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an approaching storm encroaches the Deer Island Thorofare Light, on Mark Island, off Stonington.
Land, Water & Wildlife

The Long Arc of Maine’s Coastal Economy

As lobsters move farther offshore, what industries will support Maine’s coastal economies in the future?
blue flag irises
Land, Water & Wildlife

Natives and Transplants

In nature, not all flowers are created equal.
wetland muck from a spring thaw
Land, Water & Wildlife

A Wander in the Wetlands

Should protections afforded to U.S. waters by the Clean Water Act extend to wetlands?
a red oak and white pine in a mixed-wood forest
Land, Water & Wildlife

The Forest for the Trees

In a northern mixed-wood forest, each tree species finds its most favorable micro-topography to thrive.
An eagle eating a striped bass
Land, Water & Wildlife

Summer of the Striper

Last year there was an abundance of pogies, earlier years were laden with silver-sided herring, but this year was all about striped bass.
Lobsterboats and a purse seiner, photographed from Spruce Head Harbor, looking out over the Muscle Ridge Channel.
Land, Water & Wildlife

Just Say No?

For decades, Maine lobstermen and fishermen have had the same simple strategy to almost every proposed regulation.
Rockport’s Indian Island Light in the foreground with a oil/chemical tanker ship and wind mills in the background
Land, Water & Wildlife

Timber, Coal, Oil, and Wind

Mainers’ fortunes have long been tied to the region’s energy needs.
a coyote standing on the edge of Kimball Island, in Penobscot Bay
Land, Water & Wildlife

Wolves Are Still With Us

Although extirpated from Maine by the 1890s, wolf DNA survives in the state’s thriving coyote population.
sheep in snowy yard of a white home
Land, Water & Wildlife

Cellarhole Melancholy

Though parts of Maine may feel increasingly crowded today, the shadow of loss still haunts our islands, woodlands, and memories.
Land, Water & Wildlife

A Climate of Sun and Fun?

The Maine coast has always been at the center of a vortex of fog during the summer, but not this year.
Land, Water & Wildlife

Fanfare for the Common Bird

Familiarity does not breed contempt, but the reverse.
Ralston captured the Native Son hauling traps off North Haven in 2007, a grand summer home looming behind.
Our Towns

Summah People, Some Ahn’t

Thanks to a shared love of place, summer folk and locals can communicate across what are sometimes vastly different experiences.
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