Environment and Outdoors

A Virus Killed Hundreds Of Seals Last Year. Here’s How Researchers Are Keeping Track Of The Problem

By Bill Trotter - Bangor Daily News • May 18, 2019

As harbor seal pupping season picks up along the Maine coast, researchers continue to keep an eye out for signs of an ongoing outbreak of phocine distemper virus that has been killing seals.

Portland Shows Past Levels Of High Waters To Illustrate Perils Of The Future

By Willis Ryder Arnold • May 18, 2019

The city of Portland is launching a new initiative to better inform people of flood hazards. Officials are placing "High Water Signs" around the city as part of a federal, state and local collaboration aimed at bringing attention to the need for flood resiliency in at-risk areas.

Recreational Cod Fishing Could Restart - Barely - In Northeast

By AP • May 16, 2019

BOSTON - The recreational fishery for a species of fish that has experienced population collapse in recent history could reopen.

Question About Moose Hunt's Size Remains At Permit Deadline

By AP • May 15, 2019

AUGUSTA, Maine - The deadline for Maine moose hunters to apply for a permit has arrived, but exactly how many permits will be available is still undecided.

Feds Helping Maine Preserve Island For Conservation

By AP • May 11, 2019

A Maine state agency has been awarded $1 million to help acquire an island in the state's midcoast area for conservation.

'Prolific Mother Whale' Will Continue Educating People, Even After Her Death

By Willis Ryder Arnold • May 10, 2019

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'Prolific Mother Whale' Will Continue Educating People, Even After Her Death

A humpback whale known to many along the eastern seaboard will continue educating people, even after her death.

Scallops Sales To Fund Ocean Research On East Coast

By AP • May 9, 2019

DARTMOUTH, Mass. - The federal government says a program that sells scallops to pay for marine science will include a study of how shellfish harvesting impacts sea turtles in this year's projects.

Decision Coming On Maine Proposal To Boost Moose Permits

By AP • May 8, 2019

AUGUSTA, Maine - Maine wildlife regulators will likely make a decision by the end of the month on a proposal to increase the number of moose hunting permits in the state for the second consecutive year.

Humpback Whale Carcass Washes Up On Cape Cod Beach

By AP • May 8, 2019

SANDWICH, Mass. - Wildlife officials say a humpback whale that has been a regular visitor to the waters of New England for about 35 years has died.

Wet April Led To Fewer Maine Wildfires Than In Recent Years

By Ed Morin • May 6, 2019

All that rainy weather in April has a silver lining: fewer wildfires.

Report: Maine's Farmland Is Shrinking

By Patty Wight • May 6, 2019

The latest agriculture census released last month found that Maine lost 10 percent of its farmland from 2012-2017 — about 146,000 acres worth. The number of farms also declined by nearly 600.

Census: Farmland, Farms, Farm Income Down In Maine

By AP • May 6, 2019

BANGOR, Maine - U.S. census figures indicate Maine lost 10 percent of farmland and 573 farms in the five years ending in 2017.

UN Report: 1 Million Species Of Plants And Animals Facing Extinction

By Seth Borenstein - Associated Press • May 6, 2019

People are putting nature in more trouble now than at any other time in human history, with extinction looming over 1 million species of plants and animals, scientists said Monday.

Senators Renew Push to Ban Offshore Drilling Off New England

By AP • May 5, 2019

All 10 U.S. senators in coastal New England reintroduced a proposal Friday to bar oil and gas drilling from the region's shores.

Forest Rangers: Rainy April Means Fewer Wildfires

By AP • May 4, 2019

All that rainy weather in April has a silver lining: There have been fewer forest fires.

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