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Media is responsible for ‘eco anxiety’

By Mark Preston I read in the November issue of The Working Waterfront an interview with Mount Desert Island High School students demanding action on the climate. I have always found your publication highly suspect when it comes to environmental politics, and was appalled to see the interviewer asking the… SEE MORE
Black crowberry on the Schoodic Peninsula.

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Finding refuge from climate change on the Maine coast

By Catherine Schmitt On the rocky headlands of the Schoodic Peninsula, the narrow ledges between the edge of the spruce forest and tide-scraped granite are carpeted in black crowberry, an evergreen shrub with tiny purplish flowers and dark fruits. Crowberry grows in less than 1 percent of the state, but… SEE MORE
The pier at Old Orchard Beach.

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Cumberland, York county towns tangle with FEMA

By Jacqueline Weaver Rising sea levels and their impact on flood insurance rates are becoming a contentious and anxiety-provoking issue for Maine coastal towns. Flood maps drafted by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) reflecting the predicted higher seas have been disputed by coastal communities in York and Cumberland counties… SEE MORE
Eastern coyote

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Coyotes on Chebeague worry islanders

By Donna Miller Damon It wasn’t interest in the workings of local government that drew nearly a hundred Chebeague islanders to a select board meeting. It was interest in the newest island inhabitant, the non-native Eastern coyote The meeting featured a presentation by Scott Lindsay, regional wildlife biologist for the… SEE MORE