Thousands of visitors and residents are drawn to Maine’s Moosehead Lake region every year to experience the spectacular clean waters, forests, and wildlife. The Plum Creek proposal in the early 2000s threatened to damage that unique character with sprawling development and was met with intense opposition. Eventually, the landowner, Weyerhaeuser, withdrew the plan in 2020. Read More
Outdoor Recreation
Maine's environment offers many opportunities to enjoy outdoor recreation, whether it be paddling, bird watching, hiking, cross-country skiing, hunting, fishing, or other activities, Maine has beautiful lakes, forests, trails, and coastline to explore. Outdoor recreation is an important part of Maine's economy as well as a reason for Maine to preserve and protect as much public land as we can, so it is available for us to enjoy now, as well as for future generations.
Maine Adventures with Josh: 2022 Dip & Dash Preview
Working at the Natural Resources Council of Maine has many perks. Advocating for Maine’s environment, working alongside passionate and compassionate people, participating in a needed clean energy transition, and, on occasion, plunging into the frigid Atlantic to ring in the New Year and raise money for our important work. NRCM is preparing for it’s 15th Read More
My Maine This Week: Moosehead Region by David Preston
NRCM member David Preston of China Village, Maine, spent some time last month visiting the Moosehead Lake region. He certainly timed his trip well to view the spectacular fall foliage from several different locations in the area. If you have never visited Maine in the fall, David’s photos this week will show you why you Read More
Maine Adventures with Josh: Autumnal Balderdashing
I took advantage of an unseasonably warm November weekend by striking west to Grafton Notch for an out-and-back hike along the Appalachian Trail (AT) to Baldpate Mountain. My partner Hannah and I met our good friend Kylie at the Old Speck Trail parking area after a scenic drive along Route 26, leaving Old Speck behind Read More
Hiking the AT — Thoughts from Two Recent Thru-hikers
Miles and Liesel recently completed their first thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail (AT). I caught up with them as they start to settle back into a “normal” life back in Maine. —Daniel Bartup, NRCM Rising Leadership Team member Why did you hike the AT? For Liesel, the AT began as a childhood dream. She committed Read More
A Conversation with 2022 Allagash Visiting Artist Jordan Parks
Two years ago, the Allagash Wilderness Waterway (AWW) started a visiting artist program, and every year the Natural Resources Council of Maine’s Forest & Wildlife Director Melanie Sturm has interviewed the artist to explore the intersection of art and Maine’s environment. Below is Melanie’s interview with Jordan Parks, the 2022 AWW Artist in Residence and Read More
Five Tips for Hiking with Toddlers
When we got pregnant, we promised ourselves one thing: we would stay true to was our love for hiking and outdoor adventures. It was an important part of who we were as individuals and as a couple. I hiked all through my pregnancy. In fact, our two babymoons were hiking trips—one to the Cutler Coast Read More
My Maine This Week: Colin Durrant
NRCM Media Relations & Advocacy Communications Director Colin Durrant of Yarmouth took these photos on a ride through Scarborough Marsh on the Eastern Trail, which runs for 22 miles in Southern Maine, with more miles coming soon, we hope! Have you biked, walked, run, or traveled along the Eastern Trail? If so, please share your Read More
My Maine This Week: Linda Woods
Longtime NRCM member and My Maine This Week contributor Linda Woods of Waterville, Maine, shared some of her photos from earlier this summer with us. So, as we end summer and head into fall this week, please enjoy these photos that Linda took during a four-day birthday celebration, which included three hikes in three days! Read More
