Down East April 1978

April 1978

The table of contents from the April 1978 issue of Down East.

Features

Running Water

Fresh or salt, Maine has lots of it, and this under-utilized resource could be the key to the state’s energy future.

Restoring Old Dam Sites

By Thomas A. Easton.

Reharnessing the Tides

By Lou Ureneck.

The Squire of Carlton Cove

James Russell Wiggins reports news – and makes it. By Roy Bongartz.

The Rites of Spring

If April’s here, can May be far behind? By Dale Rex Coman.

Maine’s Missing Species

The Great Auk and eight others are no longer with us. By Robert Deis.

The Length and Breadth of Maine

Photographic essay by David Hiser.

Lost in the Foliage

How not to shake your family tree. By Gloria Hutchinson.

What’s in a Picture?

Two photographs tell a tale of Maine seafaring,

Departments

Room With A View

Does anyone, any adult in his right mind, really believe that there is any such thing as spring in Maine? By Caskie Stinnett.

The Talk of Belfast

Belfast’s Temperamental Timepiece

North by East

Opinions, advisories, and musings from the length and breadth of Maine.

Down East Bookshelf

Mostly Maine by Edward M. Holmes

Outdoor Maine

Senior Citizens of the Maine Wilderness

Goodbye to Doc Rockwell

Doc Rockwell, whose humorous Newsletter has been a regular feature for twenty years, died at Brunswick, Maine, on March 2 in his eighty-ninth year.

Cover: “Government Wharf, Kennebunk River, Kennebunkport” (18″ x 11″), acrylic on hardboard, by Roger W. Ellenberger whose work is on display year round in his gallery at Kennebunk Lower Village.