Sappi Surprise: Westbrook Mill Considers Removing Controversial Dam
A long-running fight over a hydroelectric dam in downtown Westbrook took an unexpected turn this week when the dam's owner announced that it's considering tearing down the structure. Sappi Fine Paper...
View ArticleHow Maine Can Balance Clean Energy and Protection of Wildlands
At a time when battles are raging over multiple energy projects in Maine, from oil pipelines to windfarms, policymakers must do more to find a balance between needed new clean energy sources and...
View ArticleDelay in Lynx Recovery Plan Spurs Federal Lawsuit
BILLINGS, Mont. — Thirteen years after the government listed Canada lynx as a threatened species, wildlife advocates on Thursday asked a federal judge to force the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to...
View ArticleGroup Signals Intent to Sue Over Beleaguered Bird
The Center for Biological Diversity says federal officials failed to make a timely decison on its 2010 petition to protect the Bicknell's thrush, whose range extends to Maine. A conservation group...
View ArticleWinslow Land Donation Helps Connect East Coast Greenway
WINSLOW — A donation of 45 acres of land along the Kennebec River will help connect a network of trails in the area and provide a new link to the East Coast Greenway, a 2,500-mile mostly paved trail...
View ArticleTrees Standing in Way of Boatyard Proposal
PORTLAND — The vacant land along the city's western waterfront has sat unused for nearly half a century. Once host to a coal gasification plant and a thriving cargo terminal, the property now is...
View ArticleTestimony in Opposition to LD 493, An Act To Provide Economic Development in...
Good afternoon Senator Jackson, Representative Dill, and members of the Committee. My name is Eliza Donoghue. I am a resident of Farmington and am speaking today on behalf of the Natural Resources...
View ArticleMaine Lawmakers to Consider Expanded Ban on Lead Fishing Tackle
AUGUSTA — A state legislator from Portland wants to expand the state's decade-old ban on lead fishing tackle to help prevent the poisoning of loons and other wildlife.Proposed by Democratic Sen. Anne...
View ArticleBill Aims to Get Lead Out of Maine Loons
AUGUSTA – A former head of the Sportsman's Alliance of Maine told lawmakers Thursday that fishermen should stop using lead sinkers and jigs that harm loons."We're fishing with toxic...
View ArticleTestimony In Opposition to LD 500, An Act To Permit Tribal Members To Access...
Senator Jackson, Representative Dill, and members of the Committee, my name is Eliza Donoghue and I live in Farmington. I am speaking today on behalf of the Natural Resources Council of Maine in...
View ArticleAcadia Closes Trails to Protect Nesting Falcons
ACADIA NATIONAL PARK — Acadia National Park officials are closing several popular hiking trails to protect peregrine falcons that have been showing prenesting courtship behavior.The closure of the...
View ArticleLead Sinker Ban Will Help Keep Loon Calls Ringing Out Over Our Lakes
FALMOUTH - The call of the common loon is one of Maine's unique and iconic sounds. It conjures up images of lakeside camps, leisurely swims and quiet fishing time with family.However, the long-term...
View ArticleVernal Pool Workshop for Foresters, Loggers, Code Enforcement Officers and...
Although vernal pools provide critical breeding habitat for rare amphibians and state-listed endangered or threatened species, these pools also provide essential benefits to the larger ecosystems where...
View ArticleWestbrook Fishway Opens to Alewives this Week
A fishway on the Cumberland Mills Dam in Westbrook will lead alewives into a part of the Presumpscot River this week for the first time in more than a century.The fishway, which the Maine Department of...
View ArticleMaine Biologists say Eagle Population is on the Rise
Maine biologists say fewer dams and more fish heading upstream could make Maine's growing Bald eagle population even stronger in 10 years. Maine Biologists are currently conducting the annual aerial...
View ArticleOcean surface temperatures off Northeast Coast Highest in 150 Years
Dating back to the Civil War, when official data began to be collected, the waters along the Northeast coast of the United States have never been so warm as they were in 2012, according to federal...
View ArticleLawmakers Weigh Options for Lowering Energy Costs
AUGUSTA -- Warm spring weather provided a sharp contrast with the concerns of lawmakers Tuesday as they debated the best way for state government to offer Mainers some relief from high energy bills...
View ArticleFishway to the Presumpscot Unveiled
WESTBROOK — The first of several fish passageways planned for the Presumpscot River officially opened Wednesday, just in time for alewives and other species to make migratory runs that could begin any...
View ArticleFeds: Many Causes for Dramatic Bee Disappearance
WASHINGTON — A new federal report blames a combination of problems for a mysterious and dramatic disappearance of U.S. honeybees since 2006. The intertwined factors cited include a parasitic mite,...
View ArticleDespite Gains, More Challenges Ahead for U.S. Fisheries
Fish stocks off the U.S. coasts, restored to health over the past four decades by cooperation among competing interests and careful management, are threatened anew by warming and increasingly acidic...
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