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Brad Burns of Falmouth angles for return of striper abundance
A passionate fisherman, he leads Stripers Forever, a conservation group that pushes to end commercial fishing of striped bass.
Schools get poor grade for effort to minimize amount of trash
Hand dryers, washable or compostable food trays and recycling paper would be good first steps.
Author Elizabeth Hand goes to dark places
How climate change informs a writer’s life
Another View: Columnist Dill ignores dangers of consuming processed foods
Real cereal, not the artificially colored sugary kind, is good for you and for the planet. We should eat that.
A look back at when the Kennebec River crested – and a look ahead
With climate conditions changing, experts can’t say when the next great flood will happen – only that it will.
Somerset County’s Big Six forest faces a big financial deadline
A private landowner wants big money in easements to not cut the maple trees down.
Unity preschool program emphasizes importance of the outdoors
Educators borrow from a model started in Alna that found nature can benefit child development.
Oysters can truly help save the planet, if we would only let them
Polluted waters are not a distant problem. Miles of Maine’s coastline are also closed to shellfish harvesting.
Maine House approves strict mining rules
The margin of victory suggests the bill could have enough support to override a potential veto by Gov. Paul LePage.