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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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Letter: Touch water, get taxed
Bangor Daily News - Thursday, March 19, 2009
Rep. Jane Eberle of South Portland has proposed levying a new tax on kayakers and canoeists. What a dumb idea, Jane! |
Bill seeks to expand moose hunt in north
Bangor Daily News - Thursday, March 19, 2009
Sen. Troy Jackson, D-Allagash, has submitted LD 929, “An Act to Expand Moose Hunting Season,” in an attempt to bring those moose-vehicle accident statistics down. |
Land Trust forum sees forest, trees
Kennebec Journal - Thursday, March 19, 2009
Some of New England's most ecologically and economically savvy minds will share ideas with residents today, as the Kennebec Land Trust begins its 2009 lyceum. It is open to the public and is free. |
Water Hearing Draws Extraction Debate
Maine Public Broadcasting Network - Thursday, March 19, 2009
A pair of bills designed to give municipalities and citizens more say about large-scale extraction of water from their towns drew a crowd at the State House today. The bills are aimed at putting more restrictions on commercial water users like Poland Spring. But state regulators and others say there could be unintended consequences. |
Healthy Lands and Watersheds
WERU Radio - Wednesday, March 18, 2009
How do you measure the health of an environment? How do you encourage people to get out into nature? What are some of the challenges of preserving a watershed? |
Paper company asks for state help
Sun Journal - Wednesday, March 18, 2009
There is a future for young people in Maine's pulp and paper industry, Verso Paper Corp. President Mike Jackson said Tuesday. But there are challenges to overcome, and to do that the industry needs the state's support. |
Letter: Kayak fee would add voice of non-hunters to the mix
Kennebec Journal - Wednesday, March 18, 2009
The hunting lobby is able to control how the rest of us are allowed to experience the non-hunting activities we take for granted. The very modest kayak/canoe fee hopefully would increase the voices of interests other than hunting. |
Opinion: $2M bond would expand reach of Gulf of Maine Research Institute
Kennebec Journal - Wednesday, March 18, 2009
The hard-pressed Appropriations Committee spent the better part of last week hosting public hearings about bond proposals. My personal favorite is a $2 million bond to rebuild a bulkhead and wharf at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute on Portland's waterfront. |
Verso report unveils ideas to save paper industry
Bangor Daily News - Wednesday, March 18, 2009
The head of Maine’s largest paper company sought Tuesday to both “sound the alarm” about challenges facing his industry and to build support for state-level changes he predicted would put mills on a more competitive footing. |
Lee, Winn OK tax breaks for wind project
Bangor Daily News - Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Lee and Winn will give significant tax breaks to First Wind of Massachusetts for the company’s proposed $130 million wind farm if the project gets its permits. The Friends of Lincoln Lakes group opposes the project and has an appeal of Lincoln’s permit pending in Superior Court. |
Pittsfield OKs wind turbine
Bangor Daily News - Wednesday, March 18, 2009
A 10-kilowatt wind turbine will be erected at the town’s transfer and recycling center by September. |
No quick restart seen for Millinocket paper mill
Bangor Daily News - Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Landowners are happy to supply it with biomass and the state will accept its electricity, but the lack of a partner to run Brookfield Asset Management's Millinocket paper mill's proposed biomass boiler may be the biggest impediment to its reopening in 2010, mill owners say. |
Let us Praise—and Keep—the Dead (Trees)
Other - Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Forest magazine - It’s not surprising that most of us tend to view dead things as undesirable. We impose this cultural bias about dead things to our forests as well. But a new perspective is slowly taking root . |
Grant to conserve 7,300 acres south of Baxter
Bangor Daily News - Wednesday, March 18, 2009
About 7,300 acres south of Baxter State Park near Seboeis Lake will be secured for forestry and public recreation — including hunting, fishing, snowmobiling and ATV riding — thanks to a $950,000 federal grant awarded Wednesday. |
Rope maker turns lobstering coils into doormats
Bangor Daily News - Wednesday, March 18, 2009
What will become of the coils of floating groundline, which no longer can be used on lobster traps because of new federal whale safety regulations? Up until recently, all of it got melted and made into cheap plastic plant pots and trays. But next week’s batch of reclaimed polypropylene rope will be turned into high-end doormats. |
Cleaning up Maine's sleaze
Portland Phoenix - Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Many Maine residents — certainly most tourists — are unaware of the sleaze lurking within our handsome granite-and-marble State House. Maine government smells most where special interests hold sway, the odors usually arising from the corrupting influence of money. |
Landowners vent over taxes, respect
Sun Journal - Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Leaders behind a grassroots effort trying to induce Maine landowners into closing their property to snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles to leverage reduced taxes shared their reasoning in a two-hour meeting on Monday night in Mexico.
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The Green Way Out?
Other - Tuesday, March 17, 2009
NPR - Can green technology really save our broken economy? |
Maine's Largest Paper Company Seeks Help
Other - Tuesday, March 17, 2009
WMTW-TV8 - Maine's largest paper company is asking the governor for help -- a signal that an important industry to the state is in trouble amid the struggling economy. |
Verso CEO Stresses Financial Difficulties in Meeting With Governor
Maine Public Broadcasting Network - Tuesday, March 17, 2009
The chief executive officer of Verso Paper made an unusual appearance at the Maine State House today. Mike Jackson presented a report highlighting the significance of the pulp and paper industry. At the same time he also sounded an alarm. Jackson is asking the state to take several steps to protect Maine's manufacturing economy. |
The Make-Or-Break Season
Scruggs Report - Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Lee Kantar, Maine’s chief deer biologist, reports how tough this winter has been on Maine’s deer herd. |
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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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