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Acadia Night Sky Festival, Sep 9-13
Event - Posted - Tuesday, September 07, 2010
The Acadia Night Sky Festival was created to draw attention to preserving the visibility of the night sky. The second annual festival is scheduled this week, Sep 9-13. Events will be held at several locations on Mount Desert Island, including Bar Harbor, Southwest Harbor and Acadia National Park. |
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Maine Environmental News
Announcement - Tuesday, September 07, 2010
Thanks for visiting Maine Environmental News, the most comprehensive online source available for links to Maine conservation news stories and events. Since the start of 2009, I have posted more than 6,000 news stories and announcements. Articles are posted regularly. Be sure to check not only today's stories, but take a look at the headlines from the past several days as well. Recent articles often come to my attention a few days after they are published. ~ Jym St. Pierre, RESTORE: The North Woods |
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Free Disposal of Pesticides
Announcement - Tuesday, September 07, 2010
This fall, the Maine Board of Pesticides Control will dispose of banned pesticides or pesticides that have become caked, frozen, or otherwise rendered unusable. There is no cost to homeowners but you must pre-register by Oct 1. |
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Celebrate the American Chestnut, Sept 12
Event - Posted - Tuesday, September 07, 2010
The American chestnut was once as common in our forests as the beech or maple. Eric Evans of the American Chestnut Society will show how to protect chestnut seeds. Blacksmith Jeff Miller of Waldoboro will work at his forge amid the chestnuts, as if he were out of the pages of Longfellow’s famous poem, The Village Blacksmith. Viles Arboretum, Augusta, Sep 12, 2 – 4 pm. |
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Landscaping for Wildlife with Native Plants, Sep 11
Event - Posted - Saturday, September 04, 2010
Hear from experts, including Louis Stack and Laura Wilson of UMaine Cooperative Extension, and Lisa Kane of the Maine Dept of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. At Longfellow’s Greenhouses, Manchester, Sep 11, 9 a.m. - 12 noon. Co-sponsored by the Kennebec Land Trust and Longfellow’s Greenhouses. |
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Rick Charette Concert, Sep 11
Event - Posted - Saturday, September 04, 2010
Maine singer and songwriter Rick Charette captures the hearts of young and old alike with his delightful children’s songs. Many of his relate to Maine’s wild animals. At Maine Wildlife Park, Gray, Sep 11, 11 a.m. |
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Birding at Clary Hill, Sep 11
Event - Posted - Saturday, September 04, 2010
A great place for grassland birds such as Upland Sandpiper and Vesper Sparrow. Leader: Jay Adams. Meet at Augusta City Hall, Sep 11, 7 a.m. Sponsored by Augusta Area Bird Club. |
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New Poll Shows Overwhelming Support for Protecting Areas in Maine Woods
Press Release - Wednesday, September 01, 2010
As the Obama Administration wraps up the America’s Great Outdoors public listening sessions throughout the country, the National Parks Conservation Association has released a new poll that reveals strong support by Maine voters for protecting an additional large tract of land within Maine’s North Woods. |
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Eastport salmon fest, Sep 3-5
Event - Posted - Monday, August 30, 2010
This year’s Eastport Salmon Festival has been moved up one week from its traditional date, and now is scheduled for Labor Day weekend, Sep 3-5. |
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America’s Great Outdoors Listening Session, Sep 2
Action Alert - Saturday, August 28, 2010
Representatives of federal agencies are traveling the country to listen to ideas for conserving our lands and waters and reconnecting Americans to the outdoors. The AGO road show will be in Maine on Sep 2 at 3-6 p.m. at the Bangor Civic Center. Don’t miss this chance to speak for the need to expand public lands in Maine. |
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Viles Arboretum seeks volunteers
Announcement - Saturday, August 28, 2010
The Viles Arboretum in Augusta is seeking volunteers to help teach environmental education programs to student, adult and family audiences all year long. Training and support will be provided by the arboretum’s new program director, Mark DesMeules. |
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Landscaping For Wildlife, Sep 4
Event - Posted - Saturday, August 28, 2010
Learn about the wide selection of native shrubs, small trees and other plants that are hardy and attractive, while providing food and shelter for our birds and wildlife. At Maine Wildlife Park, Gray, Sep 4, 11 a.m. |
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Oh, Ranger! Story Tour, Sep 2-6
Event - Posted - Thursday, August 26, 2010
Visitors to Acadia National Park are invited to share their experiences with American Park Network representatives, who will be in Bar Harbor as part of the Oh, Ranger! Story Tour from Sep 2 to 6. A team will record stories of visitors' experiences at Acadia. The program is part of a national initiative to collect stories to showcase the breadth and depth of America's parks as the National Park System approaches its 100th anniversary in 2016. |
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Healthy crops topic of UM gardening forum, Aug 31
Event - Posted - Thursday, August 26, 2010
Gardeners of every ilk will get the chance to learn about maintaining healthy crops during a presentation by a University of Maine Cooperative Extension researcher at the UM Rogers Farm in Stillwater on Tuesday, Aug 31 at 6 p.m. |
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First Wind developing plans for 33-35 turbines in Bingham area
Bangor Daily News - Tuesday, September 07, 2010
Officials with First Wind LLC, a Boston-based wind energy company, told the Piscataquis County commissioners Tuesday that they are eyeing the installation of 33 to 35 wind turbines in Kingsbury Plantation and Blanchard Township. The location of the proposed project in Blanchard is about five miles from the Appalachian Trail. |
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Tidal power turbine being moved to benefit fishermen
Bangor Daily News - Tuesday, September 07, 2010
For weeks, Ocean Renewable Power Co. has been working with local officials and the Maine Marine Patrol to find a new location for its tidal power turbine in Cobscook Bay so that the equipment would not negatively affect local fishermen. |
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Homeowners are taking desperate measures against bedbugs
Associated Press - Tuesday, September 07, 2010
A resurgence of bedbugs across the U.S. has homeowners and apartment dwellers taking desperate measures to eradicate the tenacious bloodsuckers, with some relying on dangerous outdoor pesticides and fly-by-night exterminators. The problem has gotten so bad that the EPA warned this month against the indoor use of chemicals meant for the outside. |
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Maine to collect old pesticides
Associated Press - Tuesday, September 07, 2010
Chemicals, such as DDT, lead arsenate and chlordane, are difficult and expensive to get rid of. The Maine Board of Pesticides Control will accept banned and unusable pesticides at no cost to homeowners. Four sites will be set up throughout the state where people will be able to bring their obsolete pesticides. Homeowners must pre-register by Oct. 1. |
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Maine ocean lab to build permanent home
Associated Press - Tuesday, September 07, 2010
Bigelow Laboratory is breaking ground for its permanent home in East Boothbay along the Maine coast. The Bigelow Center for Blue Biotechnology will be the first building on the laboratory's new, 64-acre ocean research and education campus. The lab has received $4.5 million from the Maine Technology Asset Fund for the new center. |
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Carter's solar panels headed back to Washington
Associated Press - Tuesday, September 07, 2010
A group of environmental activists set out Tuesday for Washington with a well-traveled and recycled solar panel that once stood atop President Jimmy Carter's White House, carrying hopes of persuading the current president to once again generate energy with the sun's rays. Environmental author and activist Bill McKibben is leading Unity College students and staff on the solar road trip to Washington. |
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Top Maine environmental enforcer named
Associated Press - Tuesday, September 07, 2010
Gov. John Baldacci has appointed Beth Nagusky to serve as acting commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection. Nagusky is a former state energy director and recently led the DEP's efforts to provide incentives to businesses to promote conservation and expand renewable energy. |
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Vandalized boardwalk could open Wednesday
Bangor Daily News - Tuesday, September 07, 2010
The Orono Bog Boardwalk remained closed Tuesday, two days after vandals caused thousands of dollars worth of damage. Volunteers spent Monday and Tuesday fixing broken wood planks, signs and benches as Bangor police continued to look for clues as to who might be responsible. The boardwalk is a popular spot for walkers and wildlife views. The raised wooden pathway takes people on a one-mile trek through the fertile bog, offering glimpses of various flora and fauna. |
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Despite plentiful water, states draft river rules
Associated Press - Monday, September 06, 2010
Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island rules will regulate so-called stream flows governing how water utilities and businesses can tap into waterways -- while trying to allay environmentalists' concerns over fish habitats and recreation. Maine has had regulations in force for three years. |
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Work begins on Maine ski resort's expansion
Associated Press - Monday, September 06, 2010
Work is under way to create hundreds of acres of new skiing terrain at the Sugarloaf ski resort in western Maine. Two five-man crews on Monday began cutting trees on Burnt Mountain, adjacent to Sugarloaf Mountain, to add 270 acres of glades skiing for the upcoming season. |
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Acadia park bustling after reopening
Bangor Daily News - Monday, September 06, 2010
Acadia National Park weathered heavy rain as Tropical Storm Earl blew through Friday night and Saturday morning. Crowds flocked to the park after the rains stopped. “It was so busy that at the information center, we were advising people to see the rest of the park first and see Cadillac Mountain later.” Most park areas were operating normally Monday. |
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Maine seeks developers for offshore power
Associated Press - Sunday, September 05, 2010
Maine utility regulators are inviting bids for developing offshore wind and tidal energy projects. Initial proposals are due by May 1, 2011. During its 2010 session, the Maine Legislature passed a law requiring the Public Utilities Commission to authorize one or more long-term contracts for offshore wind pilot projects and demonstration tidal projects. |
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Hunters: Spare a bear tooth for science, state requests
Associated Press - Sunday, September 05, 2010
Wildlife biologists are using extracted teeth from black bears to monitor Maine’s bear population and determine how best to manage it. The Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is asking bear hunters to give up a tooth from their harvested animals in the name of science. In the past two years, 2,032 hunters have answered the call. |
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Portland has 10th-straight hotter-than-normal month
Associated Press - Sunday, September 05, 2010
August is going down as the 10th straight month with above-normal temperatures in Maine’s largest city. The National Weather Service says August’s mean temperature in Portland was 2.1 degrees above normal. |
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Lobster catch is one in a million
Bangor Daily News - Saturday, September 04, 2010
Stockton Springs lobsterman Todd Ritchie caught a rare blue lobster off Castine earlier this week, a one in a million find. |
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Maine organic milk company to stay open
Bangor Daily News - Saturday, September 04, 2010
A Maine farmer-owned organic milk company, Maine's Own Organic Milk, or MOOMilk, says a number of individuals and foundations have provided enough money to enable the company to sell its product to two Maine food banks. The Augusta-based MOOMilk had said it would suspend production on Sunday because it was out of money. |
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NMCC to invest in green projects
Bangor Daily News - Saturday, September 04, 2010
Northern Maine Community College has undertaken several projects in recent months designed to reduce both energy costs and the campus’s carbon footprint. The college has invested more than $2.2 million in the effort. |
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Small businesses hot topic in debate
Bangor Daily News - Friday, September 03, 2010
Gubernatorial candidates Paul LePage and Eliot Cutler addressed a room full of loggers, pulp mill operators and professional foresters Thursday night. Both men took aim at the Land Use Regulation Commission. LePage said, “I think LURC is too big for its britches. [Land use decisions] need to be sent back to the counties.” Cutler said it is impractical and likely politically impossible to eliminate LURC. But he proposed transferring LURC’s permitting responsibilities to the DEP. Cutler also has said he would eliminate the Board of Environmental Protection. “I am going to create an Office of Regulatory Review and Repeal that is going to be headed by someone called the ‘grim repealer,’” Cutler said. |
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Early foliage coloring ‘looking good’ for fall
Bangor Daily News - Friday, September 03, 2010
While the foliage typically begins to turn colors in Aroostook County sooner than anywhere else in New England, the process seems to be starting earlier this year. |
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Bowers Mountain wind farm gets commission approval
Bangor Daily News - Friday, September 03, 2010
The Washington County commissioners unanimously threw their support behind a new project by First Wind, the state’s largest wind power developer, to expand its Stetson Mountain project to Bowers Mountain. First Wind is proposing a 700-acre, 26-turbine wind farm about eight miles south of the Stetson Mountain project. |
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Environment Maine launches downtown ‘CarnivOil’
Bangor Daily News - Friday, September 03, 2010
Maine group is using a tongue-in-cheek midway-style street carnival to decry the influence of oil companies’ influence on national energy policy. Environment Maine on Friday hosted CarnivOil: The Biggest Mess on Earth, in Portland’s Monument Square. Director Emily Figdor said the goal is to point out that big oil interests have blocked efforts to move to clean energy and want to roll back critical Clean Air Act protections. |
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Mainers give Obama administration plenty of outdoor ideas
Bangor Daily News - Friday, September 03, 2010
Federal officials descended on the Bangor Civic Center on Thursday in search of ideas that can help rejuvenate the nation’s conservation and outdoor recreation landscape. Three hundred Mainers were happy to oblige. Many offered suggestions, critiques and solutions to representatives of President Barack Obama’s America’s Great Outdoor Initiative. |
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Clifton to vote on wind ordinance
Bangor Daily News - Thursday, September 02, 2010
A group of Clifton residents has petitioned for changes to the wind turbine portion of the recently enacted land use ordinance and requested a secret ballot vote on those changes in November. The town attorney says portions of the proposed changes are illegal, but even so, planners voted Tuesday to allow the vote to move forward and to hold a public hearing Sept. 17 to present residents with the proposed amendments. |
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Byron unanimously rejects mountain district ordinance
Lewiston Sun Journal - Thursday, September 02, 2010
Fourteen voters at a special town meeting Monday night unanimously turned down a proposed mountain district ordinance. Those who spoke said the ordinance was unconstitutional because it would affect only about 25 property owners and not the entire town. The ordinance is believed to have been written to prevent the development of commercial wind turbines. However, at a public hearing, those attending said it would also restrict traditional mining and logging activities. |
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