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Maine’s disappearing kelp forests are changing the reef microbiome itself
1+ week, 3+ day ago (871+ words) Kelp forest loss leaves Maine reefs with sun-powered microbes and a reworked water chemistry, raising questions about coastal carbon. Kelp grows in stands tall enough to swim through. Along much of the Maine coast, those stands are giving way to…...
Virginia restored 12,000 acres of seagrass. Can Maine also stem the decline?
3+ week, 2+ day ago (649+ words) Maine’s seagrass meadows are shrinking and thinning. And this isn’t the only place where seagrass is declining. These underwater meadows off Maine’s coast are part of a global, decades-long pattern of loss believed to be driven by development and human…...
Inside the race to save Maine's old growth forests
3+ week, 3+ day ago (107+ words) Maine is the most heavily forested state in the country. And so-called old growth forests there are home to some of the rarest wooded landscapes that provide habitat for unique species and trap... Maine is the most heavily forested state…...
Maine plans to use herbicide against invasive water plants
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (446+ words) The Maine Department of Environmental Protection plans to use herbicides to kill invasive variable leaf milfoil infestations on three Maine lakes this summer. The agency is seeking new permits to apply chemicals in Messalonskee, Little Sebago and Androscoggin lakes, according…...
Volunteers needed to help keep banned PFAS products off Maine shelves
4+ mon, 4+ day ago (184+ words) MAINE, USA — In January, Maine was among the first states to ban everyday products that contain toxic PFAS chemicals. Thousands of items, such as children's toys and cookware, have been taken off store shelves and are no longer available online....
Maine's Fish and Wildlife Commissioner will move on to be president of Maine Audubon
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (319+ words) Maine Public Maine's Fish and Wildlife Commissioner will move on to be president of Maine Audubon Maine's Fish and Wildlife Commissioner, Judy Camuso, will be the next president of Maine Audubon. Camuso said the coming end of Janet Mills term…...
Maine is tightening limits on ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water. Are communities ready?
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (1347+ words) Nearly four dozen water systems that provide drinking water across Maine would be at risk of violating new limits on “forever chemicals” if the state began enforcing updated rules on the toxic substances today, showing how much work they have…...
Maine makes a high-stakes bet to protect its waterways
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (1063+ words) DAMARISCOTTA — On a brisk April afternoon at Salt Bay Farm, Jared Gregory gripped a thumb-thick length of dormant willow and drove it into thawing marshland with three quick strikes of a mallet. “Huzzah!” Gregory, a district forester with the Maine…...
In win for Penobscot Nation, Maine judge blocks expansion of Juniper Ridge Landfill
8+ mon, 3+ day ago (298+ words) A Maine superior court judge blocked the expansion of Maine’s largest landfill on Friday, siding with the Penobscot Nation and Boston-based environmental group Conservation Law Foundation. Penobscot County Superior Court Judge Bruce Mallonee ruled against the Department of Environmental Protection,…...
Coastal Rivers to host hands-on shoreline restoration workshop with Maine Forest Service
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (323+ words) Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust, in partnership with the Maine Forest Service and Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District, will host a hands-on live-staking workshop from 1-3 p.m. Thursday, April 9, at Coastal Rivers’ Salt Bay Farm in Damariscotta. Live staking is a natural, low-cost…...