draft permit for the controversial Central Maine Power (CMP) transmission line. Although the draft decision imposes several significant conditions, DEP’s announcement drew strong criticism from three conservation groups that intervened in both Read More
Land for Maine’s Future: 3 Reasons LMF is about More than Land Conservation
When Land for Maine’s Future (LMF) was enacted in 1987, the program was remarkably forward-looking and a harbinger of good things to come. Over the past three decades, LMF has become Maine’s most important and popular land conservation program. But the program has not received any new funding since 2012, which is why we’re working Read More
