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September 10, 2010
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New Penobscot Watershed Eco-Center
Announcement - Thursday, September 09, 2010
Penobscot Indian Nation, fisheries agencies, public interest conservation organizations, and local citizens have come together to create a new educational center in downtown Bar Harbor called the Penobscot Watershed Eco-Center. The PWEC partners are hosting a program entitled, “The Living Web: Conservation and Connections,” on Sep 9, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. at the Abbe Museum in Bar Harbor. This event is free and open to the public. |
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Maine Environmental News
Announcement - Wednesday, September 08, 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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Acadia Always, Sep 8
Announcement - Wednesday, September 08, 2010
A look at one of America’s favorite national parks, Acadia. Jack Perkins lends his powerful narrative to this hour long tribute to the people who created Acadia National Park and to those who keep and preserve it. Maine Public TV, Sep 8, 8 p.m. |
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Katahdin: The Mountain of the People, Sep 8
Announcement - Wednesday, September 08, 2010
The beginning or the end of the Appalachian Trail. Katahdin: The Mountain of the People highlights the dedication of Percival Baxter as he strove to preserve the mountain and its surrounds. Maine Public TV, Sep 8, 9 p.m. |
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Clean Water, Clean Shores on MDI, Sep 18
Event - Posted - Wednesday, September 08, 2010
On Saturday, Sep 18, dozens of volunteers will comb the shoreline of Mount Desert Island and neighboring islands and communities in search of trash that has washed ashore. The inaugural Clean Water, Clean Shores event will feature approximately 10 clean-up locations. Volunteers register by calling 207-288-3340 or e-mailing terry@freindsofacadia.org. |
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Becoming an Outdoors Woman skills weekend, Sep 17-19
Event - Posted - Wednesday, September 08, 2010
The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife will host its annual Becoming an Outdoors Woman (BOW) Introductory Skills Weekend Sep 17 - Sep 19 at Camp Caribou on Pattee Pond. |
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Sebasticook River Watershed tour, Sep 11
Event - Posted - Wednesday, September 08, 2010
Join geologist John Hopek for an exploration of the bedrock and glacial influences in the Sebasticook River watershed Sep 11, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sponsored by Sebasticook Regional Land Trust. |
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Passagassawakeag Greenway natural history tour, Sep 18
Event - Posted - Wednesday, September 08, 2010
Coastal Mountains Land Trust and Belfast Bay Watershed Coalition will co-host an exploration of the natural history of Belfast's Passagassawakeag Greenway, including the Stover and Head of Tide Preserves. The hike, led by master naturalist Mike Shannon, will be held Sep 18, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. |
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MLCV 2009-2010 legislative environmental scorecard
Announcement - Wednesday, September 08, 2010
The Maine League of Conservation Voters annual Environmental Scorecard, reporting how each state senator and representative voted on 11 conservation bills considered during the 124th legislative session (2009-10), is now available online. |
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Bird Day, Sep 11
Event - Posted - Wednesday, September 08, 2010
Are woodpeckers' tongues too long for their mouths? Ever heard the “cheeseburger” call of the Black-capped Chickadee? Which bird has the longest annual migration route from the South Pole to the North Pole? Discover the answers at Bird Day from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sept. 11, at the L.C. Bates Museum, in Hinckley. |
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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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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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Port readies options after Domtar decision
Bangor Daily News - Tuesday, March 31, 2009
While eastern Washington County waits to see what its largest employer plans to do with its pulp mill, the port authority here is making plans. Port authority director Chris Gardner says he is pursuing the importation of windmills and the bulk-shipping market. |
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Letter: Forestry and deer herd
Bangor Daily News - Tuesday, March 31, 2009
The state government allowed a Canadian company to buy state land. It stripped the land of the forest, year after year, including deer yards. Now, they put the blame on the harsh winters. |
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World Water Forum
WERU Radio - Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Jennifer Greene, Executive Director, Water Research Institute of Blue Hill, talks about World Water Forums held at various locations around the world. She offers her unique, holistic approach to water and water rights issues, locally & globally. |
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Fort Kent a vote shy of wind farm moratorium
Bangor Daily News - Tuesday, March 31, 2009
The article banning wind farm applications or wind farms in town for six months failed in a 45-45 vote by secret ballot during a town meeting. |
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Tiny sailboats to roam ocean this summer
Bangor Daily News - Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Five miniature sailboats will be roaming the North Atlantic this summer at the whim of the wind and currents. “This is a great for teaching geography, time zones, weather, navigation and map skills,” said Educational Passages founder Richard Baldwin of Belfast. |
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Opinion: Protect kids from effects of pesticides
Bangor Daily News - Tuesday, March 31, 2009
The Legislature’s Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry has an opportunity to establish model legislation for ensuring the public’s right to know about pesticide use around them. |
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Opinion: Do it to debt
Capital Weekly - Monday, March 30, 2009
Environmental groups are asking us to go in hock to the tune of $87 million to buy more public lands. Meanwhile, the public lands the state already owns, namely its state parks, need maintenance and repairs costing an estimated $40 million that nobody is talking about appropriating. |
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Opinion: Mainers patience with Nestle dries up
Other - Monday, March 30, 2009
USM Free Press - Nestle bought Poland Spring in 1980. Now municipalities across the state are struggling for sovereignty against this billion dollar foreign corporation that wants their water. |
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Letter: Bike lanes encourage bad practices
Portland Press Herald - Monday, March 30, 2009
Bicyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles. The idea of a vehicle type-specific lane runs counter to basic tenets of sound roadway design. |
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Obama envoy: Time to act on warming
Associated Press - Monday, March 30, 2009
Once booed at international climate talks, the United States won sustained applause Sunday when President Barack Obama's envoy pledged to "make up for lost time" in reaching a global agreement on climate change. |
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Editorial: The great humbling of paper
Lewiston Sun Journal - Sunday, March 29, 2009
It is a Maine sight rarer than an orange lobster: a paper company executive in the governor's office, talking about how state government can help the industry, in full view of lawmakers and media. Paper is, pardon the cliché, "too big to fail" in Maine, especially for the rural communities it supports. |
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Canadians Invest in Maine Alternative Energy
Maine Public Broadcasting Network - Sunday, March 29, 2009
An interview with Jeanne Bisaillon-Cary, President of the Maine International Trade Center about why Canadian firms are putting money into Maine alternative energy projects. |
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Lights going out across the globe
Associated Press - Saturday, March 28, 2009
The lights are going down from the Great Pyramids to the Acropolis, the Eiffel Tower to Sears Tower, as more than 2,800 municipalities in 84 countries plan Saturday to mark the second worldwide Earth Hour. |
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UN lauds effort to reforest Appalachia's mountains
Associated Press - Saturday, March 28, 2009
Appalachian Regional Reforestation Initiative is a movement to replace trees uprooted in the search for coal. The campaign is being lauded by the United Nations Environment Programme, which wants to plant 7 billion trees worldwide in the next three years to combat global deforestation. |
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Sportsman Show offers more than ever
Morning Sentinel - Saturday, March 28, 2009
The 29th annual State of Maine Sportsman's Show runs April 3-5 at the Augusta Civic Center, and this year the largest and most prestigious outdoor-sports event in the state has the most attractions it has ever had in its history. |
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Opinion: Envisioning a future of green energy
Bangor Daily News - Saturday, March 28, 2009
It’s time for the whole world to wake up and prevent much of our present civilization being destroyed by sea level rise, extensive extinction of sea life by acidification, accelerating losses of potable water and arable land leading to inevitable rampant migrations and resource wars, and the spread of human and agricultural tropical diseases north. |
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Owners of Kineo Flies are now working in perfect tandem
Morning Sentinel - Saturday, March 28, 2009
The fly-tying shop where Anne Coburn and husband Mike produce thousands of flies annually really is a long table, in the middle of their house, where they make some of the most remarkable impersonations of baitfish on the market. |
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Baldacci touts Northeast Energy Corridor
Bangor Daily News - Saturday, March 28, 2009
Gov. John Baldacci says Irving Oil is serving as the catalyst for a Northeast Energy Corridor connecting Maine and New Brunswick. He says Maine can serve as a hub to markets in southern New England that are hungry for clean, renewable electricity. |
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Ex-millworkers with service sector jobs see pay drop
Bangor Daily News - Saturday, March 28, 2009
Laid-off millworkers in eastern Maine who have taken jobs in the service sector have found their pay and benefits sharply reduced, primarily because much of the industry is not unionized, according to a report released in Maine Friday by the workers’ rights group Food AND Medicine. |
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Debate continues over threat posed by pike
Bangor Daily News - Saturday, March 28, 2009
Paul Johnson is a retired state fisheries biologist whose recent stance and frequent public statements have drawn the ire of many conservationists who have enthusiastically supported the Penobscot River Restoration Project. |
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Editorial: Saving Maine’s Downtowns
Bangor Daily News - Friday, March 27, 2009
The Land for Maine’s Future program has had phenomenal success winning voter approval for borrowing money for land purchases. A variation on the idea, Communities for Maine’s Future, would seek $27 million in bond funding to shore up another critical part of Maine’s quality-of-life assets — its historic downtowns. |
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