Between 9 and 12 metric tons of mercury were legally and illegally discharged into the river by a defunct chemical … More
Category: newspaper articles
An Interview with Paul Greenberg
Paul Greenberg is the author of American Catch: The Fight for Our Local Seafood and Four Fish: The Future of … More
Holtrachem mercury – It’s still here.
The Department of Marine Resources has closed upper Penobscot Bay to fishing after a court-ordered study found elevated concentrations of … More
Penobscot River Restoration Continues with Removal of Veazie Dam
Restoration of the mighty Penobscot River became one step closer to reality on July 22, when hundreds of people gathered … More
Review: The Mortal Sea
The stories are well-known: European seafarers and explorers encountered a western Atlantic Ocean filled with numerous, large, and robust fish, … More
Bringing the Ocean’s Power Home
For the inaugural “Life on the Coast” issue of Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors, I covered the launch of Ocean … More
Sturgeon Moon Rising
In June 2006 I was in the boat with University of Maine researchers when they caught the second and third … More
