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Press releases, events, publications released, etc. from Maine environmental organizations and agencies. Submit content.
Maine Environmental News
Announcement - Saturday, August 28, 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. Note: I will be away Aug 29 - Sep 6, 2010, and unable to post articles during that time. ~ Jym St. Pierre, RESTORE: The North Woods |
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America’s Great Outdoors Listening Session, Sep 2
Action Alert - Saturday, August 28, 2010
Representatives of federal agencies are traveling the country to listen to ideas for conserving our lands and waters and reconnecting Americans to the outdoors. The AGO road show will be in Maine on Sep 2 at 3-6 p.m. at the Bangor Civic Center. Don’t miss this chance to speak for the need to expand public lands in Maine. |
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Viles Arboretum seeks volunteers
Announcement - Saturday, August 28, 2010
The Viles Arboretum in Augusta is seeking volunteers to help teach environmental education programs to student, adult and family audiences all year long. Training and support will be provided by the arboretum’s new program director, Mark DesMeules. |
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Landscaping For Wildlife, Sep 4
Event - Posted - Saturday, August 28, 2010
Learn about the wide selection of native shrubs, small trees and other plants that are hardy and attractive, while providing food and shelter for our birds and wildlife. At Maine Wildlife Park, Gray, Sep 4, 11 a.m. |
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Oh, Ranger! Story Tour, Sep 2-6
Event - Posted - Thursday, August 26, 2010
Visitors to Acadia National Park are invited to share their experiences with American Park Network representatives, who will be in Bar Harbor as part of the Oh, Ranger! Story Tour from Sep 2 to 6. A team will record stories of visitors' experiences at Acadia. The program is part of a national initiative to collect stories to showcase the breadth and depth of America's parks as the National Park System approaches its 100th anniversary in 2016. |
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Healthy crops topic of UM gardening forum, Aug 31
Event - Posted - Thursday, August 26, 2010
Gardeners of every ilk will get the chance to learn about maintaining healthy crops during a presentation by a University of Maine Cooperative Extension researcher at the UM Rogers Farm in Stillwater on Tuesday, Aug 31 at 6 p.m. |
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Internet Trail Site for Franklin County
Announcement - Wednesday, August 25, 2010
This new website offers information on 15 mountain biking, hiking, walking, cross-country skiing, and snow shoeing trails in Western Maine. More will be added. |
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Schoodic: Where Sea meets Land, Aug 28 & 29
Announcement - Tuesday, August 24, 2010
This film is about the communities of Gouldsboro, Prospect Harbor, Corea and Winter Harbor, Maine. Maine Public TV, Aug 28 at 11:30 am and Aug 29 at 11:30 pm. |
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Open Garden Days, Aug 27
Event - Posted - Tuesday, August 24, 2010
The public is invited to join the Belfast Garden Club's Open Garden Days from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Aug. 27, at the Biebel Garden, 242 Fisher Road, Monroe. Visitors will discover a large organic experimental and eclectic vegetable and flower garden with soil that never needs to be plowed or rototilled due to its rich start as a "lasagna-method" garden. |
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Walks, talk focus on history of St. George River canals
Event - Posted - Saturday, August 21, 2010
The Georges River Land Trust and Montpelier: General Henry Knox Museum are co-sponsoring three free events focused on the history of the canals along the St. George River in Warren and Searsmont. On Monday, Aug 30, two guided walks will be held. Knox's efforts in constructing the canal will be the subject of the third event, an evening lecture by Mendoza at Montpelier on Sep 1 at 7 p.m. |
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Maine Woodsman Day, Aug 28
Event - Posted - Saturday, August 21, 2010
See demonstrations of wildlife carving, including with chainsaws, and hatchet-throwing. At Maine Wildlife Park, Gray, August 28, 11 a.m. |
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Mushroom talk at Belfast library, Aug 31
Event - Posted - Friday, August 20, 2010
On Aug 31 at 6:30 p.m., Belfast Free Library will host a talk titled "Edible and Medicinal Mushrooms of New England and Eastern Canada" by David Spahr.
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Palermo Preserve walk, Aug 26
Event - Posted - Friday, August 20, 2010
Professional forester and lands director for the Sheepscot Valley Conservation Association, Tish Carr will lead a nature walk at 10 a.m. on Aug 26 around the Palermo Preserve. |
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Astronomer illuminates concerns about dimming starshine, Aug 27
Event - Posted - Thursday, August 19, 2010
If the stars don't look as bright as they did when we were children, it might not be that stars have lost their sparkle. It could be that we have lost our night. On Friday, Aug. 27 at 7 p.m., aerospace engineer and astronomer Peter Lord will appear at the Oceanview Grange south of Tenants Harbor. He will use satellite images to illustrate the amazing effect of night lighting around the earth. |
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Fish buffet awaits anglers drifting down the Androscoggin River
Maine Outdoor Journal - Sunday, August 15, 2010
While drifting the river, floaters may not see development for miles, particularly between the New Hampshire border and Bethel, so it looks pretty much as it did centuries ago, a float through another time. |
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New way to explore Down East
Portland Press Herald - Sunday, August 15, 2010
When the Down East Sunrise Trail was first talked about, many had doubts. Now, as the converted railroad corridor heads into its second year and is about to grow by 53 miles, the question is, what hasn't it done? Patrick Whitney of Jonesboro said after seeing lots of people using the trail he thinks it will be an economic boon to Washington County. |
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Letter: ‘Brainless boys’ destroy kiosk along riverside trail
Morning Sentinel - Sunday, August 15, 2010
Planned as a community project to provide pleasure and good health for everyone, thousands of adults and children have benefited from the trail along the east side of the Kennebec River from Benton Station almost into Winslow and a kiosk donated this spring. Until, that is, 4 o’clock on Aug. 4 when several brainless boys decided to destroy it. |
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Naming moose a Maine tradition
Morning Sentinel - Sunday, August 15, 2010
Little do the moose know, in the woods and bogs of Somerset County and other rural areas of Maine, that they have names. Rufus, Buddy, Floppsy Freddy, Bullwinkle, Thunder, Hoover and Daisy May are some of the names people have bestowed on the creatures crowned Maine's state animal. |
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Letter: Protect us from noise
Kennebec Journal - Sunday, August 15, 2010
Those with an urge to destroy are given the natural sound environment to destroy. Those who want to protect the natural sound environment are relegated to small park areas. It is time those who are supposed to protect the public stop being so polite. Most motorcycles sound like they are passing gas. Send them to Noise World but protect us. |
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Letters: Maine should tax bottled water
Portland Press Herald - Sunday, August 15, 2010
Many states have applied the Public Trust Doctrine to ground water in addition to surface water. As a public good, we the public have an interest in charging, or taxing, large-scale withdrawal of ground water as a public natural resource, just as the public derives substantial revenues from oil extraction....How about a small payback for the blue gold that glimmers on Nestle's bottom line? It's our water. |
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Opinion: Shift to 'clean rich' may herald clean Earth
Portland Press Herald - Sunday, August 15, 2010
The modern environmental movement emerged in the 1960s, fueled in large part by the spread of affluence and education. Affluent liberals often fret more about the environment than working-class voters. But the class divide is poised to have a larger political impact. If the GOP is to build a durable majority, it will have to woo back natural allies, especially the clean rich, which will require tacking to the center. Climate change, an issue driven by scientific evidence and with appeal in this newly influential community, is a great candidate for a softened stance. |
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Editorial: Simmons put Maine on the green energy map
Portland Press Herald - Sunday, August 15, 2010
Matthew R. Simmons was a trustee of the Island Institute, which advocates for the sustainability of Maine's islands community. At the time of his passing, he was working to turn his Fox Hill estate in Camden into a retreat to rival the fabled Aspen Institute, which hosts some of the world's greatest minds to address the world's most pressing problems. Simmons was best known in Maine, though, for his commitment to turn this state into a leader in alternative energy, through his Ocean Energy Institute. |
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Maine can learn by population growth in province
Portland Press Herald - Sunday, August 15, 2010
Maine was one of only three states that lost population in 2009. That's why New Brunswick's experience growing its population over the past 13 quarters may be worth examining, according to Laurie Lachance, the Maine Development Foundation's CEO. She says, unlike Canada, the U.S. is polarized by harsh political debate over immigration. The next governor needs to champion policies that promote population growth, she said, and find money to sustain them. |
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Steamed
Other - Sunday, August 15, 2010
Outside magazine - The lobster fisheries of coastal Maine are no happy hunting grounds. Territorial disputes can turn nasty fast—think property damage, savage beatings, and the occasional rifle shot. Eric Hansen jumps into the pot. |
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Better lobster season helps tone down feuding
Portland Press Herald - Sunday, August 15, 2010
Maine law enforcement officials say disputes over lobster fishing territory have not been nearly as volatile. They say a booming season and slightly improved lobster prices have helped ease the tension. While vandalism of fishing equipment and boats still occurs, the conflicts have not escalated as they did last summer. |
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New England scout troop helps fix trails in Acadia
Bar Harbor Times - Sunday, August 15, 2010
A Boy Scout group visiting from Holliston, Mass. is on Mount Desert Island through Sunday doing volunteer trail work throughout Acadia National Park. Asst. Scout Leader Chris Flanigan said, "There really aren't all that many national parks on the East Coast. Our options were basically to go to Acadia or head down to Virginia. We are so incredibly excited to be up here." |
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Former Lumber Town Tries To Reinvent Itself
Other - Saturday, August 14, 2010
For decades after World War II, the small town of Oakridge in the southern Cascade mountains of Oregon was a booming lumber town. But by the early 1990s, the lumber industry had collapsed. Now, residents like Randy Dreiling are trying to reinvent the place as a playground for outdoor enthusiasts. |
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Opinion: More of Maine spirit needed in energy reform
Portland Press Herald - Saturday, August 14, 2010
In the long term, entrepreneurs know that energy reform will stabilize our costs, allow us to grow our businesses, and improve both the quantity and quality of our work force. It will take vision, bold ideas and tough-mindedness to move forward, on our part as businesspeople and on the part of our fellow Mainers. But few people who know Maine, its history and culture, could argue that we aren't up to the challenge. |
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State of the Parks
Down East - Saturday, August 14, 2010
The Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands is discovering the challenge of balancing recreation with conservation. Without individual management plans to guide each state park, managers are often left to their own devices to determine what changes are necessary, how they should be implemented, and whether the public should be consulted beforehand. And Maine has quite a number of undeveloped state parks. "I could imagine a legislature deciding to sell unit X or Y because they could say, ‘Well, it doesn’t even have a parking lot, it has almost no visitorship." |
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In The Footsteps of Thoreau
Down East - Saturday, August 14, 2010
Today, the Maine woods are in danger of ever-greater changes, permanent and irreversible ones. It is now more than ever imperative that we see them again as Thoreau did, as a retreat of the mind to make and keep us human and rooted in the nature that is our biological heritage. What would he think of international collectives connected by commercial interests only, who erect housing developments in the middle of the wilderness, and who would violate the sanctity of mountains and lakes so they can make a buck? |
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Maine agencies team up to keep beetle out of state
Associated Press - Saturday, August 14, 2010
Three governmental agencies in Maine are teaming up to keep the destructive Asian longhorned beetle and emerald ash borer out of the state. The Maine Department of Agriculture, the Maine Forest Service and the Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands are holding an event called "Beetle Busting at Sebago" on Saturday. During the day, volunteers are surveying trees in the park to look for the insects. The agencies are also holding educational events to inform people about the threats the bugs pose for Maine. |
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DIFW violated wastewater permits at fish hatcheries from ’06 to ’09
Bangor Daily News - Saturday, August 14, 2010
The Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, which violated its wastewater permits at its fish hatcheries over a period of years, has reached a consent agreement with the Maine DEP to correct the problems. There appeared to be no significant environmental damage done to the streams the hatcheries are located on, say state officials. |
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Warm waters off New England help minimize red tide
Associated Press - Saturday, August 14, 2010
Predictions of widespread red tide outbreaks this summer in New England waters never materialized, allowing clammers to keep digging. In 2005 and 2008, hundreds of miles of flats were closed for weeks in Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Maine got it even worse last year, when officials at one point shut down nearly the entire coast to clam and mussel harvesting. Clam diggers were relieved this summer after bracing for another tough season. |
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A quiet place amid city's bustle
Portland Press Herald - Saturday, August 14, 2010
In 2002, the Smelt Hill Dam, one of nine along the Presumpscot River, was removed. Between the dam removal and the federal Clean Water Act, species such as rainbow trout, bass, shad and sturgeon have reappeared in the river and attracting ospreys and blue herons to the area again. |
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Plum Creek harvest too close to rare species of wintergreen
Bangor Daily News - Saturday, August 14, 2010
Plum Creek Timberland’s harvesting in 2009 of an area too close to a rare plant in the Frenchtown area of Piscataquis County is being investigated. The timber company advised the Forest Society of Maine on Monday that it had logged within a buffer around a rare lesser wintergreen plant, a violation of the Moosehead Region Conservation Easement. |
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Letter: Matt Simmons’ vision
Bangor Daily News - Saturday, August 14, 2010
Matthew Simmons was a world-acknowledged oil energy expert. On July 20, he opened the Ocean Energy Institute in Rockland, predicting enthusiastically that Midcoast Maine would become the Silicon Valley of ocean energy. His vision of ocean-based turbines may ultimately resolve the wind energy issues. |
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Baldacci talks exports
Associated Press - Saturday, August 14, 2010
In his radio address, Maine Gov. John Baldacci said Saturday that Maine's exports were up 45 percent in the first half of the year, and he says the news is even better when it comes to the paper industry. Maine's pulp exports were up 200 percent and paper exports were up 72 percent. |
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Bats face scary ecological threats
Portland Press Herald - Saturday, August 14, 2010
The BioDiversity Research Institute in Gorham is conducting its annual bat catch. Biologist David Yates said bats are an important defense against insects that spread disease and threaten agriculture. They're also under siege, from diseases, contaminants and environmental changes. White-nose syndrome, a fungus that spreads among hibernating bats, has decimated the little brown bat population, although it has yet to be found in Maine.
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Cutler blasts LePage about off-shore drilling
Kennebec Journal - Saturday, August 14, 2010
Four of Maine's five candidates for governor talked about the fishing industry, education and even car inspection stickers Friday during a forum sponsored by the Island Institute and the Maine Islands Coalition. Independent Eliot Cutler criticized Republican Paul LePage for having said that he would support oil drilling off the coast of Maine. Cutler said, "I find Paul's support for offshore drilling unconscionable." |
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You Can Protect Acadia | | Ever compare Acadia National Park to a piece of Swiss cheese? You should.Acadia is a majestic place ... | | 9/1/2010 12:00:00 AM |
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