Testimony in Support of LD 2007, An Act to Advance Self-determination for Wabanaki Nations To the Committee on Judiciary by Rebeccah Sanders, CEO February 26, 2024 Senator Carney, Representative Moonen, and members of the Judiciary Committee, my name is Rebeccah Sanders, and I am the CEO at the Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM). Read More
Tribal sovereignty
Environmental Issues in Maine
The 2024 Legislature has begun with a flurry of activity, and the Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM) staff experts have been hard at work to identify our top priorities for protecting Maine’s climate, water, wildlife, and outdoors and solving other environmental problems. There are a variety of environmental issues in Maine being discussed this Read More
Tribal Sovereignty: A Step Toward Environmental Justice
We all depend on a clean, healthy environment and are united by our love for the Maine outdoors. We must use this unity to ensure equity and fairness for all. It’s this obligation to make the outdoors more equitable and the recognition of past injustices toward Wabanaki tribes that is motivating the Natural Resources Council Read More
The Time is Now for Tribal Sovereignty
The time is now to heal and fix how Maine interacts with the Wabanaki Nations that have existed in our homeland for thousands of years before Maine was a state or the United States of America was a country. The 1980 Maine Indian Land Claims Settlement and Implementing Acts have set up an environment of Read More
A Clean Energy Future Maine Can Be Proud Of
Maine people delivered a stunning defeat to the Central Maine Power (CMP) corridor at the ballot box on November 2nd. The overwhelming vote to reject the corridor sends a clear message that Mainers are not going to accept the damage done to Maine’s western mountains, especially for a project that offers no new climate benefit. Read More
Support of LD 1626, An Act Implementing the Recommendations of the Task Force on Changes to the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Implementing Act
Senator Carney, Representative Harnett, and members of the Judiciary Committee. I am Lisa Pohlmann, the CEO at the Natural Resources Council of Maine, and I appreciate the opportunity to testify in support of LD 1626, An Act Implementing the Recommendations of the Task Force on Changes to the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Implementing Act. NRCM Read More
