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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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Maine ready to assist in Gulf of Mexico
Associated Press - Friday, April 30, 2010
Gov. John Baldacci says he's readying state agencies to assist with clean-up efforts in the Gulf Coast in the wake of one of the worst oil spills in the nation's history. |
Young Turkey-Caller Demonstrates Winning "Cluck"
Maine Public Broadcasting Network - Friday, April 30, 2010
Contestants gathered in Scarborough recently to square off in a turkey-calling contest sactioned by the National Wild Turkey Federation. Ten-year-old Tyler Fenderson of Shapleigh took first in Junior Division. |
Closing Hampden Landfill Likely to Take Years
Maine Public Broadcasting Network - Friday, April 30, 2010
After 35 years of maintaining a large and odorous presence over a portion of Interstate-95 just south of Bangor, the Pine Tree Landfill in Hampden is closing. But the process of closing the landfill will take up almost as much time as the facility was in use. |
MCC Revs Up for the Season
Other - Friday, April 30, 2010
The month of May will see the ranks of the Maine Conservation Corps field teams swell to more than 50 members and leaders. The nine summer trail crews will head out onto trails across Maine at the end of the month. A total of 13 environmental educators also will be joining the MCC this spring, several of whom will be serving in Maine’s state parks and public lands this season. |
Obama says new oil leases will need safeguards
Associated Press - Friday, April 30, 2010
President Barack Obama on Friday directed that no new offshore oil drilling leases be issued unless rigs have new safeguards to prevent a repeat of the explosion that unleashed the massive spill threatening the Gulf Coast with major environmental damage. |
Letter: Fox Islands are benefiting from wind power
Working Waterfront - Friday, April 30, 2010
I am absolutely amazed at the opposition to the Fox Islands Wind project. If your town is looking into wind power, come on out to Vinalhaven and listen to the turbines for yourself because nothing the naysayers or the supporters have to say can paint a true picture of the benefits (and drawbacks) of a windmill project. |
Fire Danger Prompts "Red Flag" Warning
Maine Public Broadcasting Network - Friday, April 30, 2010
Weather forecasters say a combination of low relative humidity, gusty winds and warm temperatures is creating explosive fire conditions in much of the state. |
Bog award
Bar Harbor Times - Friday, April 30, 2010
Friends of Acadia will receive $1000 for a bog restoration project at the Wild Gardens of Acadia National Park. Four other national parks that were in the running for a grant of $5,000 will also receive an equal share of the award. |
Damariscotta man snags record-setting yellow perch
Capital Weekly - Friday, April 30, 2010
Eric York of Damariscotta caught a record-setting yellow perch Feb. 28, 2010, on Damariscotta Lake. The fish weighed 1.73 pounds on a certified scale. The previous state record, caught in 1989, weighed 1.625 pounds. |
Homeowners may be eligible for free water-quality test
Capital Weekly - Friday, April 30, 2010
The Maine Geological Survey is offering free water quality tests to homeowners with private wells in select towns, during summer 2010, as part of the MGS’s ambient ground water-quality program. The tests, which will examine the presence of natural chemical components in the water, are being offered in Belgrade, Monmouth, Mount Vernon, Waterville and West Gardiner. |
Editorial: Fish ladder in Brunswick needs to go
Sun Journal - Friday, April 30, 2010
Only a few hundred shad have climbed the Brunswick fish ladder since 1985. That compares to the hundreds of thousands — perhaps a quarter of a million — that freely swam the river before the construction of the first dam in 1809, along with herring, Atlantic salmon and other natural species. So long as some species cannot pass the Brunswick dam, the communities along the lower reaches of the Andro, including Lewiston-Auburn, are being deprived of the full enjoyment of the river and the economic benefits of a restored fishery. |
Outlays elusive on state's $42M weatherizing program
Kennebec Journal - Friday, April 30, 2010
New statistics released by MaineHousing (formally Maine State Housing Authority) state that more than 1,300 Maine homes have been "weatherized" through the early stages of a program funded by $42 million in federal stimulus funds. MaineHousing has spent $8 million so far and claims this has created the equivalent of just over 163 full-time jobs, but details of who exactly is employed are unclear. |
Letter: Converting sardine plant to fish processing is cruel
Portland Press Herald - Friday, April 30, 2010
Bill Nemitz's April 21 column about PETA's suggestion that the just-closed Stinson sardine cannery in Prospect Harbor be turned into a cannery for Maine's famous blueberries misses the mark. Whether you call it "reasoning" or not, fish are intelligent animals and they can feel pain, as all animals do. |
Editorial: Cape Wind approval too slow to celebrate
Portland Press Herald - Friday, April 30, 2010
Those who think wind power should be part of the renewable energy portfolio should be thrilled to hear federal approval has been granted for the first offshore wind farm in the nation. But the news comes a little too late to generate a thrill. It took a nine-year regulatory battle to bring the Cape Wind project to this point, and it should give investors pause about trying to follow this success with another. |
New catch rules to shake up NE fishing industry
Associated Press - Friday, April 30, 2010
New England's centuries-old fishing industry changes dramatically Saturday under new rules that promise autonomy for fishermen and better protection for fish but have so far inspired a lot of uncertainty. The new regulations replace a system that was broadly unpopular and tried to stop overfishing by making fishermen less efficient, such as by slashing the number of days they were allowed to fish. |
Almost time to pay bills for Long Creek's cleanup
Portland Press Herald - Friday, April 30, 2010
More than 100 landowners will be involved in reducing runoff of polluted stormwater into the creek, which runs through the Maine Mall area, and its tributaries. The landowners in the collective must pay 15 percent of their first annual assessments by May 18. |
Letter: Degrees of sense
Bangor Daily News - Friday, April 30, 2010
I am appalled to think administrators at the University of Maine continue to allow many of their students to parade around in their birthday suits to celebrate Earth Day. |
Democratic gubernatorial candidates speak at UMM
Bangor Daily News - Friday, April 30, 2010
Pat McGowan, Libby Mitchell, and Steve Rowe attended the event, held at UMaine at Machias. Rosa Scarcelli was absent. All the candidates supported siting a liquefied natural gas facility in Washington County as a short-term transitional solution. All were opposed to a northern national forest. |
MATC opposes Highland Plantation wind energy plan
Other - Friday, April 30, 2010
The Maine Appalachian Trail Club board has voted unanimously to oppose the proposed wind power development in Highland Plantation. Developers are seeking permission to install forty-eight 420 foot high turbines within the viewshed of the Appalachain Trail. |
Blowing in the wind
Other - Friday, April 30, 2010
Maine Townsman - Some the most debated questions at town meetings this March centered on wind power construction. Of the 10 proposed wind-development moratorium votes reviewed by the Townsman, seven were passed and three failed. |
Opinion: A Boost of Wind
Other - Friday, April 30, 2010
Maine Ahead - Nayyers on Maine wind power may make the op-ed page, but try asking businesses from Weston to Fryeburg how they feel about the economic boost from recent wind projects. |
GOP Blaine House hopefuls air views at UMM
Bangor Daily News - Thursday, April 29, 2010
Six of the seven Republican gubernatorial candidates on the June 8 primary ballot attended at UMaine at Machias. The candidates varied little. All pushed for a strong stand against Canada for its opposition to locating a liquefied natural gas facility in Washington County. They decried the lack of strong objection by Maine’s leaders when the federal government severely limited the herring catch. All but Mills supported Sunday hunting. |
How the wind blows in Vinalhaven
Other - Thursday, April 29, 2010
As Martha's Vineyard residents contemplate the possibility of wind farms, whether modest or extensive developments on land and offshore, it may be useful to turn a curious eye to Vinalhaven, Maine, an island that is home to New England's largest coastal wind-power facility. |
Hope selectmen address responsible idling
Herald Gazette - Thursday, April 29, 2010
Hope selectmen addressed a proposal to craft a responsible idling ordinance at their April 27 meeting. The proposed policy would encourage drivers to be more aware of the environmental hazards and wasting of gasoline that result when vehicles are left idling. Signs could be posted telling the public about the pitfalls of idling and a forum held to educate citizens about the negative effects of exhaust. The selectmen agreed to have the town administrator draft a policy. |
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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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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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