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March 11, 2010
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Press releases, events, publications released, etc. from Maine environmental organizations and agencies. Submit content.
Wild Poetry, Mar 14
Event - Posted - Saturday, March 06, 2010
A nature writing workshop for ages 8 and older. Leaders: Cheryl Daigle, Penobscot River Restoration Trust, and Holly Twining, naturalist. At Fields Pond Audubon Center, Holden, ME. March 14, 1-3 p.m. Registration fee. |
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American Loggers, Fridays, 10 p.m.
Announcement - Saturday, March 06, 2010
In the far northeastern the U.S. lies a vast primeval back-country known as the North Maine Woods. This breathtaking wilderness constitutes the single largest swath of unprotected forest north of the Mississippi. The men of Pelletier Inc., seven brothers and their sons, lead their crews deep into the Maine wilderness to claw out a living. American Loggers follows this hearty breed, marveling at their stubborn dedication and ingenuity as they tackle the forests of northern Maine. Discovery Channel, Fridays at 10 p.m. |
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Maine Wildlife Appreciation Day, Mar 9
Event - Posted - Friday, March 05, 2010
Gov. John Baldacci has proclaimed March 9, 2010, as Maine Wildlife Appreciation Day. Conservation interests will have exhibits in the Hall of Flags in the State House in Augusta, 9AM - 12 Noon. |
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Pro Wolf Rally, Mar 6
Event - Posted - Friday, March 05, 2010
To protest Cabela's wolf killing derbies. March 6, Noon to 2PM, near Cabela's store in Scarborough, ME. |
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Babson Creek nature walks
Event - Posted - Thursday, March 04, 2010
Maine Coast Heritage Trust is offering a series of late winter/early spring Thursday afternoon nature walks at its Babson Creek Preserve in Somesville. The walks will be from 3 to 4 p.m. on March 11, 18, and 25 and April 1 and 8. |
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Carnivore conservation, Mar 9
Event - Posted - Thursday, March 04, 2010
Fresh from a seven-month journey through British Columbia and Alaska, conservationist Susie O'Keeffe will discuss carnivore conservation. College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, McCormick Lecture Hall, March 9, 4:10 p.m. |
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Fly Fishing Film Tour, Mar 11-12
Event - Posted - Thursday, March 04, 2010
The national Fly Fishing Film Tour is coming to Maine on March 11 and 12 at Frontier Cafe and Cinema in Brunswick. |
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Why Wild Places Need to Stay Wild, Mar 10
Event - Posted - Thursday, March 04, 2010
Panel Discussion with Bernd Heinrich, Robert Kimber, Richard Fectaeu and Meg Gilmartin. Followed by Question and Answer period. March 10 at 7pm, UMaine Farmington, Roberts Room C23. |
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Lurking in the Trees
Event - Posted - Wednesday, March 03, 2010
A documentary about the devastating impact of the invasive Asian Long-horned Beetle. The movie will be shown March 17, 6PM, Lisbon Falls, UMaine Cooperative Extension Office (pre-registration requested); April 15, 6:30 PM, Augusta, Pine Tree State Arboretum; May 20, 6:30 PM, Belfast, Belfast Free Library. |
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Maritime film series set
Event - Posted - Wednesday, March 03, 2010
This month, The Apprenticeshop partners with Maine Boats, Home & Harbors to present In Our Wake: Maine's Maritime Heritage on Film, a series of screenings of historic films in Bucksport and Rockland. |
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The National Parks: The Morning of Creation, Mar 3
Announcement - Tuesday, March 02, 2010
The series finale covers the years 1946-80. Following World War II, the parks see a dramatic increase in visitors, resulting in a billion-dollar campaign to improve facilities and infrastructure. MPBN, March 3, 8PM. |
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Maine Environmental News
Announcement - Sunday, February 28, 2010
Thanks for visiting Maine Environmental News, the most comprehensive online source available for links to Maine conservation news stories and events. 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 our attention a few days after they are published. |
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Winter Tree Identification, Mar 9
Event - Posted - Sunday, February 28, 2010
On March 9 from 12 Noon - 2P M, Morten Moesswilde, District Forester with the Maine Forest Service, will lead a field workshop on tree and shrub identification at Merryspring Nature Center in Camden. |
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Protecting the Nature of Maine, Feb 28
Announcement - Friday, February 26, 2010
A documentary film about the first fifty years of the Natural Resources Council of Maine will be broadcast on MPBN Feb 28 at 10:30PM. |
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Wind Power In Maine Part 1
WABI-TV5 - Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Communities all over Maine are considering wind power as a way to stabilize electrical rates and provide the state with an economic boost. Since the Fox Island Wind Project started running last November, all eyes have been on Vinalhaven. While it's been widely thought of as a success, there have been some issues, mostly concerns about noise. |
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Opinion: Maine's proposed drug disposal bill should be thrown out
Republican Journal - Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Maine lawmakers are debating a bill that would require pharmaceutical companies to retrieve unused prescription drugs from households across the state. The measure is designed to prevent those medicines from ending up in Maine's water supply. Protecting Maine's drinking water is of paramount importance. But the bill won't make Maine's water any cleaner. And it could raise the price of medicines and stifle biopharmaceutical research. |
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Maine seeks to stymie federal law on guns in parks
Associated Press - Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Maine lawmakers are debating whether to override a new federal law that allows guns in national parks. The law took effect Monday but allows states to opt out. Maine, home to the popular Acadia National Park, is believed to be the only state so far considering superseding the new policy. |
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State, Towns Rally Round Stinson Seafood Closing
Ellsworth American - Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Gov. John Baldacci said Tuesday there are two to three parties interested in commercial use of the Stinson Seafood Co. sardine factory, which will close its doors April 18 after nearly a century in business. |
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Editorial: Shifting sands at Popham
Times Record - Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Extensive and continuing erosion has been taking place at Popham Beach State Park in recent years. In that respect, Popham Beach is being true to its nature. But it’s hard to maintain a hands-off perspective and let nature do its thing when the erosion begins to threaten family cottages and other man-made structures. |
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Tentative deal keeps Fraser from closing
Bangor Daily News - Wednesday, February 24, 2010
About 27 hours of talks and an appearance in a Canadian bankruptcy court led to Fraser Papers and one of Canada’s largest unions making a tentative deal Wednesday to keep Fraser from having to close its paper mills in Madawaska, Maine, and Edmundston, New Brunswick. |
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Group hopes to break impasse on conservation of whales
Portland Press Herald - Tuesday, February 23, 2010
An ad-hoc group within the International Whaling Commission suggested Monday that the commission condone commercial whaling for the first time in nearly 30 years in exchange for reducing the number of whales killed each year. Environmentalists were quick to condemn the draft plan as opening the door to official whaling. |
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Chewonki plots Arctic cruise
Times Record - Tuesday, February 23, 2010
With the introduction of an Arctic cruise in conjunction with Cruise North Expeditions, the Wiscasset-based Chewonki Foundation is taking another step into the “eco-tourism” world. |
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Grant to fund 'green' training for contractors
Times Record - Tuesday, February 23, 2010
The city of Bath and nine partner communities were awarded a $500,000 grant Friday to launch a “green” workforce training program and make area municipal buildings more energy efficient. |
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Letter: No new nukes!
Times Record - Tuesday, February 23, 2010
While we try to clean up other environmental threats, I believe the health effects of nuclear power’s emissions into air and water have deliberately been kept quiet — especially, cancer and birth defects. |
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New federal rule on seasonal work could imperil state’s apple industry
Bangor Daily News - Tuesday, February 23, 2010
A new U.S. Department of Labor rule concerning temporary agricultural workers could have an adverse impact on Maine’s apple industry. The H-2A program rule which will take effect March 15 requires growers to advertise locally for agricultural positions and increases wages for temporary agricultural workers to $10.50 an hour. The new rule will not affect wreath makers or potato or blueberry harvesters. |
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Opinion: Saltwater fishing license ... the facts
Bar Harbor Times - Tuesday, February 23, 2010
I still believe we should be able to saltwater fish anywhere for free. But this changed in 2007 when the Magnuson-Stevens Act required all states to institute the "National Saltwater Angler Registry." It is absolutely clear that people who fish in the ocean must be registered with the federal government. That can be accomplished with a state-issued credential or with a federal one. The best option for Maine is to create its own registry. We will be in compliance with the federal requirements, we will ensure that Maine is in charge of the details, and we will get to keep our own money! |
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Opinion: Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Projects Report
George Smith Blog - Tuesday, February 23, 2010
For more than a decade, SAMs Fishing Initiative Committee and the Fisheries Division at the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife have been at war over fishing issues. Amazing things that can be achieved when state agencies and interest groups set aside differences to work together for their shared constituencies. |
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‘Loggers’ family restaurant nears opening
Bangor Daily News - Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Starting next month, Pelletier Loggers Family Restaurant Bar and Grill will be serving American fare at the luxuriantly remodeled former Downtown Restaurant. Family patriarch Eldon Pelletier estimated that the family spent close to $1 million on the project. Like the TV show, the restaurant will help make Millinocket a nationwide draw. The second season of “American Loggers” debuted Friday. It will move away from the dangers inherent in logging to concentrate more on the family dynamics and the challenge of maintaining sustainable forestry within Maine. |
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Landfill gas would heat UM
Bangor Daily News - Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Old Town, in partnership with Casella Waste Management and the University of Maine, has requested $3 million in federal stimulus funding to construct a 6-mile gas pipeline connecting the Juniper Ridge Landfill with the steam plant at UMaine, which supplies heat to much of the Orono campus. |
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Editorial: Cooperative Electricity
Bangor Daily News - Tuesday, February 23, 2010
While big debates on the future of electricity in, around and through Maine continue, an important energy story has remained largely untold. Eastern Maine Electric Cooperative, which provides electricity to 12,600 customers in a 3,000-square-mile region in parts of Penobscot, Aroostook and Washington counties along the Canadian border, recently announced that it had lowered customer bills by 10 percent. The utility is owned by ratepayers, and the company is run as a nonprofit. |
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Eco-philanthropists to the rescue of wildlife?
Christian Science Monitor - Monday, February 22, 2010
Kristine McDivitt Tompkins and her husband, Doug Tompkins, former outdoor clothing magnates, lead a movement of like-minded monied conservationists – eco-barons who, instead of waiting for the world to grow an environmental consciousness, are purchasing land with their own money and protecting it themselves. They generally donate tracts as new national parks or preserves. Among others, there is Roxanne Quimby, the former owner of Burt's Bees products who has been buying up land in Maine's Great North Woods to create a national park. |
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Spud specialist
Mainebiz - Monday, February 22, 2010
The Maine Potato Board at the end of 2009 selected Gregg Garrison as young farmer of the year after being impressed by how he ran his family’s operation. |
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Editorial: Restoring Montsweag Brook
Times Record - Monday, February 22, 2010
What a great opportunity the Chewonki Foundation is providing its students, campers and local schools, with its decision to remove a dam installed on lower Montsweag Brook in Woolwich and Wiscasset in 1968. Chewonki President Donald Hudson foresees the dam’s removal as an opportunity “to integrate a real-time ecosystem restoration project with environmental education and hands-on learning.” |
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Popham erosion worries deepen
Times Record - Monday, February 22, 2010
At Popham Beach State Park, more than two years of natural erosion has claimed an ever-increasing stretch of waterfront landscape, taking with it grills, picnic tables and trees. The erosion now threatens a newly installed bathroom structure and its associated septic system. Causing the erosion is a rare migration of the Morse River, which has been redirected toward the beach by a buildup of sand at the mouth of the river. |
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Opinion: Don’t make promises
Capital Weekly - Monday, February 22, 2010
Waterville Mayor Paul LePage has done something no other serious contender for the GOP gubernatorial nomination has dared. LePage has released a detailed plan to reform Maine’s tax structure....Put up “for sale” signs outside...Baxter State Park (Plum Creek is already on the line). |
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Are cosmetics dangerous?
Capital Weekly - Monday, February 22, 2010
A group of women gathered Feb. 21 outside the Waterville Post Office to send their personal care products to be tested at an environmental health laboratory. They came together because of a shared concern around the safety of their everyday personal care products. Some toxins commonplace in consumer goods are linked to women’s reproductive health concerns, including early puberty, impaired fertility or infertility, ovarian and uterine abnormalities and breast cancer. |
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Letter: Save the mountains
Lewiston Sun Journal - Monday, February 22, 2010
Highland Plantation is targeted for a grid-scale, 48-turbine, wind energy development. I beg the public to help the communities surrounding Highland Plantation save their mountains and their way of life. |
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PUC funds boost energy projects
Kennebec Journal - Monday, February 22, 2010
Winthrop will heat its high school with solar panels, Oakland wants to build a small wind turbine at its transfer station, and Madison will get solar-lit stop signs for a dangerous intersection. Area towns are getting creative about becoming more energy-efficient -- and reaping the benefits of federal stimulus funds recently handed down by the Maine Public Utilities Commission. |
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Women push for regulation of cosmetic chemicals
Morning Sentinel - Monday, February 22, 2010
On Sunday, the group of women from Colby and Unity colleges, Waterville Senior High School, Maine Women's Lobby, and Hardy Girls, Healthy Women, mailed hairspray, lipstick, body wash, shampoo, conditioner and hair color to an environmental testing laboratory. They said some toxins in common products are linked to women's reproductive health problems. "The EU has banned more than 1,000 ingredients from cosmetics, while the U.S. has banned only 10." |
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Natural Resources Council of Maine
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A Vision for the North Woods | | The long-simmering debate over the future of Maine's northern woodlands is about to move back to the... | | 3/9/2010 12:00:00 AM |
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