By mid-November on the Maine coast, the great migration of shorebirds is complete and the warblers and other songbirds have … More
Category: Coasts & Oceans
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
Alewives in lakes
The return of alewives, native migratory fish, to Maine rivers and streams is an annual spring event and the focus … More
Why we love the ocean
The sand, smoothed by the tide, glitters with flecks of mica and quartz. The beach ends at an outcropping of … More
Fish return to a restored Penobscot
Between the head of tide above Bangor to where it widens into the bay at Searsport, the Penobscot River shifts … More
An Oyster Story
Each variety of oyster—that craggy and somewhat mysterious shellfish—has a story to tell. But every oyster story must first include … More
Influenced by Nature
In May 1871, Charles William Eliot had been president of Harvard College barely two years, and a widower just as … More
