Penobscot Bay Blog

Maine Department of Marine Resources' aquaculture administrator is throwing roadblocks in the way of a Rockland aquaculture proposal a...

On May 30th the Sears Island Planning Initiative Steering Committee will meet at the First Congregational Church of Searsport from 9 a.m.- 3...

(DMR) announces two public hearings on proposed rules to establish the 2006-2007 Maine sea urchin fishing seasons. Rules for both zones (Zo...

Sears Island raided by Homeland Security. Local and state security forces put public Sears Island under a tight cordon, Friday, including ae...

On Wednesday May 24th, you can help put an end to the practice of "finning" sharks captured in Maine state waters. On that day at...

Is the mega-mulch plan for Milford actually Casella wastes' first foray into its long-dreaded proposal for a mammoth waste & demoli...

Leucadia National Corporation has its eyes on developing 111 acres of the Brewster Point forest on the edge of Clam Cove in Rockport. (Are...

Coming on the heels of their victorious effort in January to get the Maine Board of Environmental Protection (BEP) to agree to hold a full a...

Eel defenders Friends of Merrymeeting Bay and won a key victory today when the Maine Board of Environmental Protection (BEP voted to hold a...

State proposes salmon fishery reopening on the Penobscot River. An Atlantic Samon Commission plan to allow a limited flyfishing season will ...

Get smart on Fisheries. Learn how abundant the fishes living in Maine rivers, bays and offshore were before the twentieth century's mec...

The Waldo Independent. November 2 2005 DOT island plan blasted. By Peter Taber The state Department of Transportation (DOT) once more stan...

ARE THERE COSTS TO NOT PROTECTING SEARS ISLAND? A Symposium, to be held November 5th, 2005 from 9am to 4:30pm at the Troy A. Howard Middle ...

Get involved! Developers are planning major Big Box projects on Route 1 in Thomaston (possibly a Super Wal-Mart.) A group of citizens is w...

Keep up with what the New England Fishery Management Council is doing regarding the protection of natural marine habitats in the Gulf of M...

Reports have serious quantities of hydrogen sulfide gassing off FMC's seaweed pulp wastes lying unmixed at the surface of rockland's...

The Maine Board of Environmental Protection agreed today to take over jurisdiction of Dragon Cement Products' pollution permits for its ...

Maine Board of Environmental Protection orders October 6 public hearing on Dragon's waste permits. Read story, listen to audio recordin...

Dragon's toxic test well data Thomaston cement maker Dragon Cement Products' pollution licensing problems go under the spotlight on...

The Steering Committee of the Maine Bay Management Study will meet Monday, September 19th 10:00 am - 2:00 pm at the Gulf of Maine Researc...