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The Natural Resources Council of Maine is a nonprofit membership organization protecting, restoring, and conserving Maine's environment, now and for future generations. We work to improve th...
A new Maine law will allow residents to install compact plug-in solar panels in their home or apartment with the help of a qualified electri...
Spring marks one of the truly remarkable feats of nature we get to experience in Maine: the annual return of sea-run fish to our rivers and...
Hear from experts at the Natural Resources Council of Maine about the bills we are tracking in the 2026 legislative session to will advance...
Jackson Chadwick of Maine Youth for Climate Justice and Rockland City Councilor Nate Davis speak to Colin about the proposal to create a Mai...
Christi Elliott has been called a powerful force for outdoor recreation in Maine. Born in Machias, Christi founded Maine Women Hunters as a...
Connection, community, joy. These are all essential ingredients as we come together to confront the environmental challenges confronting our...
Last week, the Nature Conservancy announced it has reached an agreement for the purchase of the four Kennebec dams between Waterville and Sk...
Advancing more sources of homegrown renewable energy is our best step toward a more equitable clean energy future. The Maine Labor Climate C...
Maine is generating more waste per capita over time and studies estimate single-use packaging materials make up a large amount of the trash...
The first session of the 132nd Maine Legislature has officially concluded, producing some big wins for clean energy and conservation, but al...
Maine’s lakes are just as iconic as our rocky coastline. But lakes don’t just provide outstanding recreational experiences – they provide es...
Too many Mainers lack access to safe, affordable options to get where they need to go but it doesn’t have to be this way. There’s a better p...
In March 2025, a group of Mainers including federal workers, business and fishing groups, veterans, and a SNAP participant came together in...
Maine’s 10.4 million acres of Unorganized Territories (UT) are home to the last stronghold of remote, undeveloped ponds and scattered older...
BONUS EPISODE: A recording of our January webinar previewing the legislative priorities for the Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM) in...
Heading into 2025, many of us were inspired by the passage of the Maine Trails Bond in the November 2024 election, which united people and g...
The last few years, our work at the State House in Augusta has delivered enormous progress for Maine’s environment. So, how is NRCM gearing...
It’s the holiday season, which means a lot of gifts, a lot of food, and….a lot of waste. Mainers by nature are frugal and don’t like waste....
The U.S. government recently released the Fifth National Climate Assessment, the nation’s preeminent policy-neutral report highlighting the...
The Land for Maine’s Future program is Maine’s most successful and popular land conservation program, helping to support hundreds of conserv...
Zero-emission cars and trucks are becoming increasingly popular but many prospective buyers are finding that supply can’t keep up with deman...
This year's legislative session was another strong demonstration of how Maine's strong conservation ethic continues to define our...
The on-the-ground experience of local redemption center owners like Shandra Rubchinuk helped get the bill to modernize Maine's Bottle B...
In 2016, Ray and Danielle Ruby set a goal to visit every State Park and campground with their family…and they did it! Along the way they chr...
The conservation movement and outdoor recreation have long been centered on a white, able-bodied dominant view, but here in Maine and throug...
Solar energy in Maine has grown seven-fold in the last few years. These projects are bringing enormous benefits to Mainers, including helpin...
The Bottle Bill is a big part of Maine’s culture and environmental ethic. It’s also our most effective recycling and litter prevention progr...
In celebration of National Poetry Month we rebroadcast a powerful poetry reading and discussion that former host Carly Peruccio had with Mai...
Trails are part of what define the Maine experience. Although Maine currently has wonderful trails for hiking, biking, skiing, snowmobiling,...
The snow is melting, roads are getting muddier, and amphibians are on the move! We speak with University of Maine graduate student and 2022...
For the first time in two decades, the chiefs of the tribes in Maine appeared before a special joint session of the Legislature on March 16,...
More than 100,000 heat pumps have been installed by Mainers and every day more are installed. Without a doubt, heat pumps are a runaway succ...
Cornelia “Fly Rod” Crosby might be Maine’s most famous Mainer you’ve never heard of, but a new statue unveiled in Augusta this week aims to...
Our new CEO Rebeccah Sanders has been on the job a little over a week and has hit the ground running, drawing on her two decades of executiv...
Bonus episode! On January 24, 2023, the Natural Resources Council of Maine joined with Senator Mark Lawrence, labor leaders, and conservatio...
The State House in Augusta is once again bustling with activity, and NRCM’s experts have been hard at work identifying our top priorities fo...
Scientist, educator, and author John Waldman discusses how we can restore Maine’s rivers and the great fish migrations to which they were on...
It has been an exciting year marked by big accomplishments for Maine’s environment at the State House and beyond. Advocacy Director Pete Did...
NRCM Rising guest host Kate Shambaugh interviews 2020 Brookie Award winner Gabby Hillyer about her experience as part of the University of M...
On Tuesday November 8th, Maine voters delivered another bipartisan, pro-environment majority to the State House. What do those election resu...
Every year, NRCM honors environmental leaders in Maine with our Conservation Leadership Awards. The speeches recipients give at our annual e...
Maine’s spectacular outdoors are central to our way of life, and nowhere is that more evident than in the state’s booming outdoor recreation...
On September 29th, hundreds of Mainers gathered on the banks of the Androscoggin River in Lewiston to honor some of Maine’s 100 Clean Water...
In this episode, Colin speaks with two Maine residents who live in completely different parts of the state but share a common threat facing...
More Mainers than ever are driving electric vehicles, and more models are coming to market every year. In this episode, we speak with NRCM C...
This month, we’ll be joining many others in celebrating the sixth anniversary of the creation of the Katahdin Woods & Waters National Monume...
Hope was renewed again in Washington D.C., when Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senator Joe Manchin announced a new deal to invest...
In this episode, NRCM Rising Leadership Team member Kate Shambaugh speaks with Isabelle Rogers, Hub Organizer for Sunrise Movement Franklin...
Maine leaders expressed outrage at a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision limiting the ability of the federal government to reduce carbon poll...
Though NRCM’s work in the State House is done for the year, our role as watchdog for Maine’s environment never lets up. Advocacy Director Pe...