Trees 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 ArticleAlewives on the St. Croix: A "Mistake" Fixed
AUGUSTA — By May 1, alewives could have a clear path up the St. Croix River drainage for the first time in 18 years. After a contentious hearing March 25 which lasted almost four hours, the work...
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 ArticleMaine's Mining Laws Come Under Scrutiny
Maine hasn't had an active mining operation in more than two decades. But last year, Maine's largest landowner, J.D. Irving Limited, said it would like to explore the possibility of mining for copper,...
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 ArticleTestimony: Environment Key in Maine Mining Rules
AUGUSTA - In 2006, when Lynn Taylor bought Coffin's General Store in Portage Lake, considered the oldest continually running country store in Maine, she had four cash registers, 12 employees and six...
View ArticleAlewives Win Full Passage to St. Croix River Watershed without LePage’s...
A bill that opens the entire St. Croix watershed to sea-run alewives for the first time in nearly three decades went into law Tuesday without the signature of Gov. Paul LePage.The bill, LD 72, An Act...
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 ArticleMaine Committee Eyes Moratorium on 'Tar Sands' Oil
AUGUSTA — A bill creating a two-year moratorium on the transportation of so-called "tar sands" oil in Maine pit environmental groups against those who say the ban would have...
View ArticleSides Clash on Tar Sands Oil Moratorium
The Legislature’s Environment and Natural Resources Committee heard from environmental advocates who called for a temporary ban on pipeline transportation of tar sands oil, particularly before its...
View ArticleNRCM Testimony in Support of LD 1427, "An Act To Establish a Resource and...
Senator Boyle, Representative Welsh, and members of the Joint Standing Committee on Environment and Natural Resources. My name is Pete Didisheim, I am the Advocacy Director for the Natural Resources...
View ArticleRestoration Efforts Put Spotlight on Once Plentiful Alewives
Despite alewives being the focus of sometimes contentious efforts to improve their access to Down East Maine freshwater spawning habitats, these migratory fish remain something of a mystery to many,...
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...
View ArticleSNAPSHOT: Alewives' tale
Alewives stack up Sunday in Seven Mile Stream in Vassalboro, while migrating from the Atlantic Ocean to Webber Pond.
View ArticleNRCM Scientist Nick Bennett Earns Bates Award for Environmental Stewardship
Nick Bennett, staff scientist for the Natural Resources Council of Maine for more than 16 years, has been awarded The Bates-Morse Mountain Award for Environmental Stewardship.This award goes to an...
View ArticleAlewives are Heading Up Into the St. Croix River for the First Time in 22 Years
Baileyville, Maine – This week marks a big leap in the lives of river herring of the St. Croix River. For the first time in 22 years, this year alewives will be passing the Grand Falls Dam to return...
View ArticleOutdoors: Alewives Return in Numbers
This could be a banner year for the return of alewives to the North Shore. Although we are still early in the run, all indications are that the work being done by a host of different governmental...
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