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May 29, 2012
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Press releases, events, publications released, etc. from Maine environmental organizations and agencies. Submit content.
Sustainable Orono, June 5
Event - Posted - Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Join in a conversation with the founders of Sustainable Orono to find out how they are exploring what sustainability requires for their town and surrounding areas. Learn why transition towns and transition initiatives believe that re-localization is essential for a sustainable future. At Fields Pond Audubon Center, Holden, June 5, 7-8 pm. |
Butterflies of the Kennebunk Plains, June 6
Event - Posted - Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Expert entomologist Paul Miliotis will guide visitors through the diverse ecosystems of the Kennebunk Plains. In addition to learning to identify species through binoculars, you will learn about the important ecological functions butterflies provide. June 6, 8 am - 1 pm. Maine Audubon members $30, non-members $40. Pre-register. |
Maine Environmental News
Announcement - Tuesday, May 29, 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 links to more than 18,000 news articles and announcements. I also post breaking stories and exclusives. Be sure to check not only today's news, 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 |
Scarborough Marsh Full Moon Canoe Tour, June 3
Event - Posted - Friday, May 25, 2012
Experience the sights and sounds of Scarborough Marsh creatures under the full moon. June 3, 7:30–9:30 pm. Maine Audubon adult members $11, child members $9, adult non-members $12, child non-members $10. Pre-register. |
The Hidden Life of Appleton Bog, June 2
Event - Posted - Friday, May 25, 2012
Appleton Bog is part of a complex group of wetlands that make up the headwaters of the St. George River. Guides Gary Roberts and George Libby lead an exploration of this incredible place, home to many unique species of plants and wildlife. Jun 2, 7 am – 3 pm. Maine Audubon members $35, non-members $45. |
Maine's Favorite Birds, June 2
Event - Posted - Friday, May 25, 2012
Jeff and Allison Wells will sign their new book and share stories, like the one about birding in sub-zero temperatures in a VW Bug with no heat, about their role in the search for Ivory-billed Woodpeckers amidst poisonous snakes, about the Cornell Lab's failed attempt to employ a "secret weapon" in the World Series of Birding, and more. At Wild Bird Supply, Freeport, June 2, 4-6 pm. |
National Trails Day at Acadia, June 2
Event - Posted - Friday, May 25, 2012
Discover, enjoy, and care for Acadia National Park's magnificent 125-mile trail system, accompanied by park trail crew and interpretive staff members. |
Compost art
Announcement - Friday, May 25, 2012
The exhibit Compost Paintings: The Cycle of Life by artist Ed Nadeau opens June 1, with a reception from 5:30 to 8 pm at Maine Farmland Trust Gallery in Belfast. |
Moonlight Canoeing, May 31
Event - Posted - Friday, May 25, 2012
Float along the shore of Fields Pond, as waning day becomes moonlit night. Loons, eagles, and bats may grace your trip. Bring your own canoe/kayak or rent one of ours. At Fields Pond Audubon Center, Holden, May 31, 7 pm. |
A Birder's Guide To Photography, May 30
Event - Posted - Friday, May 25, 2012
For the birder that wants to take photos while still watching birds there are three main choices: a super zoom camera, a digital SLR with a medium length telephoto lens (300-400mm) that can be used without a tripod, or digiscoping. We will discuss the advantages and drawbacks of each and look at photos taken with each type of camera. At Wild Bird Supply, Freeport, May 30, 6:30-7:30 pm. |
The State of Maine’s Common Loons, May 29
Event - Posted - Friday, May 25, 2012
Maine Audubon wildlife biologist Susan Gallo will lead a presentation on Maine loons. At Merryspring Nature Center, Camden, May 29, 12–1:30 pm. |
The role of EPA’s IRIS program, May 29
Event - Posted - Friday, May 25, 2012
Keith Salazar, an Environmental Protection Agency biologist, will be speaking about the history of the agency and its Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) Program. At College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, May 29, 4-5:30 pm. |
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Probe reveals Monsanto's role in seed business
Associated Press - Monday, December 14, 2009
Confidential contracts detailing Monsanto Co.'s business practices reveal how the world's biggest seed developer is squeezing competitors, controlling smaller seed companies and protecting its dominance over the multibillion-dollar market for genetically altered crops, an Associated Press investigation has found. |
Opinion: Column on Climategate based on stolen e-mails and denial
Portland Press Herald - Monday, December 14, 2009
In his column, "What's 'Climategate' all about? Here's a primer," on Dec. 4, M.D. Harmon spins a fanciful tale about a potential grand conspiracy by scientists at the Climate Research Unit that allegedly threatens the very credibility of all of climate science. Wise people buy insurance instead of going into denial. |
Maine ocean wind demo sites to be named
Associated Press - Monday, December 14, 2009
Final choices for up to four offshore wind power demonstration sites off Maine's coast will be announced this week. |
Fraser Strives to Survive as Smaller, Specialty Company
Maine Public Broadcasting Network - Monday, December 14, 2009
In Madawaska, the paper mill is up for sale, as part of owner Fraser Papers' plan to get out of bankruptcy. But and if the sale goes through, the ownership may not look any different because Fraser, working with its creditors, is making a bid to start a smaller, specialized company with a new name using some of Frasers' more lucrative assets, including the Madawaska mill. |
Letter: Where were the stories about Climategate?
Portland Press Herald - Sunday, December 13, 2009
No. 1: The newspaper is expected to print the news, and that means even the news that doesn't support a particular ideology. No. 2: The existence and/or cause of "global climate change" (which used to be called global warming but they had to change the name because there hasn't been any global warming in 10 years) is not settled science! |
Editorial: New fishing plan isn't perfect, but it's better
Portland Press Herald - Sunday, December 13, 2009
The old days of groundfishing in Maine will never be back. But the new day that is coming can still see a healthy industry in place, if wisdom and not nostalgia is allowed to prevail. Voluntary 'catch share' rules for groundfish aim first to preserve stocks – as they should. |
Wind power loses punch in southern part of state
Portland Press Herald - Sunday, December 13, 2009
Habib Dagher, director of UMaine's Advanced Structures and Composites Center, says wind power could be a great source of energy for Maine, but it works best on top of hills in rural areas, where there are few obstructions or, even better, out at sea, where there are no buildings or trees to block, slow or redirect the wind. |
Freeport man honored for conservation
Portland Press Herald - Sunday, December 13, 2009
Dick Anderson received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Coastal Conservation Association-Maine on Dec. 7 for more than 50 years of conservation work that has had an impact on the health of Maine's marine resources. |
Solution for nuisance deer? Hunters your best bet
Portland Press Herald - Sunday, December 13, 2009
Maine's deer population has always experienced periods of boom and bust. It was not until very recently that it experienced anything close to nuisance levels. Regulated hunting is the most effective long-term solution to controlling deer populations. While there are a number of ways to protect landscaping from hungry deer, the best remains a bullet or a bow and arrow. |
Wolfe's Neck's ranger for all seasons
Portland Press Herald - Sunday, December 13, 2009
Andy Hutchinson has been the ranger at Wolfe's Neck Woods State Park in Freeport for 25 years and has seen nature programs there increase. For four years, the nature programs that are offered every day in the summer have been offered in the winter at the park, which is state-owned but has a special endowment to provide nature programs. Hutchinson said the programs draw as many as 30 per walk in the winter. |
A tip of the hat to Leon L.
Kennebec Journal - Sunday, December 13, 2009
Customers claim that today, L.L. Bean puts less emphasis on pure blood sports, ignoring a salient point. In 2009, the hunting-and-fishing departments measure larger than the entire salesroom did in the 1960s and into the 1970s. Now L.L. Bean even sells firearms – not so in the first 70 years of its existence. |
Life after the mill
Sun Journal - Sunday, December 13, 2009
More than a year after Wausau laid off 207 workers, half are still looking for jobs; half have new careers, are in college or have retired. |
Tens of thousands protest at climate deliberations
Washington Post - Sunday, December 13, 2009
Tens of thousands of protesters marched through the streets here Saturday, demanding bolder action on climate issues from the international negotiators who remain divided over how to reconcile differences between industrialized nations and major developing countries. |
Collins’ bill offers carbon cuts, consumer benefits
Associated Press - Saturday, December 12, 2009
Two senators, including Susan Collins of Maine, on Friday offered yet another approach to tackling climate change, proposing that the government sell pollution allowances to industry to cut greenhouse gas emissions, then use most of the money to send tax-free monthly checks to every American. The “dividend” checks, estimated to average about $100 a month over nearly two decades, would be aimed at offsetting the higher cost of energy. |
Millinocket prepares bridge, hiking trail
Bangor Daily News - Saturday, December 12, 2009
Separate efforts to build a multiuse recreational bridge over the Penobscot River and a $625,000 walking and biking trail along Millinocket Stream are progressing nicely. |
Another hunter heard from
Bangor Daily News - Saturday, December 12, 2009
“Since 1942 I have watched the deer herds from below Greenville to Allagash," writes John O. Leathers of Brownville Junction. “I don’t feel that the deer and now the moose got into trouble until the tree harvesters came into common use. There are very few deer yards left to help the deer survive the winter." Leathers says that the decline of the northern Maine deer herd would lead to financial repercussions in the coming years. |
As snowmobile season begins, officials urge caution on trails
Bangor Daily News - Saturday, December 12, 2009
With more than 2,300 miles of public-access snowmobile trails in Aroostook County, once groomers are out there, snowmobilers have plenty to explore. Until that happens, however, officials urge riders to exercise restraint and common sense. |
Letter: Farm Bureau opposes low-level Condor flights
Kennebec Journal - Saturday, December 12, 2009
The bureau is extremely concerned what the loud sonic boom and visual approaches of the low flights of these jets will do to the livestock and livestock industry. |
Letter: Climate discussion should include menus
Portland Press Herald - Saturday, December 12, 2009
The chief greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide, is emitted by burning forests to create animal pastures and by combustion of fossil fuels to operate feed crop, factory farm, and slaughterhouse machinery, trucks and refrigeration equipment. The much more damaging methane and nitrous oxide are discharged from digestive tracts of cattle and from animal waste cesspools, respectively. Each of us can help reduce global warming three times a day. |
Plum Creek paid legal fees of supporters
Portland Press Herald - Friday, December 11, 2009
Plum Creek Timber Co. paid tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees for groups that supported its development plan in the Moosehead Lake region. The company also paid about $1.7 million to the Maine Land Use Regulation Commission to cover costs of the four-year review that ended with final approval of the plan. Jym St. Pierre, a former planner for the commission, said the payments could become an issue in the appeal, or in the Legislature. "It definitely raises legal questions because it sets a precedent. If you've got deep enough pockets to buy support, you can manipulate the process," he said. |
Paper mill buildings gone, but history remains
Capital Weekly - Friday, December 11, 2009
The riverfront site of Kennebec Pulp and Paper Co., Hudson Pulp and Paper Co., Statler Tissue Corp., Tree-Free Fiber Co., and American Tissue Co. is barren, essentially completely demolished and waiting for a new use. For about a century, hundreds of workers toiled at these paper companies, first turning logs that were floated down the Kennebec River into paper; then using recycled paper to make tissue paper. |
Wind project to get airing
Kennebec Journal - Friday, December 11, 2009
The Land Use Regulation Commission will hold a public hearing on Dec. 16 in Augusta on TransCanada's petition to expand the state's "expedited wind energy permitting area" by adding 631 acres in Chain of Ponds Township. A second hearing will be held March 17, 2010, in Carrabassett Valley. Written comments may be submitted until March 29, 2010. In an expedited permitting area, wind energy development is an allowed use with no subdistrict rezoning required. |
Senators propose new approach to climate issue
Associated Press - Friday, December 11, 2009
A bill introduced Friday by Sen. Maria Cantwell of (D-WA) and Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) is an alternative to a more complex cap-and-trade climate proposal already before the Senate and approved by the House. They said the approach is a simpler way to reduce carbon pollution and boost clean energy alternatives. It is designed to cut emissions by 20% by 2020 and about 80% by mid-century. |
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