Year of the Salmon

On October 30, NOAA Fisheries Greater Atlantic Region launched the International Year of the Salmon on the East Coast at … More

Creature Feature: Rusty-patched Bumble Bee

In the garden, meadow, forest, apple orchard, and blueberry field, the bumble bees feed on nectar and collect pollen for … More

The return of alewives, native migratory fish, to Maine rivers and streams is an annual spring event and the focus … More

April has turned to May, and the goldeneye ducks have left their winter home on the Penobscot River and headed … More

In the 1880s, a group of Harvard students known as the Champlain Society spent their summers on Mount Desert Island … More

Raccoons are omnivorous, eating wild and cultivated fruits, nuts, grains, buds and grasses. They eat rodents, insects, birds, reptiles, fish, … More

This is harvest season, a time to prepare for the long winter ahead. In the city and in the country, … More

The essay “One Letter Away” is included in the Three Nations Anthology from Resolute Bear Press, edited by Valerie Lawson. … More

The sand, smoothed by the tide, glitters with flecks of mica and quartz. The beach ends at an outcropping of … More

Maine lakes are home to two evolutionary wonders of the animal kingdom, Arctic char and landlocked salmon, related species of … More