NRCM news release Nick Bennett, staff scientist for the Natural Resources Council of Maine for more than 16 years, has been awarded The Bates-Morse Mountain Award for Environmental Stewardship. This award goes to an individual or group demonstrating significant commitment to and achievement of environmental stewardship and will be presented at the Harward Center for Read More
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Don’t Underestimate Kennebec Atlantic Salmons’ Drive to Return
by Ron Joseph Kennebec Journal op-ed In mid-July, five adult Atlantic salmon were live-trapped at Waterville’s Lockwood Dam, the first of four Kennebec River dams blocking the upstream passage of salmon, alewives and other sea-run fish. The salmon, ranging in weight from 10 to 20 pounds, were trucked upriver of Waterville’s dams and released in Read More
Saving a River, and Its Species
New York Times editorial On Monday morning, wrecking crews began demolishing the 1,000-foot-long Great Works Dam in Bradley, Me., the first step in a multiyear effort to restore ancient fish runs on the Penobscot River. This is a very welcome development for the environment and a tribute to the willing collaboration of many players, public Read More
Recovering a River
Demolition of the Great Works Dam on the Penobscot, starting this week, is part of an ambitious restoration project that will open 1,000 miles of waterways to Atlantic salmon. by Tom Bell, staff writer Maine Sunday Telegram news story After 13 years of legal, political and engineering work, the largest-ever river restoration project in eastern Read More
Celebrating a Big Moment for the Penobscot River
by Bill Houston Bangor Daily News op-ed Maine’s largest and arguably most impressive river, the Penobscot, is about to take a major leap toward a new future — and what a grand future it will be. As removal of the Great Works Dam begins this Monday, I will be there to celebrate the Penobscot and Read More
Returning to Sea—by David Wilkins
Editor’s Note: Alewives are river herring, a term that also includes their close relatives the blueback herring and American shad. Alewives spend most of their life at sea. In early to mid-May, alewives leave the ocean, enter Maine’s coastal rivers, and make their way upstream to spawning habitat in lakes and ponds, sometimes traveling more Read More
Carson Honored with Lifetime Award
Brownie Carson was honored with the Natural Resources Council of Maine’s 2011 Environmental Lifetime Achievement during the organization’s annual meeting in September. Times Record news story AUGUSTA — “For a lifetime of dedication, vision and success,” Everett “Brownie” Carson of Harpswell has been awarded a 2011 NRCM Environmental Award for Lifetime Achievement, according to a Read More
Brownie Carson Honored with 2011 NRCM Environmental Award for Lifetime Achievement
For a lifetime of dedication, vision, and success, NRCM has awarded Carson, of Harpswell, a 2011 NRCM Environmental Award for Lifetime Achievement. For 27 years, Brownie Carson was not just the heart and soul of the Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM), he was the face of environmental advocacy in Maine. His extraordinary leadership was Read More
Restoring the Penobscot
Maine is getting a chance to prove it’s possible to make clean energy and restore sea-run fish access to rivers. By Tom Bell, State House Writer Maine Sunday Telegram news story GREENBUSH – Ian Kiraly gently nudges the bow of an alien-like vessel along the banks of the Penobscot River. The electro boat, with its Read More