Augusta, ME — Well known naturalist and Hampden resident Judy Kellogg Markowsky was given a 2011 NRCM Environmental Award for Lifetime Achievement. Judy, who passed away in August, was known and loved for her work as an environmental educator, sharing her knowledge of birds, insects, plants, and other creatures in the Penobscot River watershed with Read More
Conservation Leadership Awards
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
Down East Woman Awarded for Anti-LNG Activism
Bangor Daily News news story PERRY, Maine — The Natural Resources Council of Maine has selected Vera Francis of Perry as the winner of its 2010 People’s Choice Award “for her work protecting Passamaquoddy Bay.” NRCM indicated in a press release announcing the award that the People’s Choice is one of the organization’s environmental awards, Read More
Downeast-Area LNG Activist Wins NRCM’s 2010 People’s Choice Award
NRCM news release The Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM) is pleased to announce that Vera Francis of Perry has won NRCM’s 2010 People’s Choice Award, for her work protecting Passamaquoddy Bay. NRCM’s People’s Choice is one of the organization’s Environmental Awards, which it gives each year to an individual or group whose actions have Read More
Hannah Pingree to Receive 2010 Environmental Award from NRCM
News Release The Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM) has chosen House Speaker Hannah Pingree as the recipient of the 2010 Environmental Award for her leadership in passing bold new laws that protect the health of Maine’s people, environment, and wildlife. The prestigious award, which will be presented at NRCM’s annual meeting on Thursday, October Read More
Award Recognizes the Visionary Behind the Brush
Painter Evelyn Dunphy of West Bath is honored for her work protecting Maine’s wilderness. by John Richardson, staff writer Portland Press Herald news story Evelyn Dunphy has moved mountains with her watercolors, say her admirers. The painter from West Bath is widely known and admired for her paintings of Maine landscapes, especially Mount Katahdin. She Read More
A Painter Who Helps Us See and Love
Times Record editorial What we love, we take care of. If that’s true — and we believe it is — the challenge facing each of us is how to love, and thereby take care of, the people, places and things we don’t happen to know personally. If you’ve never been to Maine’s North Woods and Read More
NRCM Gives People’s Choice Award to West Bath Artist for North Woods Protection
NRCM news release Augusta, ME – Evelyn Dunphy of West Bath was chosen as the winner of the 2009 Natural Resources Council of Maine People’s Choice Award, for her work protecting Maine’s wilderness areas, particularly Katahdin Lake. NRCM’s People’s Choice Award is bestowed each year to an individual or group whose actions have made a Read More
NRCM Gives Award for Effort to Protect Moosehead
Augusta, ME – The Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM) has awarded Russell Pierce, Esq., of the Portland-based law firm of Norman, Hanson and DeTroy, a 2009 Environmental Award for his unwavering efforts for the protection of Moosehead Lake. The award is given each year by NRCM to an individual or group whose actions have Read More
