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February 6, 2012
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Press releases, events, publications released, etc. from Maine environmental organizations and agencies. Submit content.
Maine Environmental News
Announcement - Sunday, February 05, 2012
Thanks for visiting Maine Environmental News, the most comprehensive online source available for links to Maine conservation and natural resource news stories and events. Since the start of 2009, I have posted more than 16,000 news articles and announcements. Be sure to check not only today's stories, but take a look at the headlines from the past several days as well. Articles often come to my attention a few days after they are published. ~ Jym St. Pierre, RESTORE: The North Woods |
Defining Wilderness: Defining Maine
Event - Posted - Sunday, February 05, 2012
This book discussion series is offered by the Maine Humanities Council. The discussions will be held at the Cary Memorial Library in Wayne on four Mondays: Feb 13, Mar 19, Apr 23, May 14. Discussion leader: Carol Kontos, English professor at UMA. |
Windfall
Announcement - Sunday, February 05, 2012
We can all agree that energy independence is a worthy objective, right? Alternative energy sources like solar power can help free the U.S. from fossil fuels and the grip of unstable Persian Gulf states. And wind power — wait, not so fast, says “Windfall,” Laura Israel’s urgent, informative and artfully assembled documentary. An account of rural Meredith, in upstate New York, when wind turbines came to town, the film depicts the perils of a booming industry and the bitter rancor it sowed among a citizenry. ~ Andy Webster, New York Times |
Intro to Winter Camping, Feb 10-12
Event - Posted - Friday, February 03, 2012
Introduction to Winter Camping with David Butler. This course will provide information about the skills to maximize your winter camping experience. At Hidden Valley Nature Center, Jefferson, Feb 10-12. |
Tracking with a naturalist, Feb 10
Event - Posted - Friday, February 03, 2012
Join naturalist Nancy Holmes to learn how to identify the animal tracks you will (hopefully) see in the snow this winter. At Damariscotta Lake Watershed Association office, Jefferson, Feb 10, 3:30 pm. |
Dirty Tar Sands Oil Coming Through Maine? Feb 9
Event - Posted - Thursday, February 02, 2012
Learn about the environmental and safety risks of this proposed project and about ways you can join the effort to prevent Portland from becoming the tar sands capital of the eastern U.S. The Canadian oil and gas giant Enbridge is proposing to pump dirty tar sands oil from Ontario to South Portland, where it would be shipped by tanker to refineries along the East Coast or Gulf of Mexico. The pipeline passes next to Sebago Lake, the drinking water supply for more than 15% of Maine people, and could endanger Casco Bay and our fishing and lobster industries. At USM, Glickman Library, Portland, Feb 9, 7-8:30 pm |
The Wildness Within: Remembering David Brower
Publication - Wednesday, February 01, 2012
The twentieth-century environmental movement owes much to a single man: David Brower. For the hundredth anniversary of David Brower’s birth, his son Kenneth Brower, an acclaimed nature writer, has brought together the testimonies of twenty environmental leaders whose lives and careers were transformed by David Brower; the result is a book in which a repertory company of path-forgers reveal their deepest values and most moving experiences. Available May 2012 from Heyday. |
Reducing coastal erosion, Feb 8
Event - Posted - Wednesday, February 01, 2012
Megan Facciolo, district manager of the Hancock County Soil and Water Conservation District, will talk about reducing coastal erosion. At Lamoine Town Hall, Feb 8, 7 pm. Sponsored by Lamoine Conservation Commission. |
Managing Your Timber Harvest, Feb 8
Event - Posted - Wednesday, February 01, 2012
Maine Forest Service District Forester Morten Moesswilde will talk about harvest planning, working with professional foresters and loggers, different harvest methods, wood values, closing out the job, and other aspects of harvesting. At Damariscotta Lake Watershed Association office, Jefferson, Feb 8, 6-8 pm. |
Birds, Bats & Blades-Wind Turbines & Wildlife, Feb 7
Event - Posted - Wednesday, February 01, 2012
Steve Pelletier, Wildlife Ecologist, Stantec, speaks about bats and wind power. At Curtis Memorial Library, Brunswick, Nov 7, 7 pm. Sponsored by Friends of Merrymeeting Bay. |
Winter Extremes: Oh, Deer, Feb 7
Event - Posted - Wednesday, February 01, 2012
Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife Regional Biologist Keel Kemper will discuss current wildlife issues, including the effects of severe winters on Maine's deer herd. At Sheepscot Valley Conservation Association office in Sheepscot Village, Newcastle, Feb 7, 6:30 pm. |
Great blue heron flies into Merryspring, Feb 7
Event - Posted - Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Danielle D’Auria, Maine wildlife biologist, will give a presentation on the Great Blue Heron at Merryspring Nature Center, Camden, Feb 7 at noon. |
Smelt/Ice Festival, Feb 3-4
Event - Posted - Saturday, January 28, 2012
Ice Cutting-Smelt Fishing Festival. At Mailly Waterfront Park, Bowdoinham, Feb 3-4. Part of a yearlong celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the Town of Bowdoinham. |
Family Winter Ecology Festival, Feb 4
Event - Posted - Saturday, January 28, 2012
This year’s Family Winter Ecology Festival will offer a variety of free indoor and outdoor activities for the entire family. At Merryspring Nature Center, Camden, Feb 4, 10 am to 12:30 pm. |
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Editorial: Building a better house
Bangor Daily News - Friday, February 29, 2008
85 percent of new homes in Maine do not meet the minimum standards of an energy building code used in 40 states, including the other five New England states. |
EPA completes cleanup of Freedom warehouse
LivingGreenMaine.com - Thursday, February 28, 2008
BOSTON — EPA has completed the successful removal of thousands of 5-gallon-or-smaller sized containers present at 28 Skidgel Lane in Freedom. A total of $368,000 was spent to identify and properly dispose of a variety of substances, leftover from a family-run retail operation. Solvents, thinners, pesticides, herbicides and adhesives were found stored in significant quantities in a warehouse. |
From Trash to Treasure
LivingGreenMaine.com - Wednesday, February 27, 2008
The fine art of turning trash to treasure has become more than just a quirky pastime. In this age of reduce, re-use and recycle, the “trash to treasure” concept has real value.
Some people recycle so-called “junk” because they have no other choice. Economic constraints dictate that they use and re-use. Other trash-to-treasure practitioners have always recycled because they just naturally felt that it was a good thing to do. And now, everyone, regardless of status or income, will benefit by getting on the trash-to-treasure bandwagon. |
Opinion: Governor, keep your hands off DIF&W
Bangor Daily News - Wednesday, February 27, 2008
It’s time to recognize the critical role this department plays in Maine’s economy and heritage and give it the funding and modern tools it needs to serve what is now widely recognized as our state’s principal asset: our quality of place. |
Editorial: CFLs and safety
Bangor Daily News - Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Last year, DEP staff broke 45 CFLs in small- to moderate-sized rooms and tested mercury vapor levels and cleanup techniques to create the recommended response report. |
Maine to consider tracking toxins in toys, products
Portland Press Herald - Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Maine would become one of the first states to track toxic chemicals in toys and household products under legislation proposed by Gov. John Baldacci and a Democratic leader in the Legislature. |
Kid-Safe Products Bill: News Conference And Public Hearing set for Thursday
LivingGreenMaine.com - Tuesday, February 26, 2008
On Thursday, Feb. 28 at noon, a broad coalition of Mainers will hold a news conference in support of the Kid-Safe Products bill, LD 2048. At 1:00 p.m., in Cross State Office Building, room 214, the Natural Resources Committee will hold a public hearing on this bill: “An Act to Protect Children’s Health and the Environment from Toxic Chemicals in Children’s Products” (LD 2048), which would help protect kids from unnecessary, dangerous chemicals found in toys and other children’s products. |
DEP revises advice on cleanup for CFLs
Bangor Daily News - Tuesday, February 26, 2008
 Maine environmental officials have revised their recommendations for cleaning up shattered compact fluorescent lights based on new studies that examined the amount of mercury released when the popular energy-saving bulbs break. |
Opinion: Corn can't save us: Debunking the biofuel myth
Kennebec Journal - Monday, February 25, 2008
 Dwindling foreign oil, rising prices at the gas pump, and hype from politically well-connected U.S. agribusiness have combined to create a frenzied rush to convert food grains into ethanol fuel. The move is badly conceived and ill advised. Corporate spin and pork barrel legislation aside, here, by the numbers, are the scientific reasons why corn won't provide our energy needs. |
Waldo County groups sponsor new Eat Local ChallengeBe a Locavore!
LivingGreenMaine.com - Monday, February 25, 2008
BELFAST — Join in the March Eat Local Challenge as we discover what local foods are available during this sparse time of year. Sponsored by the Belfast Co-op, Food for Maine's Future, The Green Sanctuary Committee of the UU Church of Belfast, and WERU, this challenge is intended to open our eyes to Maine's bounty and help us plan better so each year we can increase the amount of local foods we eat. For challenge details visit the Belfast Co-op or go to www.belfast.coop.
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Co-operative Maine: News from a new organization
LivingGreenMaine.com - Monday, February 25, 2008
Co-op Maine, which is just about a year old, is a diverse group that helps co-ops in Maine to work together on various projects. “Co-op” is defined in the broadest sense as credit unions, lobster co-ops, food co-ops, housing co-ops, electric co-ops, and the like. Among our members are people involved with the Oak Street Housing Co-op in Bath, Maine Feeds Maine, Belfast Food Cooperative, Local Sprouts Cooperative Catering (Portland) and Downeast Credit Union. |
Leaching lead found in household product
LivingGreenMaine.com - Thursday, February 21, 2008
After discovering a blacked out label on a popular outdoor product, one local man took a closer look and discovered that his household garden hose contained harmful chemicals. When Ed Taylor of Warren purchased a Colorite Waterworks light duty garden hose from the Home Depot in Rockland, he planned to use the hose to fill buckets of water to feed his horses.
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Environmental Groups Sue Feds Over Salmon Protection
Maine Public Broadcasting Network - Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Several environmental groups in Maine are going to court in an effort to force the federal government to list the Kennebec River's Atlantic salmon population as endangered. |
Lobster Fishermen Speak Out Against Federal Rules
Maine Public Broadcasting Network - Wednesday, February 20, 2008
 Maine lobstermen continue to object to new federal regulations set to take effect in October that will require them to switch from floating line to sinking line in an effort to protect endangered right whales. Today more than 150 lobstermen showed up in Brewer for a hearing convened by Maine Senator Olympia Snowe to try to convince federal regulators to delay implementation. |
Augusta firm to aid wind project
Kennebec Journal - Wednesday, February 20, 2008
According to the company, the project will generate 357 million kilowatt hours per year, equivalent to the electricity needs of about 50,000 average households, taking into account the variability of wind speeds. |
Lobster catch tumbles by 23% in 2007
Bangor Daily News - Wednesday, February 20, 2008
State and industry officials have said fluctuations are considered normal and that a year or two of declines does not necessarily mean the fishery is in trouble. |
Chewonki sets goals to reduce carbon emissions
Bangor Daily News - Wednesday, February 20, 2008
A Maine foundation that operates environmental education programs, including boys and girls camps, announced plans Tuesday to reduce the organization’s carbon emissions by 80 percent by 2050. |
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Natural Resources Council
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Do I Dare to Plant a Peach? | | It's a sign that Maine and the nation are getting hotter, according to a new analysis by the U.S. De... | | 1/30/2012 12:00:00 AM |
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Maine Organic Farmers and
Gardeners Association
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The myth of the self-made yeoman |  By Gene Logsdon – No figure is more endearing and enduring in agriculture than the lonely plowman out there on the horizon who raises himself by his own bootstraps to financial success. Only problem is, there is no occupation more dependent on the cooperation of society and nature to achieve success than farming. | | 11/2/2011 12:00:00 AM |
Sharp, careful eye brings Maine mushrooms from forest to table |  By Avery Yale Kamila – On a crisp morning at the end of October, chef David Ross and I step off a dirt road in Kennebunk and head into a forest dominated by pines and smaller hardwood. Our objective: To track down a few chanterelles and any other wild mushrooms we can find this late in the season. This trip will mark one of the last of the year for Ross, who is an avid mushroom forager and the owner of 50 Local in Kennebunk. | | 11/2/2011 12:00:00 AM |
New climate prediction: ‘Weird’, getting weirder |  By Seth Borenstein (AP) – For a world already weary of weather catastrophes, the latest warning from top climate scientists paints a grim future: more floods, more heat waves, more droughts, and greater costs to deal with them. A draft summary of an international scientific report obtained by The Associated Press says the extremes caused by global warming could eventually grow so severe that some locations become “increasingly marginal as places to live.” | | 11/2/2011 12:00:00 AM |
What to feed your chickens to get the best eggs |  By Nina Lalli – "I have a theory, and I don't think you're gonna like it." Justin was seated across from me at a communal table in a "Secret Restaurant." We had met not half an hour before, but were now deep in discussion about what chickens should eat to produce the best-tasting eggs – an obsession of mine recently. | | 11/1/2011 12:00:00 AM |
Factory farming: not just on land anymore |  By Wenonah Hauter – When most people think of factory farming they typically think of feedlots, hog factories or chicken operations–not massive open net pens growing millions of fish in our oceans. However, factory fish farming will soon pose many of the same threats to the environment and to consumers as its land-based counterparts. | | 11/1/2011 12:00:00 AM |
Bt resistant rootworm spreads | | By Dr Eva Sirinathsinghji – Bt is a toxin from the soil bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis, which produces a large family of similar proteins that target different insect pests; and quite a few of them have been incorporated in genetically modified crops to act as ‘biopesticides’. Unfortunately, the pests soon develop resistance to it. | | 10/31/2011 12:00:00 AM |
Cranberry juice beats extract at fighting infection |  By Christine Lepisto – Just between you and me, ladies, what do you do when you feel that irritating burn, knowing it can only mean a urinary tract infection? Do you run to the doctor's office for antibiotics, only to fight the yeast infection that sets in when drugs knock other systems out of balance? Then you probably haven't heard yet that cranberries can fight infections naturally, and very effectively. | | 10/30/2011 12:00:00 AM |
‘Hobby farm’ couple do part, feed hungry |  By Bill Nemitz – It's not uncommon for someone to show up at the Bread of Life Soup Kitchen in Augusta with a bag full of fresh broccoli, tomatoes or other leftovers from their garden. In recent months, however, Glenn and Rachel Powers have taken that kind of community support to a whole new level. They're giving away the farm. | | 10/30/2011 12:00:00 AM |
New England shrimp target cut in half | | AP – Portland: Fisheries regulators have set the start date for the shrimp season and halved the target for the amount of shrimp to be caught by New England fishermen. The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission on Friday set a target of 2,000 metric tons, compared with 4,000 metric tons the year before. | | 10/29/2011 12:00:00 AM |
The life of a seaweed gatherer |  By Daniel Klein – Most of the seaweed we get these days is farmed. But way up in northern Maine, Larch Hanson is still harvesting it wild in its many varieties on the rugged coast. This video isn't about the details of that process, however. It's about the essence of life for Larch, who rises at dawn to cut seaweed and then writes Zen poems about it. | | 10/28/2011 12:00:00 AM |
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