'They Just Boil Out of the Water': Green Crabs Destroy Clams; Are Lobsters Next?
FREEPORT — Clammer Clint Goodenow motored his skiff up to a small, white buoy in the Harraseeket River Monday afternoon and began pulling up yards of rope from the bay floor below.After reaching the...
View ArticlePresident’s Climate Plan: Good for National Security and Lobsters?
PORTLAND, Maine - Extreme weather events, including heavy rains and flooding, are just the tip of the iceberg for potential effects of climate change in Maine, experts say. One climate-related concern...
View ArticleClimate Change Threatens N.E. Coastal Birds
Rising sea levels brought on by climate change are threatening some of New England’s signature coastal birds, according to a new study.The National Wildlife Federation recently released “Shifting...
View ArticleClimate Change and Fisheries Experts to Gather in Portland
PORTLAND — The latest science and ways for fisheries to adapt to rapid environmental change will be the focus of a two-day symposium, “A Climate of Change,” in Portland this week.The nonprofit Island...
View ArticleDam Owners Should Help Finance Kennebec Fish Run Restoration
The Kennebec River once hosted enormous runs of Atlantic salmon, river herring and other fish that live part of their lives in fresh water and part in the ocean. By the 19th century, however, those...
View ArticleNew Report Details How Climate Change is Harming Maine, New Hampshire...
Climate change is the most serious threat to America’s freshwater fish and urgent action is needed at all levels to preserve key species and their habitats, according to a new report released today by...
View ArticleReport: Climate Change Putting Fish at Risk
Freshwater fish are dying in New Hampshire and Maine due to extreme weather events coupled with rising water temperatures from climate change, creating environmental and economic hazards, fishing...
View ArticleReport: Climate Change a Threat to Freshwater Fishing
A warming planet could have dire results for those who enjoy freshwater fishing, according to a National Wildlife Federation report that was released on Wednesday, and a leading Maine outdoor advocate...
View ArticleBan on Lead Fishing Gear Just One Way to Save Loons
Policies also need to address the impact of habitat loss, watercraft activity and lower water quality.Loons stricken with lead poisoning die slowly and painfully. It's no surprise that those who have...
View ArticleWhat are These Animals Telling Us?
Working in Acadia National Park one recent morning, Sarah Nelson, a biological geochemist at the University of Maine, stood with her five assistants in boots and waders and jabbed at the sediment on...
View ArticleA couple of Quimby Zingers are Real Eye-openers
Hold the phone! Stop the tape! Roxanne Quimby is doing what?She — or at least the organization that represents her and her vast land holdings — is opening 40,000 acres of her Maine woodlands to hunting...
View ArticleQuimby's Foundation Opens Maine Land to Hunters
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A foundation created by philanthropist Roxanne Quimby that once banned snowmobiles and hunting is now allowing both on large parcels of land as it seeks to build support for her...
View ArticleHunting Allowed on Quimby Land Near Baxter State Park
The land-holding organization managing Roxanne Quimby’s land beside Baxter State Park is opening 40,000 acres to hunting this week, marking a stark change in the policy that upset hunters and guides...
View Article40,000 Acres of Quimby Land Opened to Hunting; Access Plan Targets Other Areas
BANGOR, Maine — Ever since millionaire preservationist Roxanne Quimby began buying huge chunks of Maine forestland more than a decade ago, recreational users of that land have struggled with the new...
View ArticleState Biologists Tracking Endangered Turtles in Southern Maine
State biologists have captured more than 40 Blanding’s turtles this summer in an effort to better understand the dynamic between the endangered species and growing suburban areas in southern Maine,...
View ArticleClimate Change Threatens Fisheries, Including Maine's Brook Trout
WE'VE HEARD AND read a lot about the alarming increase in green crabs in coastal waters, and the devastating impact the crabs have had on mussels and clams. Lobsters may be next.The city of Brunswick...
View ArticleQuimby to Open Thousands of Maine Acres to Hunting and Recreation
Backers of a possible national park in Maine's North Woods made a grand gesture to some of their longtime critics today. They announced they will open 40,000 acres of privately-held land for hunting,...
View ArticleNew Comprehensive Study of Loons To Be Launched
If you've spent much time camping or hiking around the lakes of Maine, or elsewhere in North America, you are no doubt familiar with the call of the Common Loon. The bird is under threat from...
View ArticleAllagash Sites Now on Google Earth Link
The Allagash Wilderness Waterway recently unveiled a new Google Earth network link. The link is available from the AWW homepage at the Division of Parks and Public Lands website. Just click on the find...
View ArticleProposal Would Protect Maine Land for Threatened Lynx
SEATTLE — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed a revision in the critical habitat designation for a species of lynx listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.The proposal would...
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