Some demonstrators dress up as animals that are in danger of extinction from man-made global warming and deforestation.
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Volunteers at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens’ herbarium help curate its collection
They mount plants the old way, glued to acid-free paper, and the new – inputting facts online, with 21st-century implications.
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How did professor Stephen Coghlan study the human cost of homesteading?
He relied on a test subject very close to home.
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Electronic fishery monitoring gets big boost in Gulf of Maine
A pair of private foundations and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will fund data collection efforts across the country, including a project to monior the Gulf of Maine’s groundfishery.
Posted inMaine Gardener, Source
Gardeners – need some reading material for the long winter ahead?
Put down your trowel and pick up a book.
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Composer creates a classical ode to the Allagash
Nate Saunders first saw the Allagash Wilderness Waterway as a teenager.
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Who needs Christmas lights when you’ve got blossoms for the holidays?
A primer on poinsettia, a course on cacti and an analysis of amaryllis.
Posted inFood & Dining, Green plate special, Recipes, Source
Fresh or frozen fish? The answer may surprise you
A long-standing myth about frozen seafood purports that it is of poor quality because freezing is the seafood industry’s way to prevent aging fish from going bad.
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Climate anxiety: A strain of emotional stress is on the rise
The most common prescription is to go local and go outdoors, mental health professionals say.