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Concerned that the insect is spreading Down East, the Maine Forest Service (MFS) staff will look for evidence of hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA) on roadside hemlock trees particularly in the villages of Pretty Marsh and Seal Harbor, in the town of Mount Desert, according to MFS officials.
We urge you to visit the Foundation’s new website by clicking here. A camera has been placed in a bear den in northern Maine, providing 24/7 streaming of one of our radio collared bears, “Lugnut” who birthed two cubs on January 16. This is the first time a live streaming video has been placed in a wild Maine Black Bear den.
Following the recommendations of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Commissioner Chandler Woodcock, the Crystal Lake Ice Fishing Derby Board of Directors has decided to postpone the Crystal Lake Ice Fishing Derby and Kid’s Derby on Saturday January 28, 2012 to the date of Saturday, February 25, 2012. The event is postponed due to concerns for the public’s safety regarding ice conditions.
There is a strong pull to get into nature, especially wild settings. Researchers speak of “wilderness rapture” or “transcendence” in which feelings such as awe, wonder, humility, connection to nature, absorption in the moment, and a sense of timelessness prevail.
Most of the grant money from the U.S. Forest Service Forest Legacy Program (FLP) – a sum of $7 million — will allow the MDOC to purchase 11,800 acres on Crocker Mountain in the town of Carrabasset Valley. The lands are part of an existing working forest owned by Plum Creek, and include, in addition to working timberlands, important ecological and recreational features, including a segment of the Appalachian Trail…..
WINDFALL, Laura Israel’s richly photographed feature-length film, documents how this proposal brutally divides the people of Meredith as they fight over the future of their community. Attracted at first to the financial incentives that would seemingly boost their dying economy, many residents grow alarmed once they discover that the 400-foot high windmills slated for Meredith may bring side effects they never dreamed of.
Members of a broad coalition of conservation and planning groups are raising concerns about reforms proposed for the Land Use Regulation Commission (LURC) and how those reforms are being addressed in the Legislature. Maine’s legendary North Woods – the anchor of our forest products and tourism economies and our natural outdoors heritage – stands to pay a high price.
The results of the survey team’s first statewide measurement, conducted Jan. 3-4, can be described in one word, according to Robert Johnston, Maine Geological Survey (MGS) senior geologist, who this week compiled the data. “Sparse,” Johnston said about the amount of the snow.
Ash-tree owners from central Maine, who earlier this year created tree traps to look for emerald ash borer (EAB), will bring wood samples to the workshops to be peeled by volunteers and examined for signs of the dangerous insect, said Colleen Teerling, Maine Forest Service entomologist. “We’re going to work with them to peel the tree bolts,” Teerling said. “We’ll teach them to do it properly and how to search for emerald ash borer.”
The Friends of the Cobbossee Watershed ‘s 6th annual Winter Nature Day Camp will be held during February school vacation week at the Cram’s Point School on Cobbossee Lake in West Gardiner. Two 2-day camp sessions will be offered – February 20-21 & 22-23, 2012. Both sessions, open to children in grades 3-5, will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day, and will include a mixture of indoor and outdoor activities including snowshoeing, winter tracking, and games.
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NOTE: From being out this morning, I found that some roads were ice covered in Gardiner local areas! Be Sure to Read Entire Message if Traveling. …LIGHT WINTRY MIX WILL [...]
Four easy and fun First Day Hikes, led by park staff at four different Maine State Parks, will take place on Sunday, Jan. 1. All the hikes are free. In fact, no admission will be charged at any open Maine state park on New Year’s Day. At the Wolfe’s Neck hike, L.L. Bean will be providing free snowshoes for hikers to use. For more information, please click here.
Park rangers on the Allagash Wilderness Waterway (AWW) are reporting inadequate ice on the Allagash headwater lakes to support ice-fishing activity and snowmobiling. AWW Chief Ranger Kevin Brown reports that Churchill Lake appears to be especially dangerous this week, with only about 3 inches of ice across the lake. Chamberlain Lake became free of ice during the recent rain storm.
REMINDER: "Trouble Is my Business" on Stage at Portland Stage Company January 24th to February 19th
Jazz Pianist Robert Glasper to Perform at Bates College on February 9, 2012
Weekly Message from Governor Paul LePage for February 4th, 2012
Local Love Muscle Valentines Day Film Festival At Geno’s 2/14/12
The Bill Thibodeau Band at Next Generation Theatre Feb. 11, 2012
George Lopez, Classical Pianist to Perform at Jewett Hall Auditorium, Sunday, February 12, 2012.
February 2012 Deals, Events, News and all things Gritty!
Stop Dirty Tar Sands Oil from Coming Through Maine: Public Meeting Feb. 9, 2012