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Biologists keeping eye on red tide
Bangor Daily News - Thursday, May 15, 2008 

Marine biologists say 2008 could be a bad year for red tide in coastal Maine waters based on recent shellfish surveys and current weather patterns.
"Bird-A-Thon" To Benefit Bird Habitat
Maine Public Broadcasting Network - Thursday, May 15, 2008 

Bird enthusiasts from around the state are scheduled to meet at Maine Audubon Society in Falmouth to trade strategies for finding and identifying bird species
Stockton Springs company features organic local ingredients and biodegradable packaging
LivingGreenMaine.com - Friday, May 09, 2008 


Sabine and Baxter of Stockton Springs are living the green lifestyle. Their food is handmade with organic ingredients that are, for the most part, produced at local farms. They avoid packaging that is not biodegradable. They also happen to be dogs.
A field trip with a ripple effect
Portland Press Herald - Friday, May 09, 2008 

Fifth-grade students from York Middle School watch as their teacher, Margot Simonds, nets a salamander discovered at the York Land Trust’s Hilton-Winn property.
Freedom: Installation of wind farm nears
Bangor Daily News - Friday, May 09, 2008 

Barring any legal challenges, installation of the Beaver Ridge wind turbines could begin this summer.
Who's the greenest? Colleges vie for title
Bangor Daily News - Friday, May 09, 2008 

Environmentally sustainable efforts have been under way at Maine’s colleges and universities for years. Katona led COA, a small, private school, in a number of sustainability initiatives during his tenure from 1993 to 2006.
Fishing Smarter: Monhegan has its “best year ever”
The Working Waterfront - Tuesday, May 06, 2008 

Under new state rules, fishing a longer season with fewer traps per person, Monhegan lobstermen are having surprising success catching as many or more lobsters as before. “We are now fishing 300 traps apiece,” said Doug Boynton, who has been fishing off Monhegan for 38  years. “And the fishing is as good as when we were fishing 600 traps.”
Forest Products Council slams LURC plan
Portland Press Herald - Sunday, May 04, 2008 

To landowners in Northern Maine, the Land Use Regulation Commission's proposed comprehensive plan for the state's unorganized territories intrudes on property rights.
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Natural Resources Council of Maine

Revival of Defunct Orono Hydropower Plant to Restore Fish Passage on Penobscot River
ORONO, Maine - A power company is preparing to revive the old Orono hydroelectric plant early next y...
5/13/2008 12:00:00 AM

KENNEBEC COMMUTER: Find another way to get to work
Ditch the car today. Heck, ditch it all week.Today kicks off Commute Another Way Week, and Friday is...
5/12/2008 12:00:00 AM

A New Plan for the North Woods Long Overdue
Forty years ago, about a dozen owners held title to about half the state, land in the sprawling unor...
5/11/2008 12:00:00 AM

Fighting climate change yields big benefits
In 2007, Maine joined nine other states to establish a regional cap-and-trade program to reduce carb...
5/10/2008 12:00:00 AM

Who's the Greenest? Colleges Vie for Title
University of Maine at Machias Green Council president Ryan Martin recently signed up his fledgling ...
5/9/2008 12:00:00 AM
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Living Green - MaineCoastNow.com

Conservation continues on Bald and Ragged mountains
CAMDEN — Coastal Mountains Land Trust recently purchased an 18-acre forested property on Ragged Moun...
5/15/2008 1:15:10 PM

CMP installing energy-saving transformers
AUGUSTA — Central Maine Power Company (CMP) expects to install nearly 8,000 new energy-efficient dis...
5/15/2008 1:15:10 PM

Mid Coast Regional Envirothon held
APPLETON — The ninth annual Mid Coast Regional Envirothon was sponsored by the Knox-Lincoln County S...
5/15/2008 1:15:10 PM

Paddling the upper St. George River
The St. George, or Georges, River has two main sources. Largest is Lake St. George. To the east, two...
5/15/2008 1:15:10 PM

Community Bulletin Board (May 15)
Belfast Co-op lists May events: Friday, May 23, 7-9 p.m., wine tasting in the Co-op Café. The free e...
5/15/2008 1:15:09 PM
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Down to Earth: Portland Press Herald

McKin shows that Superfund sites can't be forgotten
Terry Connelly remembers clipping out a 2002 newspaper headline declaring an end to the long-running...
5/16/2008 3:10:15 PM

Time, finally, to ditch the car?
Commute Another Way Week starts Monday. People who give their cars a rest and bike, walk or ride the...
5/9/2008 3:20:05 PM

Legislature votes green
When Gov. John Baldacci made a stop in South Portland last week to honor military veterans, he said ...
4/15/2008 1:22:25 PM

Making you think before you flush
At the University of Southern Maine in Portland, whenever nature calls, the toilets answer back. Sti...
4/11/2008 3:38:22 PM

Deer population imperiled by brutal winter
A big life and death struggle is quietly taking place in Maine’s woods right now. White-tailed deer ...
4/4/2008 4:56:31 PM
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