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Natural Resources Council of Maine Working together to protect the nature of Maine. If you repeatedly violate this policy, you will be banned from our page. We appreciate your support.

The Natural Resources Council of Maine has been protecting, conserving, and restoring Maine's environment since 1959. During the past half-century, there have been many big victories for Maine's environment thanks to the hard work and commitment of NRCM members, our staff, and our partners. Some of those successes include: the removal of the Edwards Dam on the Kennebec River in Augusta on July 1, 1999; restoration of Maine's largest river, the Penobscot; a law banning billboards on roadsides; and passage of Maine's most successful recycling program, the Maine Bottle Bill, and the list goes on. Learn more about NRCM's success stories at www.nrcm.org/about-nrcm/history-of-nrcm/timeline-of-successes/.

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This page is for NRCM supporters. We encourage open discussion and invite your opinions and comments, even if you don’t necessarily agree with us. By participating in conversations on our page, however, you are agreeing to our social media commenting policy, which is outlined below. We reserve the right to delete posts or comments containing any of the following elements:
- Language we consider to be offensive
- Misinformation, or information that is irrelevant or inappropriate in nature
- Comments that inappropriately target or are discriminatory against individuals on the basis of race, creed, color, ethnicity, national origin, s*x, s*xual orientation, gender identity/expression, religion, or any other status
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- Support for (or the defense of individuals, businesses, or organizations which promote) environmental degradation or disrespect to wildlife
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- Spam or commercial sales. With your help, we can continue to protect Maine’s land, waters, air, and wildlife for years to come!

Happy November! 🍂We hope you enjoy this months calendar photo by NRCM supporter Phil Savignano! Events:November 17th: Tr...
11/02/2026

Happy November! 🍂

We hope you enjoy this months calendar photo by NRCM supporter Phil Savignano!

Events:
November 17th: Transportation for Maine 2026 Summit: Closing the Distance Between Us, Augusta 🚴🚌🚆

10/31/2026

Happy Halloween! 🎃🦇🐈‍⬛👻

Watch out for monsters haunting your electricity bill... Energy Vampires! 🧛

🔌1. Make sure to unplug items that are not often used
⚡2. Use power strips to power down multiple devices with just one switch

Let us know if you try out this tip and comment down below how it goes. Stay tuned for more green tips and how you can make a difference! ♻️

Winter storms intensifying and our oceans are rising due to climate change, and Maine's coastlines are feeling the impac...
10/30/2026

Winter storms intensifying and our oceans are rising due to climate change, and Maine's coastlines are feeling the impact. Willard Beach at Southern Maine Community College is a place where coastal erosion will serve as a test case for implementing nature-based solutions to protect the shoreline. This project proposal reflects a broader shift in approach, moving away from traditional methods of rigid shoreline stabilization towards strategies that prioritize long-term ecosystem-based solutions.

The Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is increasingly favoring these ecological approaches over traditional seawalls in the permitting process. While hard seawalls offer a quick fix, they often prove more expensive in the long run, are harder to permit, and can worsen erosion by reflecting wave energy downward and stripping away beach sand. The project proposal at Willard Beach will combine stone riprap, dense plant vegetation, and a sloped bluff design to naturally dissipate wave energy, creating a sustainable shoreline that enhances rather than harm the local ecosystem.

This project is just one example of how nature-based solutions offer a practical approach that preserves key ecosystem functions and provides long-term benefits. As the shorelines of our lakes, rivers, and oceans face growing pressures from development and climate change, solutions like nature-based shoreline stabilization techniques, that can be quickly permitted and built, just make sense. We all value healthy, vibrant ecosystems, and it’s steps like these that help to preserve these critical shoreland habitats for this generation and the next.

Read the article at presshearald.com

10/24/2026

✅ Voting for Maine’s future: Key Dates & Ways to Vote
🗓 Election Day: Tuesday, November 3, 2026
 
🗳 What’s on the Ballot:
- Maine’s Governor
-One candidate to serve in the U.S. Senate
- U.S. House (Districts 1 & 2)
- Local candidates & initiatives
 
📅 Important Deadlines:
- Absentee Ballot Request: Thursday, October 29 (due to possible USPS mailing delays it is recommended to request your ballot online or in-person as soon as possible)
- Mail-in Ballot (USPS): October 27 (last recommended mailing day) - if you have not mailed your ballot by this time it is recommended to deliver it to your town office or a ballot drop box.
- Absentee ballots are due by 8:00 PM on Election Day: Tuesday, November 3.
 
✅ How to Vote in Maine:
- Absentee by mail
- Early in-person at town office/city hall
- By returning your absentee ballot to a secure ballot dropbox (most towns have one near the town office)
- In-person on Election Day
 
🔄 Need to Register?
You can register up to and including Election Day: November 3, 2026!
 
- At your polling location, city hall, or town office: Register to vote in-person at your city or town hall anytime.
- Once you are registered, you do not need an ID to vote. If you have recently moved or changed your name, you should update your voter registration.
- Bureau of Motor Vehicles: You can register to vote or update your voter registration at any BVM office. The deadline to register through the BMV is Tuesday, October 27, 2026.
- Online: The deadline to register online is Monday, October 13, 2026, at 5 pm.
- By mail: Registration must be received by your town or city office by Monday, October 13, 2026.
 
💚 Thank you to League of Women Voters Maine and ACLU of Maine for their guides to vote in Maine.

10/21/2026
Sending a huge thank you to everyone who was able to join us at Wolfe’s Neck Farm for an inspiring evening at our Protec...
10/18/2026

Sending a huge thank you to everyone who was able to join us at Wolfe’s Neck Farm for an inspiring evening at our Protecting What We Love event. We deeply appreciate the opportunity to celebrate the role that you all play in protecting the nature of Maine!🌲🫎🥾

In addition to celebrating our collective action, we presented our Conservation Leadership Awards to recognize individuals who have done extraordinary work in their communities.

This year's winners included:
Don Hudson - Lifetime Achievement
Brynne Robbins
Rob Tod/Allagash Brewing Company
Senator Stacy Brenner
Bambi Jones and Tracy Moskovitz - 2026 People’s Choice Award
Ches Gundrum - 2026 Pete Didisheim Conservation Leadership Award for Advocacy

Thank you for celebrating with us! 🎉

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Explore this photo album by NRCMenvironment . on Flickr!

Creature Feature alert! 🚨 Meet the Pickerel Frog (Lithobates palustris) is a small North American frog, typically gray o...
10/16/2026

Creature Feature alert! 🚨

Meet the Pickerel Frog (Lithobates palustris) is a small North American frog, typically gray or brown, with two rows of dark brown squares on its back. These squares sit between two ridges running from its eyes down its back. Its underside features an orange-yellow pattern on the hind legs, and it grows up to 2–3.5 inches long.

Pickerel frogs are often confused with leopard frogs, but leopard frogs are larger (up to 4.5 inches), are green or brown, and have circular spots with lighter borders. Pickerel frogs thrive in cold, clear waters like ponds and marshes in the northern U.S. and Canada, while southern populations prefer warmer waters like swamps and flooded ditches. Their diet includes insects, worms, and crayfish, and they hibernate in muddy silt or rocky ravines during winter. Populations are listed as "Least Concern" by the IUCN and "secure" in Maine. There is always more to learn about their distribution and ecology, so please consider sharing your sightings and photos as part of the Maine Amphibian & Reptile Atlas Project (MARAP).

For this and other Creature Features visit our website at NRCM.org

The Creature Feature blogs are written by NRCM member Jayne Winters.

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