Nature, Near and Far

Due to health and safety concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic, many local, state, and national parks have closed, including Acadia…

Creature Feature: Striped Skunk

“Mostly, unfortunately, the human-skunk relationship is one of inconvenience, a skunk surprising the family dog or the speeding car in…

“Sometimes, when I’m walking along the rocky shore, Spartina far from my mind, I encounter a handful of shoots in…

Twenty years have passed since Atlantic salmon became certified as an endangered species, according to federal law. Ed Baum was…

A sense of urgency about climate change is motivating people from sectors as diverse as architecture, conservation, forestry, investment, and…

Atlantic salmon are having a moment – informed and inspired by The President’s Salmon. In January, the endangered fish was…

A report on the Gulf of Maine 2050 International Symposium, hosted by the Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine…

Nearly every climate-related parameter measured in Maine is accelerating, according to “Maine’s Climate Future — 2020 Update.” The rate of…

The climate is changing, but not everywhere the same. There are some locations, because of their topography or geography or…

International Year of the Salmon continues! The story of the mighty Atlantic salmon made the cover of the Summer 2019…