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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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Land deal protects Cranberry Marsh North in Biddeford
Portland Press Herald - Tuesday, August 24, 2010
A 170-acre parcel of land in eastern Biddeford is the latest piece of an ecologically important tract of 16,000 acres to be protected from development. Cranberry Marsh North supports several species of rare plants and animals, including the spotted turtle. The Saco Valley Land Trust recently purchased a conservation easement on the property, which will keep the land open to the public while prohibiting development. |
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Opinion: To forestall more disasters, provide science education
Bangor Daily News - Tuesday, August 24, 2010
The seriousness of the Gulf of Mexico spill is being judged by what is immediately obvious on the basis of a cursory, superficial, short-term evaluation. If there ever was an acute argument for giving our young people basic training in the sciences, this is it. A well-informed public, reasonably scientifically competent, would be not so easy to put to sleep. |
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Letter: Campfires cost
Bangor Daily News - Tuesday, August 24, 2010
So many campers today are clueless about fire safety, do not respect private land ownership and the laws and rules of wildland camping. There have been a number of island fires recently. Any fire is bad, but especially now since it’s so dry. |
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Town ownership of land challenged
Lewiston Sun Journal - Tuesday, August 24, 2010
A nonprofit organization has challenged assumed ownership of property by the town of Carthage that could be a site to extend a proposed wind farm. Friends of Maine's Mountains has apparently been deeded about 320 acres located on Saddleback Mountain ridge from an heir of the last known owner. |
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LePage outlines vision for...energy
Portland Press Herald - Tuesday, August 24, 2010
In a speech before an overflow Waterville Rotary Club meeting, Republican gubernatorial candidate Paul LePage told audience members, "We are paying some of the highest power (prices) in the country; we need to find alternatives. Why is the Hydro-Quebec power at the back burner while we're building 18-cent wind power?" LePage said he believes wind energy, offshore wind power and tidal power will be affordable sometime in the future – but not now. |
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Letter: Maine's windmill follies
Lewiston Sun Journal - Tuesday, August 24, 2010
If windmills are so wonderful and a big energy saver, I would suggest to the investors to put them on their estates. And, Wall Street? Put them on their high rises. Don't let these investors laugh all the way to the bank while we struggle to pay our energy bills. |
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MERI Recommends That Bisphenol-A Be Restricted
Ellsworth American - Tuesday, August 24, 2010
At a Board of Environmental Protection hearing on the chemical Bisphenol-A (BPA), the Marine Environmental Research Institute recommended that BPA be designated as a high-priority chemical and made subject to restriction under Maine’s Kid-Safe Products Act. MERI’s position was informed by a review of the growing body of scientific literature linking BPA to endocrine disruption and altered cell function in people and animals. |
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Opinion: If a tree falls in the forest
Other - Monday, August 23, 2010
Several forest-industry organizations are sponsoring a gubernatorial debate on Sept. 2 in Brewer. But not all the candidates will be there. The groups have decided not to invite independents Shawn Moody and Kevin Scott. The tree farmers and their associates are free to limit their debate in any way they see fit. But what’s it say about the biases of WCSH-TV in Portland that it’s allowing veteran reporter Don Carrigan to moderate this truncated debate? |
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Opinion: Wind Power Won't Cool Down the Planet
Wall Street Journal - Monday, August 23, 2010
The wind industry has achieved remarkable growth largely due to the claim that it will provide major reductions in carbon dioxide emissions. There's just one problem: It's not true. A slew of recent studies show that wind-generated electricity likely won't result in any reduction in carbon emissions—or that they'll be so small as to be almost meaningless. |
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Letter: Blinded by the wind
Other - Monday, August 23, 2010
Forecaster - There is no empirical evidence anywhere that wind power reduces emissions. The real question is why are we mandating a controversial energy source with no proven efficacy when it will not become viable until we have economically viable electricity sequestration? |
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Maine egg farm not linked to egg recall
Associated Press - Monday, August 23, 2010
Maine officials say the largest egg farm in New England is not linked to the massive egg recall involving an Iowa egg farm with the same owner. |
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Maine tidal power celebrated
Associated Press - Monday, August 23, 2010
Officials are celebrating a Maine company's success in harnessing tidal power this week. Ocean Renewable Power Company last week announced its 60-kilowatt turbine-generator successfully produced grid-compatible electricity. The company plans to install a 150-kilowatt system next year in the waters off Eastport. It will be connected to the Bangor Hydro grid. |
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Collision with whale may have flipped boat
Bangor Daily News - Monday, August 23, 2010
A boat that capsized Saturday evening in Head Harbour Passage resulted in five people being rescued from the water, according to officials. Reports that a collision with a whale had caused the pleasure boat to overturn could not be confirmed Sunday afternoon. |
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Book tells stories of saved land
Kennebec Journal - Monday, August 23, 2010
The stories of land owners who either donated their land or granted conservation easements to the Kennebec Land Trust are told in the pages of the land trust's new book, "Between Person and Place: Conservation Histories from the Kennebec Land Trust." The Winthrop-based conservation group celebrated the book's release Sunday afternoon at an event near a recently conserved property in Litchfield. |
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New funds awarded to help control red tide
Bar Harbor Times - Monday, August 23, 2010
Scientists working on methods to prevent and control harmful algal blooms impacting communities along the Atlantic coast have been awarded more than $1 million for the first year of an anticipated $2 million, multi-year NOAA research grant. |
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Editorial: Tidal power on track
Times Record - Monday, August 23, 2010
The developer of a demonstration tidal power project in Eastport reported on Wednesday that its first commercial-sized underwater turbine has met or exceeded specifications for power during testing this year. That encouraging news bodes well for two local companies. |
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Study: Culverts and Dams in Casco Bay Watershed Hurting Fish Populations
Maine Public Broadcasting Network - Monday, August 23, 2010
An ongoing study of stream crossings and dams in the Casco Bay watershed is finding that a third of culverts and almost all dams in the lower Presumpscot and Royal River watershed never allow fish to move up or down stream. Curtis Bohlen, director of the Casco Bay Estuary Partnership, says less then four percent of culverts allow for fish movement. |
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Acadia officials outline plans for Schoodic site
Bangor Daily News - Monday, August 23, 2010
Less impervious surface, night-sky-friendly lighting, a more pedestrian-friendly campus, and programs that can attract hundreds of visitors at a time to the park are all goals for a renovation project at the former Navy base at Schoodic Point, according to Acadia National Park officials. Another big project is completing the $18 million renovation of the Schoodic Education and Research Center by next summer. |
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Bay State bill aims to speed up wind farm permitting process
Associated Press - Monday, August 23, 2010
Citizen opposition is posing a threat to Gov. Deval Patrick's goal of generating 2,000 megawatts of wind power in Massachusetts by the year 2020 -- an effort that could require the installation of up to 3,000 turbines. To help pick up the pace, Patrick pushed a bill he said would streamline the permitting process. But the bill's critics say it undermines local control and would make it easier for developers to push through unpopular projects. |
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Letter: 'Windsprawl, No!’
Times Record - Monday, August 23, 2010
Climate change is being driven by human activity, but windsprawl does nothing to help. Watch “the Smartest Guys in the Room” and see how the energy industry works, even when they know what they are doing is hurting people.
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New law, forum target product waste
Mainebiz - Monday, August 23, 2010
The Maine State Chamber of Commerce and the Natural Resources Council of Maine are jointly sponsoring a forum on product stewardship, the concept of making manufacturers — not municipalities — responsible for their waste, on Aug. 17. But the issue has raised alarm among some Maine manufacturers, says Lisa Martin, executive director of the Manufacturers Association of Maine. |
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Volunteers study health of Bangor stream
Bangor Daily News - Sunday, August 22, 2010
More than a dozen people armed with nets waded into Birch Stream on Saturday morning in search of bugs as part of Healthy Streams Healthy Community, a fledgling effort to track the stream’s water quality. |
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Opinion: The quest defines us
Lewiston Sun Journal - Sunday, August 22, 2010
Knowing that Bob had a bum knee and was facing fall surgery, I figured that he had no place dragging a canoe and fighting the stream muck. So "we" dragged him and the canoe like Humphrey Bogart in African Queen. I'd say that Bob outweighed Katherine Hepburn by a good 50 pounds. Finally, we got to the trout hole. |
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Letter: Wind power jobs in Maine. Really?
Lewiston Sun Journal - Sunday, August 22, 2010
There is much to say about the strategic approaches deployed to hype the Baldacci administration vision of wind power in Maine, but I will limit my questions to the promise of permanent jobs. |
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Natural Resources Council of Maine
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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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