Conservation Deal Saves Heart-Shaped Island in Maine
A $2.35 million conservation deal has saved a heart-shaped island in Maine from development. The Maine Coast Heritage...
Environment/Conservation
Mining Company Looks to Maine’s Bald Mountain
The prospect of a company mining Bald Mountain in a nearly pristine section of remote northern Maine is...
Maine Buys Easement on 21,000 Acres
BANGOR DAILY NEWS: With the purchase of a conservation easement on more than 21,000 acres, [Maine] has helped...
Western Mass Might Get Fracked
Fracking – the controversial method of extracting gas from the earth that has become a hot-button issue among...
Quimby Takes National Park Plan ‘Off The Table’
In the face of stiff local resistance, Roxanne Quimby’s family has withdrawn its proposal to create a 70,000...
Sierra Club Opposes East-West Highway in Maine
PORTLAND PRESS HERALD: A national environmental group that has been fighting the proposed East-West Highway across Maine is...
Quimby Company Buys 8,000 More Acres in Maine
PORTLAND PRESS HERALD: Conservationist Roxanne Quimby’s land company has bought 8,315 more acres of land next to Maine’s...
Group: New Adirondack Wilderness Area Could Be On Par With Grand Canyon, Yosemite
An environmental group is asking New York to create a Wild Rivers Wilderness in the Adirondacks that they...
Tar Sands Oil Pipeline Project May Eye New England
A Canadian company may be looking to move tar sands oil through New England, a thought that has...
Sighting May Point To Rising Bobcat Population In CT
NEW HAVEN REGISTER: Paul Rego, a wildlife biologist with the [Connecticut] Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, discussed...