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Maine’s Once Abundant Kelp Forests Face an Array of Growing Threats
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (925+ words) Our nonprofit newsroom delivers the most comprehensive, eye-opening and influential climate coverage in the nation, and more of it than anyone else. We call power holders to account for their actions, put facts front and center and stand up to…...
Maine’s annual loon count indicates the population is healthy and stable
9+ mon, 3+ day ago (258+ words) Since 1983, Mainers have fanned out across lakes and ponds across the state on the third Saturday in July to help count the Common Loon. The results from this summer’s 42nd annual loon tally are in, and Tracy Hart, a wildlife ecologist…...
Wood banks in Maine are increasing in number; so is the need for heat
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (822+ words) Wood banks — which provide firewood to people in need at no charge — have officially existed in Maine for almost two decades. They're increasing in number, due in part to the rising cost of living, and cuts to government support programs....
Winter temperatures soaring in Maine
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (179+ words) Presque Isle has some of the fastest warming winters in the country according to a new analysis from research group Climate Central. Shel Winkley, a meteorologist with the group says average winter temperatures in the Northern Maine city have risen…...
Dead raccoons and dry wells: the alarming toll of Maine’s drought - The Boston Globe
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (310+ words) Caitlin Shetterly’s new novel, “The Gulf of Lions,” will be published in May. In the early fall, migrating birds crowded into a makeshift birdbath I set up with a pan of water and a few rocks for perches on top…...
Maine wildlife officials expand ‘Do Not Eat’ advisory
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (131+ words) MAINE (WMTW) - The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife expanded a “Do Not Eat” wildlife consumption advisory. It covers deer and turkeys harvested in parts of central Maine. The new map now covers: Wildlife in those communities have tested…...
Maine's heating oil use hits new low
11+ mon, 1+ week ago (297+ words) Households that rely on heating oil to keep warm in the winter dropped to its lowest level in decades last year, a decline state energy officials partially credit to the rapid adoption of electric heat pumps. Maine is still the…...
What do ever-hotter summers mean for Maine's economy?
11+ mon, 2+ week ago (1754+ words) PORTLAND — As the temperatures pushed 80 degrees at a job site in the West End early this month, about a dozen workers pulled ice pops out of a cooler. Some tore off the plastic edges with their teeth. Others sliced them…...