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February 6, 2012
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Press releases, events, publications released, etc. from Maine environmental organizations and agencies. Submit content.
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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Editorial: Plan for Sears Island cargo port deserves to move ahead quickly
Portland Press Herald - Sunday, March 08, 2009
Some environmental groups wanted the entire island preserved with either no development allowed, or have it limited to recreational and tourist-related activities. This project has been studied long enough. It's time to move forward with a plan that will provide jobs and business growth to a part of Maine that needs it badly. |
CBD on White Mountain NF roadless area destruction
Other - Sunday, March 08, 2009
An appeal by conservationists of logging in the Kilkenny Inventoried Roadless Area in the White Mountain National Forest has been denied. Other timber sales have been underway since last fall. The Forest Service denied appeals of those projects saying that logging would have no significant impact on the roadless areas. |
Opinion: Ending enclosed hunting 'awful idea'
Sun Journal - Sunday, March 08, 2009
The animals rights activists keep nipping away incrementally at Maine's hunting heritage. The latest foray against the rights of Maine hunters is "An Act to Ban Hunting of Animals in Enclosed Areas." |
Maine politicos seeing green
Sun Journal - Saturday, March 07, 2009
Despite the economic doom and gloom, Maine's political leaders are excited about the state's ability to establish itself in the emerging "green" industry. |
Spring approaching each day
Morning Sentinel - Saturday, March 07, 2009
March begins like winter and surely ends with flocks of Canada geese streaming north, woodcock showing up and a jillion other sights, sounds and smells to show us that winter will soon be a memory. |
Another harsh winter wreaking havoc
Morning Sentinel - Saturday, March 07, 2009
As spring approaches despite winter continuing to pile up around us in the form of snow -- there isn't a lot that's promising when it comes to Maine's deer herd. |
Forum addresses power alternatives
Morning Sentinel - Saturday, March 07, 2009
Professionals and amateurs shared the fun, challenges, and the pride of generating their power at the "Power Now: Energy Solutions for Farms, Homes and Small Businesses" forum at the University of Maine at Farmington on Thursday. |
Opinion: Climate debate has two sides
Portland Press Herald - Saturday, March 07, 2009
Misinformation and lack of information are fostering an atmosphere in which Al Gore and Jonathan Carter can promote very dangerous and destructive projects. |
Letter: Harrison Richardson made great contributions to Maine
Portland Press Herald - Saturday, March 07, 2009
Maine is a better place for the life and work of Maine's own give-'em-hell Harry, whose legacy is protection for Maine's spectacular natural areas, the landscapes that are our children's inheritance. |
Mainers set to honor life of true environmentalist
Portland Press Herald - Saturday, March 07, 2009
Harrison Richardson had a big presence that commanded attention and respect wherever he went. And that might help explain why he left such large footprints on Maine's landmark environmental policies. |
Raffle to feature Hennessey painting
Bangor Daily News - Saturday, March 07, 2009
Visitors to the Eastern Maine Sportsman’s Show will have the chance to win a Tom Hennessey painting and other valuable prizes in a cooperative raffle that will benefit the Penobscot River Restoration Project. |
Cleanup plan targets stream off BIA
Bangor Daily News - Saturday, March 07, 2009
Bangor, in conjunction with the airport, Maine Air National Guard base and numerous other stakeholders, is in the process of implementing a comprehensive watershed management plan designed to improve water quality in Birch Stream. |
Cruise ship visit to Rockland canceled
Bangor Daily News - Saturday, March 07, 2009
Due to new federal regulations intended to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales by making large ships slow down, the 1,950-passenger Grandeur of the Seas evidently has scratched Rockland from its June port-of-call list. |
Alternative energy conference set for Bangor
Bangor Daily News - Saturday, March 07, 2009
Three of Canada’s alternative energy developers will participate in the Alternative Energy Technologies in Canada Conference to be held Wednesday, March 18, in Bangor. |
Service set for Maine environmental pioneer
Associated Press - Saturday, March 07, 2009
Friends, family and admirers will gather Sunday in Portland for a memorial service for environmental pioneer Harrison Richardson. |
Panel explores feasibility of ocean wind power
Bangor Daily News - Saturday, March 07, 2009
Harnessing the ocean’s winds and currents to create energy could bring jobs and wealth to Maine, but it also could stir up problems with the marine ecosystem. |
LURC accepting comments on Plum Creek draft plan
Bangor Daily News - Saturday, March 07, 2009
The public has one more opportunity to weigh in on Plum Creek’s historic development plan for the Moosehead Lake region before state regulators take a final vote on the controversial proposal. The Land Use Regulation Commission is accepting comments through April 3 on the language of the draft concept plan. |
Domtar to idle Maine mill, 300 jobs at stake
Bangor Daily News - Friday, March 06, 2009
Domtar Corp. is closing an eastern Maine pulp mill indefinitely because of the poor global economy, putting about 300 people out of work. The mill is Washington County's largest employer. |
A Remarkable Inheritance
Other - Friday, March 06, 2009
A.T. Journeys, Mar/Apr 2009 - The six-episode PBS documentary series "The National Parks: America’s Best Idea" begins airing this fall. |
Heat needed to save bats, biologists say
Associated Press - Friday, March 06, 2009
Bats afflicted with a mysterious and deadly disorder might be able to make it through winter with the help of heated boxes placed in hibernation caves, a pair of researchers say. |
Maine earmarks
Sun Journal - Friday, March 06, 2009
$750,000 for Acadia National Park, $951,500 to develop tidal power, $475,000 for clean fuel buses in Portland, etc. |
Study: Maine power line project would create jobs
Sun Journal - Friday, March 06, 2009
the project can't proceed without approvals from the PUC, Maine Department of Environmental Protection, Army Corps of Engineers and 78 towns. At least one counterproposal would scrap the upgrade altogether. A Portland-based energy company has proposed using local solar arrays to shore up electricity supply on high-demand days. |
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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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Maine Organic Farmers and
Gardeners Association
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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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