Climate Driven: Franklin County

While this area is well known for outdoor recreation, scientists are also beginning to learn just how ecologically important it is. They're starting to document the role that small, high elevation lakes might play as climate change continues to impact the region.

While human-caused climate change is warming up the water in the Rangeley lakes region, new modeling suggests that area could remain one of the last, best places for brook trout and other cold water fish, and that could have lasting implications for the rest of us.

Amid the current push toward solar, wind and heat pumps, questions are being raised about the role biomass should play in the state's energy future.

The Farmington project is emblematic of a growing tension between Maine's booming solar industry and efforts to preserve an already limited supply of productive farmland.

The snowmobiling industry in Franklin County is coming face to face with a new reality brought on by climate change. Some local enthusiasts are worried, both for the future of their sport and for the local economy.

The challenge for farmers isn't just dealing with drier conditions; they're also facing heavier precipitation events.

A new volunteer-created atlas of Maine birds is almost complete. It suggests that since the early 1980s, the complex interplay of global warming, habitat shifts and other factors have brought significant change in the types of birds that are at home in Maine.