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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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Up to 50 turbines, $218 million investment planned for Western Maine mountains
Lewiston Sun Journal - Thursday, August 19, 2010
If all four proposed wind turbine projects proposed by Patriot Renewables LLC are developed as tentatively planned, the Quincy, Mass., company will spend nearly $220 million to build up to 50 turbines in Oxford and Franklin counties. Projects include: 10 turbines on Spruce Mountain in Woodstock; 10 turbines on Canton Mountain in Canton; up to 13 turbines on Colonel Holman Mountain in Dixfield; up to 17 turbines on Saddleback Mountain in Carthage. |
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Letter: Zone scalloping
Bangor Daily News - Thursday, August 19, 2010
If the Department of Marine Resources is so worried about the depletion of the industry, maybe it should consider zoning the scallop industry. |
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Editorial: Energy in Context
Bangor Daily News - Thursday, August 19, 2010
Criticism of the wind industry has ratcheted up lately. While there are certainly negative consequences to the construction and use of wind turbines, the discussion of these consequences largely has occurred in a vacuum. Until the benefits and downsides of wind — or any new energy source — are weighed against the pros and cons of our current energy policy, such a discussion is nearly meaningless. |
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Letter: Don't base vital federal policies on mere emotion
Portland Press Herald - Thursday, August 19, 2010
The "politics of feelings" will continue to slow this country down as more bureaucracy is implemented to regulate the playing field instead of leveling it. It seems like a nice idea to take care of those who are unemployed for longer periods of time such as by the Gulf oil spill, but to what end must I have to continue working to pay for these people? |
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Letter: Climate-change bill dies, taking legacy along with it
Portland Press Herald - Thursday, August 19, 2010
At a time when we are suffering from the largest environmental disaster in the history of our country in the Gulf, summer temperatures are soaring and millions of Americans are still unemployed, how can our elected representatives simply take energy reform off the table? Hopefully, Maine's senators will rise above the election-year stalemate and lead our nation forward. |
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Fire at kelp business in Waldoboro
WGME-TV13 - Thursday, August 19, 2010
A kelp business caught fire in Waldoboro Wednesday night, prompting a response from several towns, according to Lincoln County dispatchers. The fire was reported just after 7pm at the North American Kelp plant, the largest producer of kelp in America for Horticulture and Agriculture. |
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Maine mulls ban of chemical in bottles
Associated Press - Thursday, August 19, 2010
Maine environmental regulators are considering a proposal to ban the chemical bisphenol-A from baby bottles, sippy cups, water bottles and other reusable food and beverage containers. The Board of Environmental Protection is expected to hear testimony from parents, scientists, doctors, business owners and environmental health advocates at its hearing Thursday in Augusta. |
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Baby Talk
WERU Radio - Thursday, August 19, 2010
Host: Cathy Jacobs. Topic: BPA and other toxins. Guest: Matt Prindiville, Natural Resources Council of Maine. |
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Penobscot Watershed Eco-Center Collaborative
WERU Radio - Wednesday, August 18, 2010
What is the Penobscot Watershed Eco-Center? Who is involved in the collaborative and why is it important to them? What can visitors expect to learn about the Web of Life exhibit? Host: Maria Girouard, Penobscot Nation. Guests: Veronica Young, Penobscot East Resource Center; Jym St. Pierre, RESTORE: The North Woods; Bill Booth, local citizen and avid outdoorsman; James Francis, Sr., Penobscot Nation Cultural and Historic Preservation Dept. |
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Camden Select Board proposes three-town wind committee
Herald Gazette - Wednesday, August 18, 2010
The Camden Select Board will invite its counterparts in Hope and Rockport to join in appointing a three-town committee to explore the feasibility of a wind turbine project on Ragged Mountain. |
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Little Fish Remain a Big Problem
Ellsworth American - Wednesday, August 18, 2010
For a fish that rarely grows to be much more than a foot long, the Atlantic herring seems to create a lot of problems. Last year, federal regulators imposed a substantial cut in the amount of herring, by far the most popular bait among Maine lobstermen, that fishermen could land in 2010. Earlier this month, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) announced that the herring quota for this year and for 2011 and 2012 will be about 10 percent less than for 2009. |
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Maine Forest Service establishes online request form
Capital Weekly - Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Woodland owners who would like valuable, free, professional advice about their woodlots have a quick and easy online way to request a meeting with a Maine Forest Service district forester. The MFS has a new online request form on its Web site that will get the process started for woodland owners to meet with one of the 10 district foresters around the state. |
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Acadia National Park rewards the patient and observant
Bar Harbor Times - Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Some visitors to Acadia National Park strike gold early on, catching a beautiful sunset from the summit of Cadillac Mountain or spying a schooner sailing in Frenchman Bay while hiking Otter Cliffs. For others, it takes a little more patience and one last visit to the park before that elusive fleck catches a ray of sun at just the right angle. |
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Camden board moves forward on wind project
Bangor Daily News - Wednesday, August 18, 2010
The Camden Select Board voted Tuesday night to move forward with a community wind project planned for the top of Ragged Mountain as residents voiced concerns. |
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Editorial: A Well-Qualified Nominee
Bangor Daily News - Wednesday, August 18, 2010
The world is indeed a strange place when an attorney who worked for telecommunications clients, heads the agency that oversees the siting of many utility projects and chairs a regional energy and climate effort is thought to be unqualified for a seat on the Public Utilities Commission. Some lawmakers have begun quietly criticizing David Littell’s nomination to the PUC, saying he is inexperienced. A closer look at recent PUC commissioners shows that he is one of the most qualified nominees. |
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Katahdin ATV trail opening could be delayed
Bangor Daily News - Wednesday, August 18, 2010
A volunteer effort to create the Katahdin region’s first ATV trail network may be delayed by the discovery that a portion of the trail crosses an Atlantic salmon habitat protection area, an organizer said Tuesday. |
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Coal power not ready for the history books
Associated Press - Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Utilities across the country are building dozens of old-style coal plants that will cement the industry's standing as the largest industrial source of climate-changing gases for years to come. |
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Maine company says underwater turbine is a success
Associated Press - Wednesday, August 18, 2010
A developer of tidal power is reporting success with its first commercial-sized underwater turbine, putting it on track to have one connected to the power grid by the end of 2011. Ocean Renewable Power Co. describes its proprietary 60-kilowatt turbine generator as the largest ocean energy power plant ever installed in U.S. waters. The unit has met or exceeded specifications for power in testing this year in the waters of eastern Maine, said Chris Sauer, president and CEO. |
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Editorial: Committee should back Littell for PUC post
Portland Press Herald - Wednesday, August 18, 2010
In another political environment, the appointment of David Littell to the Maine Public Utilities Commission would draw little attention. But Littell's appointment is expected to run into opposition when it goes before the Legislature's Utilities Committee on Thursday. One line of attack comes from anti-wind activists, who view any move made by the Baldacci administration in the energy field with suspicion. Another comes from Republican members of the committee who argue that Littell lacks the experience to serve on the commission. Both are unfounded. |
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Opinion: LURC's work on wind power deserves support
Portland Press Herald - Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Each of us served on the Governor's Task Force on Wind Power Development and supported Maine's Wind Energy Act. We share the belief that wind power must be part of Maine's energy future. But we emphatically disagree with Orlando Delogu's conclusion that the Land Use Regulation Commission's treatment of the Kibby No. 2 permit application suggests that Maine's wind law is broken. To the contrary, we believe that LURC's deliberations were entirely consistent with the direction set forth by the task force and by Maine law. |
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Letters: Oil spill and other Gulf disasters
Portland Press Herald - Wednesday, August 18, 2010
As we witness the worst industry-caused environmental catastrophe in our history and the worst coal mining disaster in 40 years, and sweat through the hottest first six months of any year on record, it is clear that there's never been a more urgent time to move forward with a clean energy and climate policy. |
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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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