• Chart shows how ocean acidification occurs.
    November 23

    We need more investment in targeted research to determine which species are likely to be most vulnerable to ocean acidification and at which stages of life.

  • Provincetown, Cape Cod
    November 23

    “The challenge of this next generation is not going to be growth. We’ve had decades of growth and it hasn’t given us prosperity…" —Chuck Marohn

  • View through Vinalhaven porch.
    November 23

    Not only was Steve arranging to get me to Vinalhaven on schedule, he was helping me find someone to fix my tire.

    Community Engagement, Media

  • Stonington harbor at dawn
    November 23

    The effort to sustain our communities and their economic and civic life for future generations scored a significant victory recently on Deer Isle.

    Media

  • Winter day dawns on Vinalhaven
    November 23

    This place, this island, is free from nearly all the world’s afflictions. No one is attacking us.

  • John Denver
    November 23

    My love of John Denver's music began before I can even remember. When I was very young, my father would retire to the living room after supper and play John Denver records while he worked in his chair.

  • Roger Pielke at UMaine
    October 26

    Roger Pielke had come to Maine to speak at the University of Maine's Mitchell Center for Sustainability, traveling to the state from Colorado, where he is director of the University of Colorado's Center for Science. After speaking, he hoped to head to Bar Harbor to see Acadia National Park and dine at one of the seaside town's restaurants. But which restaurant?

  • Chebeague Island at dawn
    October 26

    I was suppressing the myriad feelings and thoughts that kept bubbling up. I hadn’t eaten for many hours, but my body didn’t notice. With my eyes closed, I pictured myself back on Chebeague Island.

    Media

  • Fish prices in Portland in January 2015.
    October 26

    The Conservation Law Foundation has worked for years to permanently protect the remarkable Cashes Ledge area. This biodiversity hotspot provides refuge for a stunning array of ocean wildlife—from Atlantic cod to endangered right whales, bluefin tuna to Atlantic wolf fish—and a rare lush kelp forest.