3+ mon, 3+ day ago   (505+ words) Bob Hamblen lives in Saco. While polling consistently shows that national parks and monuments, national forests and wildlife refuges are broadly supported by majorities in both primary political parties in the U.S., curiously, the Republican majorities in both the U.S. Senate and…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (260+ words) The May 26 op-ed written by Will Coggin (“A California law is hurting Maine farms and consumers. Congress can fix it.”), research director at the Center for the Environment and Welfare, offered support for the 2026 Farm Bill that strips enforcement of…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (22+ words) Mainers must call on our elected leaders and remind them that protecting America’s public lands will make our country great....

8+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1686+ words) Winter in Maine may be long, dark and cold, but it is also one of the most rewarding seasons for birdwatching. Across the state, from coastal towns like Portland and Boothbay to interior communities such as Farmington and Jay, cold-weather…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (659+ words) Maine recently released its once-a-decade blueprint for protecting and managing native animalsand plants, ranging from the smallest cobblestone tiger beetles to beloved giants like moose to top-tier predators like white sharks. “Maine’s most vulnerable wildlife are at the crossroads,” said…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago   (455+ words) Cindy Lowry is a Maine-based environmental advocate with more than two decades of experience protecting marine wildlife, including work on high-profile whale rescue efforts and national conservation campaigns. Over the coming months, North Atlantic right whales will begin their migration…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago   (735+ words) An environmental advocacy group is suing the federal government to force regulators to decide if the American horseshoe crab, facing steep population declines and demand for its blood from the biomedical industry, should be protected under the Endangered Species Act....

8+ mon, 1+ week ago   (547+ words) Several off-course tropical birds — what are known as vagrants in the ornithology world — ended up in New England over the holidays. Three purple gallinules, a species native to the Caribbean, the southern United States and parts of South America, were…...

9+ mon, 4+ day ago   (300+ words) Forty-two acres of woods and wetlands in Falmouth near Highland Lake are on track to be preserved. On Monday, the Falmouth Town Council unanimously authorized the town to allocate $192,000 toward the Falmouth Land Trust’s acquisition of a parcel off Babbidge…...