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Book review: Summer World: A Season of Bounty
Publication - Friday, July 03, 2009 

The latest title by best-selling biologist Bernd Heinrich is an intimate look at summer – at the bustle and frenzy of animals feeding, mating, and warring in their most productive season.
GrowSmart Maine, July 3
Announcement - Friday, July 03, 2009 

Maine Watch examines one of the state's most influential non-profit agencies, GrowSmart Maine. The organization is at a crossroads with a change in leadership amid financial challenges. Maine Public TV, Friday, July 3, 8:30 PM.
Conversation with Don Hudson, July 2
Announcement - Thursday, July 02, 2009 

Conversations With Maine host Frank Ferrel sits down with the executive director and guiding force of the Chewonki Foundation, Don Hudson, talks about the program that encourages youth to connect to the natural world. Maine Public TV, July 2, 8 PM.
Maine's Native Turtles, July 25
Event - Posted - Tuesday, June 30, 2009 

Learn about Maine's 7 species of native turtles. Individual turtles will be on hand to view and photograph up close. Maine Wildlife Park, Gray, July 25, 11 AM, 12 PM, and 1 PM.
Maine Woodsman Days, July 18
Event - Posted - Tuesday, June 30, 2009 

Woodcarving, chainsaw wood sculpting demonstrations and hands-on Soap Carving for the kids. Maine Wildlife Park, Gray, July 18, 11 AM - 2 PM.
Meet a Live Bald Eagle, July 4
Event - Posted - Tuesday, June 30, 2009 

Join Pam and Nikki Richardson with immature bald eagle ‘Lawrence’ to learn about eagles in Maine. Maine Wildlife Park, Gray, July 4, 11 AM, 12PM, and 1:30 PM.
Saco Heath Preserve Volunteer Work Day, July 18
Event - Posted - Tuesday, June 30, 2009 

Help replace and repair sections of the boardwalk trail that takes visitors through a raised bog. Sponsored by The Nature Conservancy. July 18, 10 AM - 4 PM.
Explore Waterboro Barrens, July 11
Event - Posted - Tuesday, June 30, 2009 

A guided tour of the Waterboro Barrens to see how fire is being applied to this Pitch Pine Scrub Oak fire-adapted landscape. Sponsored by The Nature Conservancy. July 11, 9 AM - 1PM.
2009 Maine Beaches Conference, July 10
Event - Posted - Tuesday, June 30, 2009 

Provides an opportunity for exchange of current information among beach stakeholders with diverse interests, and presents the findings from the state's beach monitoring programs. July 10, 8:30 AM - 4 PM, Southern Maine Community College, South Portland.
AMC names new Maine Woods Initiative operations manager
Press Release - Thursday, June 25, 2009 

The Appalachian Mountain Club has named Gary Dethlefsen as its new operations manager for the organization’s Maine Woods Initiative.
Northeastern Forestry Conference, June 27
Event - Posted - Sunday, June 21, 2009 

Saturday, June 27, 8:30 am - 3 pm, Messalonskee High School, Oak Street, Oakland, Maine.
Linking Land Use to Water Quality, June 18
Event - Posted - Thursday, June 18, 2009 

Sponsored by Belgrade Regional Conservation Alliance. Union Church, Belgrade, June 18, 7 PM.
Wolf Inquiry Project Offers a 2nd Volunteer Training
Press Release - Friday, June 12, 2009 

The 2nd Wolf Inquiry Project training session for new volunteers will be held on Saturday, June 20th at Maine Audubon’s Fields Pond Center in Holden from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The hands-on workshop for new volunteers will train participants in the use of digital audio recording equipment and field techniques to effectivel conduct “howling surveys”. Project protocol, data collection, and other documentation methods will be reviewed.

Merrymeeting Bay cleanup, June 13
Event - Posted - Thursday, June 11, 2009 

Volunteers are being asked by the Friends of Merrymeeting Bay to collect garbage at Abbagadassett Point in Bowdoinham and at Butler Cove in Bath. Saturday, June 13, 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Trails End Taxidermy, June 27
Event - Posted - Monday, June 08, 2009 

Taxidermy is a method of reproducing a life-like, 3-dimensional rendition of an animal, bird or fish for permanent display. See a variety of examples of this art with local taxidermist Dana Soucier at the Maine Wildlife Park in Gray. June 27, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
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Opinion: Why the rush on climate change? Not because world is warming
Portland Press Herald - Friday, July 03, 2009 

In fact, it's not. Instead, advocates are worried people will find out their scare-mongering is false.
Discover history, trails on Portland treks
Portland Press Herald - Friday, July 03, 2009 

The summer hikes cover areas of the city that many don't know about.
Letter: No CO2 problem if everyone plants a tree
Kennebec Journal - Friday, July 03, 2009 

Earth will be going into a cooling trend that will last to the year 2037. This idea of a carbon tax is another scam to increase taxes on industry and help push more companies out of the United States.
Ensure endangered beach birds survive the Fourth
Capital Weekly - Friday, July 03, 2009 

As the summer rush of beach goers begins this holiday weekend, the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge and Maine Audubon would like to remind people to be considerate of fellow beach goers: piping plovers and least terns.
Editorial: Climate Progress
Bangor Daily News - Friday, July 03, 2009 

The U.S. House last week narrowly passed a bill that is a crucial step toward the U.S. belatedly taking steps to address climate change. The bill for the first time requires significant reductions in heat-trapping gases, notably carbon dioxide. It now heads to the Senate, where it can be improved, but must be passed. Maine has already taken these steps.
Machias River project gets $1.7M
Bangor Daily News - Friday, July 03, 2009 

The lower reaches of the Machias River watershed already are accessible to sea-run fish species, but thanks to $1.7 million in federal stimulus funding, conservation officials hope to improve natural water flow and fish accessibility in the upper remote portions of the watershed. Another project, to remove the Great Works Dam from the Penobscot River, is getting $6.1 million in federal funds.
Illustrators’ event coming to Fort Kent
Bangor Daily News - Friday, July 03, 2009 

Northern Maine is the backdrop as dozens of the world’s best illustrators gather at the University of Maine at Fort Kent next week for the annual Guild of Natural Science Illustrators conference July 5-11. There also are several exhibits open to the public.

Monster snake slithering in Rumford canal
Lewiston Sun Journal - Thursday, July 02, 2009 

If there is a giant snake in the Rumford canal system, it would most likely be a red-tail boa constrictor or a Burmese python, according to local expert Robbie White of Mexico.
Hannaford offers free totes
Lewiston Sun Journal - Thursday, July 02, 2009 

Hannaford supermarket will give away an estimated 70,000 to 80,000 reusable tote bags at two stores in Augusta, and one in Winthrop, at the end of July as part of a push to wean more customers off paper and plastic bags.
Opinion: House passage of energy bill: ‘Momentous’
Times Record - Thursday, July 02, 2009 

It is hard to overestimate the significance of the U.S. House vote last Friday on the energy bill by which we will reassume our lost role as the leader of international action against climate change — the most pressing environmental issue of this century.
Letter: New park rules
Times Record - Thursday, July 02, 2009 

In response to recent changes in the National Park Service and the National Rifle Association (motto: “Guns Don’t Kill, People Do”) we have formulated the following guidelines to make your visit safe and enjoyable. 1. All duels to the death must be held on the duel field...
Editorial: Acadia for free
Times Record - Thursday, July 02, 2009 

Each year, more than 2 million people visit Acadia National Park. Yet, many Mainers have never visited Acadia, which is a shame since it’s truly one of the crown jewels of our national park system. Entrance fees will be waived on three weekends this summer, including July 18-19 and Aug. 15-16. You can’t beat the price of admission. As for the park’s beauty, it’s priceless.
Editorial: Happy 50th, NRCM
Times Record - Thursday, July 02, 2009 

But in the realm of politics, far-reaching and effective environmental policies rarely happen, if they happen at all, without some serious pushing from those who care about our planet’s long-term ecological health and the needs of other species. For 50 years now that kind of environmental advocacy has been the mission of The Natural Resources Council of Maine.
Lobster task force urges action on ideas
Morning Sentinel - Thursday, July 02, 2009 

David Cousens, president of the Maine Lobstermen's Association, said there is an urgent need to have some sort of marketing campaign in place by this fall's busy lobster fishing season.
Letter: Looking forward to more public land initiatives
Kennebec Journal - Thursday, July 02, 2009 

I am very pleased that the governor has been a leader in promoting wilderness values and in the successful Katahdin Lake "forever wild" purchase. I look forward to more public land initiatives in Maine. We need them.
Six dams in Maine to be sold for $95M
Bangor Daily News - Thursday, July 02, 2009 

PPL Corp. announced Wednesday that it plans to sell all of the company’s hydroelectric facilities in Maine to an energy investment firm for $95 million. The deal will not affect PPL’s agreement to sell three facilities to a coalition planning to remove two dams and bypass a third as part of a historic river restoration project within the Penobscot River watershed.
Farmers Face The Threat of Late Blight
Maine Public Broadcasting Network - Thursday, July 02, 2009 

As if the wet weather weren't causing enough problems for farmers, there's a new and potentially more devastating threat on the horizon. It's called "Late Blight" and it's a disease that is easily spread and very deadly for tomatos and especially potatos.
Preview: The National Parks: America's Best Idea
Maine Public Broadcasting Network - Wednesday, July 01, 2009 

Filmed over the course of more than six years at some of nature's most spectacular locales — from Acadia to Yosemite, Yellowstone to the Grand Canyon, the Everglades of Florida to the Gates of the Arctic in Alaska — this film is nonetheless a story of people: people who were willing to devote themselves to saving some precious portion of the land they loved, and in doing so reminded their fellow citizens of the full meaning of democracy.
Source to Sea Trek skips sea this year
Lewiston Sun Journal - Wednesday, July 01, 2009 

Organizers behind the 14th annual Androscoggin River Source to the Sea Trek from July 9 through Aug. 23 are breaking from tradition this summer. Instead of the usual 20-day, 170-mile trip from Lake Umbagog to the Atlantic Ocean at Fort Popham, this summer's 13-day trek will end in Lisbon, 30 paddling miles from the ocean.
State deciding uses for new Androscoggin River park
Lewiston Sun Journal - Wednesday, July 01, 2009 

For years the land has been used by mountain bikers, ATV operators, cross-country skiers, horse riders, boaters, snowmobilers, bass anglers, hikers, walkers and history lovers. The land has fields, streams, a boat launch, beautiful views of the river and wildlife including deer and eagles. Over the past two years, state officials decided to turn the land into a park.
Whitewater Whitney
Morning Sentinel - Wednesday, July 01, 2009 

Gil Whitney said, after becoming the first person to complete the entire 740-mile Northern Forest Canoe Trail on a solo kayaking trip, "I thought I was going to have to go home." Just 10 days out from the start of what would be a 57-day trip from Old Forge, N.Y., to Fort Kent, Maine, he hit some rapids in the Saranac River, and his kayak overturned. His paddles were gone.
Editorial: States' rights prevail in vehicle emissions rules
Morning Sentinel - Wednesday, July 01, 2009 

On Tuesday, the EPA gave California long-sought permission to impose stringent regulations on new vehicles. That paves the way for states to impose tighter rules on tailpipe emissions. That so-called "waiver" from the more lax federal emissions rules was denied by the EPA under the Bush administration, a denial that led to a long and costly battle with states that, like Maine, wanted to attack one of the biggest sources of climate change.
Letter: Mountain lion may have visited Hallowell, too
Kennebec Journal - Wednesday, July 01, 2009 

Upon seeing my dog start toward her/him, the cat slowly rose, stretched, turned, and in three or four leaps, trailing a long ropelike tail behind it, disappeared over the hill behind.
Views differ on listing of salmon in Kennebec
Kennebec Journal - Wednesday, July 01, 2009 

Just more than two weeks before the 10-year anniversary of the removal of Edwards Dam, Atlantic salmon in the Kennebec River, as well as the Penobscot and Androscoggin rivers, were declared an endangered species by the federal government. While state officials decried the listing as a potential impediment to the ongoing recovery of Maine rivers and development on their riverbanks, federal officials said the listing is part of efforts to help the imperiled fish species recover.
Marking a rebirth
Kennebec Journal - Wednesday, July 01, 2009 

Edwards Dam was breached 10 years ago today. "The financial, natural and emotional value of the new river and the whole Kennebec watershed just goes up and up," says Sidney resident George Viles.
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