For more than 10 years, the Natural Resources Council of Maine has partnered with Maine sporting camps to offer discounts on outdoor adventures and overnight stays to NRCM members. Recently we have started partnering with other outdoor recreation companies, the most recent being DoryWoman Rowing in Belfast. Between now and May 31, 2022, contact us 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.
My Maine This Week: Nicolle Littrell
My Maine This Week features photos sent to us by NRCM supporter Nicolle Littrell of Belfast, Maine. The photos are all photos she took during various trips around Belfast Bay for her business, DoryWoman Rowing. You can see more photos from her rowing adventures on Facebook and Instagram by following @dorywomanrowing. Nicolle writes, “I’m attaching Read More
Salvation or Obsession: The Future of Skiing in Maine
As winter storm warnings flashed across our phones and televisions last week, my friend Ellis and I were hatching plans to get to the mountains for what we knew would be a truly stellar ski day. Faith in my snow tires and an acute case of powder fever put winter driving considerations on the back Read More
My Maine This Week: Sam Horine
Since most of us in Maine have been dealing with subzero temperatures and lots of wind over the past week or so, we thought we would share this photo, taken on a warmer day this fall by NRCM member and frequent My Maine This Week contributing photographer Sam Horine of Skowhegan, Maine. Maine has some Read More
Exploring Community Trails, Big and Small, in Maine
With new funding streams coming in and plans progressing to improve our walking and biking paths, we have a lot to be hopeful for in Maine. In the coming years there will be myriad opportunities to engage at the local, state, and federal levels to advocate for community trails. Such an investment would be not Read More
My Maine This Week: Kristen Lindquist
NRCM member Kristen Lindquist of Camden, Maine, shares some photos she took recently while exploring Clark Island Preserve in St. George, along Maine’s Midcoast. Learn more about the Preserve, which is accessible by foot across a bridge. Thank you, Kristen, for sharing your beautiful Maine photos! Fun fact: Kristen has also written some of NRCM’s Read More
My Maine This Week: Callie Wronker
Earlier this fall, NRCM member Callie Wronker of Jefferson and Portland, Maine, spent four nights at Spencer Pond Camps east of Moosehead Lake. This is the view she had for those four days – of Spencer Mountain across Spencer Pond. She said this was taken near the cabins at Spencer Pond Camps. Do you want Read More
My Maine This Week: Linda Woods
There are very few people we know who love the mountains of Western Maine more than longtime NRCM member Linda Woods of Winslow, Maine. This week, Linda shares with us some views from Tumbledown Mountain, a great hike near Weld, Maine. There is a pond on top of the mountain and spectacular views all around. Read More
My Maine This Week: Kelly Magalis
Kelly Magalis of Brunswick, Maine, shares her photo of an immature Double-crested Cormorant who “decided to hitch a ride and dry off on [her] friend’s kayak while [they] paddled around Scarborough salt marshes” this summer! Wow! Share your Maine wildlife photos with us at nrcm@nrcm.org.