Warmer Weather May Be Cause of Increase in Rabid Animals

AUGUSTA – With the addition of two foxes in the same York County neighborhood testing positive for rabies, the increased number of rabies cases in the first month of 2012 [...]

Maine Forest Service to Begin Down East Survey for Invasive Insect

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.

Maine Forest Service: Bark-Peeling Effort Shows No Sign of Invasive Insect

The Maine Forest Service, under the Maine Department of Conservation, this week finished up its bark-peeling project to look for evidence of the highly dangerous invasive insect, emerald ash borer (EAB). The results were just what MFS entomologists were hoping for. After participating in two workshops on Jan. 17 and Jan. 24 and peeling 52 logs down to the cambium, or living layer, the volunteers found no tell-tale signs of the harmful EAB that is threatening Maine’s forests, MFS officials said.

Hirundo Wildlife Refuge Offers Outdoor Opportunities for the Entire Family

Welcome to Hirundo Wildlife Refuge. Hirundo is a 2,400 acre nature preserve, spanning Pushaw and Dead Streams, Lac D’Or (lake), vast wetlands, including domed bog and maple and juniper swamps, and mixed hardwood and evergreen forests. Only 10 miles from the University of Maine, Orono Campus, visitors paddle canoes free of charge and watch playful river otters, breeding Wood Ducks, Bald Eagles, and Osprey in the tranquil beauty. While hiking, snowshoeing, and cross country skiing, one might encounter moose, deer, red and gray fox, muskrat, beaver, otter, black bear, bobcat, fisher, and ermine.

My “Best of” List: A Nature-Based Look at the Year Just Passed

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.

Friends of Maine’s Mountains Announces Opposition to Electricity Mandate Referendum

Among other shortcomings in the legislation, FMM sees its passage as a de facto mandate for an unsustainable buildup of wind turbines and costly transmission systems on Maine’s mountains. O’Neil asserted that “markets would not support any wind power at all if not for a complicated brew of incentives, grants, mandates, tax breaks, surcharges, and other government created gimmicks. This is just one more gimmick, and it’s a huge one.”

Lewiston Farmers Market Schedule for January 19th 2012

The Lewiston Farmers’ Market provides fresh, healthy, local food to residents in and around Lewiston, Maine. The market is organized by the Great Falls Farmers’ & Artisans’ Market Association and sponsored by St. Mary’s Health System.

Maine Cooperative Snow Survey Reports Historic Lack of Snow

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.

Governor Attends Maine Agricultural Trades Show

Hosted by the Maine Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources, the show will feature dozens of lectures, demonstrations, and meetings involving some 40 major agricultural organizations, committees, and agencies, as well as over 100 exhibits featuring the newest in agricultural products, equipment, and services. One of the state’s largest agricultural events, more than 5,000 people from around the state are expected to attend this year.

$2.4 Million Awarded to Conserve Natural Resources in Maine

More than two million dollars will help public and non-profit groups restore and protect high priority wetlands and other natural resources across Maine.The Maine Natural Resource Conservation Program – which is administered by The Nature Conservancy in collaboration with the Maine Department of Environmental Protection and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – announced awards totaling $2.4 million to help restore, enhance or preserve wetlands and other important habitats at 17 project sites.

What You Need to Know about Toxics Release Inventory (TRI)

Patrick Keliher Selected by Governor LePage to Head Department of Marine Resources

Today, Governor Paul LePage nominated Patrick C. Keliher to serve as Commissioner of the Department of Marine Resources (DMR). Keliher, of South Gardiner, has served as Deputy Commissioner and Director, Bureau of Sea Run Fisheries and Habitat within DMR since 2007. He has served, most recently as Acting Commissioner, and has been serving in this capacity since July.

Maine State Parks “First Day Hikes” to become Regular New Year’s Day Event

AUGUSTA, Maine – Maine’s participation this weekend in the nationwide “First Day Hikes” initiative was very successful, despite the freezing New Year’s Eve rain in northern Maine that affected one [...]

Munzing Media to Live Stream Gardiner Basketball Games with Winslow Tonight Beginning @ 5PM

Munzing Media to Live Stream Gardiner Basketball Games with Winslow Tonight Beginning @ 5PM