Environment and Outdoors

Atlantic Sea Farms CEO Briana Warner says that in the last two seasons, the 24 farmers who supply kelp to the company have increased their landings by 12,000%, to roughly 700,000 pounds of seaweed this year. Most of them are lobstermen who own their own boats, looking for off-season income.

As visitation to Acadia National Park continues to surge in the wake of last year’s lackluster pandemic summer, there is an accompanying side effect: emergency response personnel are busier rescuing hikers who need help.

The Conservation Law Foundation says its alarmed by the project’s potential threats to nearby water supplies.

"Between noon today and noon tomorrow is when we expect that the highest values will occur at the surface in Maine," says Martha Webster, a state air quality meteorologist.

It’s been nearly two years since any of the 27,000-tons of carpet-like material were last removed from a site in Warren under the state’s most recent attempt to clean up an abandoned rifle range.

The drought is receding in northern New England, but part of western Maine and a sliver of northern New Hampshire continue to be in the "severe drought" category.

Agritourism is growing in Maine and nationwide. We learn how farms connect with visitors to bring in income and promote agriculture, while contributing to the state's tourism economy.

Friends of Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument announced Wednesday that they've added seven new tent sites on the East Branch of the Penobscot River near the historic Lunksoos sporting camps.

Conservation organization Oceana tracked vessel speeds between 2017 and 2020 in special speed limited zones, established by NOAA to protect whales from ship collisions.

The National Weather Service in Maine says smoke from wildfires in Oregon, British Columbia, and Alberta is making its way to Maine.