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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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Biologists discuss shortening deer season
Bangor Daily News - Thursday, March 12, 2009
Lee Kantar, the Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife's lead deer biologist, says in 12 of the state's Wildlife Management Districts, the deer population is above, at or near the DIF&W's short-term population objectives. That leaves 17 more districts where the situation is worse. |
Two-thirds of Sears Island protected from development
Other - Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Working Waterfront - Karin Tilberg of the Governor's office, said, "The legislative committee's approval [of a joint use agreement] enables a balanced resolution regarding the appropriate land uses for Sears Island to move forward. |
State legislators explore IF&W funding options
Sun Journal - Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Three separate proposals for increasing revenue for the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife by means other than fee increases received public hearings before a legislative committee on Tuesday. |
Good Lord! Church goes outside
Morning Sentinel - Wednesday, March 11, 2009
"Mainely Outdoors Ministry," a church in Madison, organizes fishing and camping trips. The goal is to build campsites on the church's land and encourage their use by people who may never otherwise be exposed to the outdoors. |
Walking Papers at Sappi
Morning Sentinel - Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Sappi Fine Paper North America's Somerset Mill last week laid off an undisclosed number of salaried employees, a company official said. Sappi Fine Paper North America reported a $7 million loss for the first quarter of 2009. |
Opinion: New revenue sources proposed for state's critter caretakers
Kennebec Journal - Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Environmental groups led by The Nature Conservancy and the Maine Audubon Society stepped up to suggest a new revenue source for the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. People 16 years of age or older who operate nonmotorized watercraft on inland waters would have to possess a license. |
Towns lead on turbines
Kennebec Journal - Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Town officials are taking the first steps toward powering Fayette Central School and other municipal properties with wind energy. |
Editorial: Politics could stifle much-needed nuclear power
Portland Press Herald - Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Nuclear power can be a safe, cost-effective source of electricity that doesn’t contribute to global warming. But its potential depends on politicians having the courage to make hard choices about waste storage. |
City dweller finds wildlife 'tucked away'
Portland Press Herald - Wednesday, March 11, 2009
On Saco Island, the century-old red brick mill complex dominates the view, along with the smokestack rising above a trash-to-energy plant. A new wind turbine chuffs slowly in the breeze. What Chuck Homler sees in this gentrifying industrial district, though, is a nesting area, a hunting ground and acres of protected shelter for all manner of wildlife. |
Opinion: Can we force Plum Creek accountability?
Bangor Daily News - Wednesday, March 11, 2009
The Land Use Regulation Commission should enforce real independent oversight, and oblige Plum Creek to sign legally binding agreements with serious consequences for breaking them. If decisive action by LURC does not stop Plum Creek’s depredations of Maine’s forests, then Maine communities may need to instigate civil litigation against Plum Creek. |
Editorial: Pesticides and Perceptions
Bangor Daily News - Wednesday, March 11, 2009
A change in attitude, not state law, is needed to ensure that the Board of Pesticides Control fulfills its obligations. |
Town takes ownership of furniture plant
Bangor Daily News - Wednesday, March 11, 2009
The former owners of a well-known furniture plant in Dover-Foxcroft let the taxes on the factory and land lapse so the property would become tax-acquired. John Wentworth, former president of Moosehead Manufacturing, said the owners decided to let the property go because of the poor economy. |
Biomass company property to be sold
Bangor Daily News - Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Property that belongs to a biomass company in Washington County will be auctioned off to satisfy an unpaid mortgage held by Prospect Capital Corp. |
N.B. forestry may be poised for recovery
Bangor Daily News - Wednesday, March 11, 2009
In the past three years, exports of lumber from Atlantic Canada to the United States have decreased by about 70 percent. The forestry industry employs 16,500 New Brunswickers, but it has lost about 7,000 jobs in the last two years. Yet, the CEO of an industry lobby group is optimistic about the future. |
Bill would mandate canoe, kayak licenses
Bangor Daily News - Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Rep. Jane Eberle said she believes many people who don’t hold hunting, fishing or trapping licenses are willing to help pay for wildlife and habitat protection programs run by the state. Others said if DIF&W needs more money it should increase the fees on motorboats, personal watercraft, and other things that have an impact on the environment. |
Opinion: Water utilities oppose LD55, LD238
Times Record - Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Two bills being considered by the Maine Legislature address issues of importance to Maine residents: Who owns the water and who gets to use the water? The Maine Water Utilities Association is very concerned about the impact these bills could have on public water supply operations. |
Editorial: Energy, Jobs Plan
Bangor Daily News - Tuesday, March 10, 2009
A plan developed by the education advocacy group Opportunity Maine would, if approved by the Legislature, create a 10-year comprehensive approach to saving up to 30 percent of nontransportation energy while also launching a new jobs sector. |
Harnessing the wind to power lessons as well as buildings
Capital Weekly - Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Stepping Stones Montessori School has received a grant of more than $98,000 from State Farm Insurance Co. to install two windmills at the school and two at the Capital Area Technical Center's campus. |
Editorial: Dipping our toe offshore
Sun Journal - Tuesday, March 10, 2009
$7.5 million from a bond would support an offshore demonstration site for wind energy, run by the university. That will get Maine's toe in the water. Soon, though, it will be time to jump in. |
State lawmakers support land bonds
Sun Journal - Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Legislators of all shapes, sizes and political persuasions rallied together to support bills that would authorize the state to bond new funds for land conservation during a news conference in the State House on Monday. |
Greendrinks draws on a shared sense of purpose
Portland Press Herald - Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Portland Greendrinks is a monthly social networking event where the environmentally conscious, the community-minded and anyone else who is interested meet for friendly conversation. |
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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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