About 74% of the state was abnormally dry or in a moderate drought at the end of October, making it easier for wildfires to ...

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Forty years ago, a novel legal agreement set aside some 18,000 acres in Attean Township for conservation — and timber ...

The WoodenBoat School, which each summer offers some 90 classes and attracts more than 800 students to its campus on the Maine coast ... in the midcoast town of Brooklin, WoodenBoat School ...

but the Maine Forest Service is prepared. “This is a portable pump that a lot of us have in our trunks and it can draw water ...

Many fire departments suspended burn permits this week after the Maine Forest Service advised fire risk was high across the state. Most of the state is abnormally dry, according to the U.S ...

Parts of the warming Gulf of Maine have become inhospitable for kelp forests, according to new research from the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in East Boothbay. Between 2001 and 2018 ...

Nov. 4, 2024 — A new study details how climate change transforms coastal wetlands in North Carolina from forest to marshland or even open water, and how satellite imagery may help better direct ...

Forests cover nearly a third of all land on Earth, providing vital organic infrastructure for some of the planet's densest, most diverse collections of life. They support countless species, yet ...

Maine authorities recently rescued a woman after she went missing in a forest with her husband and their dog for four days. Pamela Helmstadter, 72, was rescued on Thursday afternoon in Washington ...

A visual treat in Maine. Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens ... check out the art exhibits and hike in the several trails of the ...