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May 17, 2008
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Press releases, events, publications released, etc. from Maine environmental organizations and agencies. Submit content.
Maine Audubon Birdathon Starts This Week
Event - Thursday, May 15, 2008
Maine Audubon's annual Birdathon fund-raiser--where teams support wildife conservation by collecting pledges and identifying as many bird species as they can--kicks off this week with a birder's swap meet at Gilsland Farm in Falmouth on Thursday evening and a free birder's breakfast at Evergreen Cemetery on Saturday from 7-9 a.m.
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Free Online Conservation Maps and Data - Workshop 5th May
Event - Friday, May 02, 2008
The Northern Appalachian/Acadian Ecoregion Conservation Planning Atlas is an online mapping atlas that contains more than 30 new conservation datasets. Come to a FREE one day workshop to learn how to use this atlas - Monday 5th May, Augusta Maine |
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Warren Warbler Walk
Event - Sunday, April 27, 2008
Warren Warbler Walk - Sunday May 18th – 7am-10am. Auburn. |
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Weekly Bird Walk
Event - Sunday, April 27, 2008
Tuesdays April 22nd through Tuesday May 20th 6am-8:30am. Bates College. |
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Brunswick Bike Fair Sat. April 26th
Event - Tuesday, April 22, 2008
The Brunswick Sustainability Group, in conjuction with Sustainable Bowdoin, will be hosting the First Annual Brunswick Bike Fair on Saturday April 26th, from 11am-2pm on the Brunswick Town Mall (rain location at Dayton Arena at Bowdoin College). |
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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. |
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"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 |
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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. |
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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. |
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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.” |
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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
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Living Green - MaineCoastNow.com
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Down to Earth: Portland Press Herald
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It's lights-out for Earth Hour | | Businesses, residents and city officials in Portland are pledging to turn off the lights from 8 p.m.... | | 3/25/2008 3:49:08 PM |
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