Federal lawmakers overcome partisan divisions to pass legislation that invests wisely in our outdoors – at a time when we’re ready for family road trips.
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Posted inNation & World
Senate OKs plan to boost conservation, national park maintenance
The bill would spend about $900 million a year on the popular Land and Water Conservation Fund, and another $1.9 billion per year on improvements at national parks, forests, wildlife refuges and rangelands.
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Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Trump rights a wrong by reopening marine monument to fishing
Though Maine vessels don’t routinely fish Seamounts, the process that created the monument raised important issues.
Posted inTimes Record
Phippsburg Land Trust gains 241 acres of protected land
The nonprofit someday hopes to join the two properties and create a walking trail from the north end of Phippsburg to Popham Beach.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Review
When Thoreau went to walk in the Maine Woods
Scholars, conservationists and Penobscot Nation members retrace the famous transcendentalist’s route in this book of essays about his sojourns in the state.
Posted inBusiness, Food, News
Source nominations drawing to a close
The deadline for nominating yourself or somebody else is April 10.
Posted inNorthern Forecaster
Falmouth approves $200K towards land trust purchase, final vote March 23
Town leaders agree the 52-acre parcel of undeveloped forest near the Foreside is ecologically valuable.
Posted inNews
Source Awards nominations are open
We are looking for people, businesses and organizations in your community working to make Maine and the world a greener place.
Posted inNorthern Forecaster
Yarmouth considering a point system for shellfish licenses
Those who earn the most points for conservation projects would go to the head of the line for available commercial licenses.