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  • An especially high tide in Wells a few years back.
    June 14

    Climate decisions reflect who we are as nation

    Our organization is launching a project to support local leaders who want to ready their communities for future storms and floods…

    Rob Snyder, Ph.D.

    Media

  • A lobster boat from the early 20th century.
    June 14

    Just the stats—Lobster by the numbers

    The American lobster is the single most valuable species of fish landed in the United States.

    Staff Writer

    Media

  • A turn-of-the-century photo of a lobster boat
    June 5

    Lobster worries: Record harvests, but fewer juveniles

    The number of late-stage larvae has been decreasing since about 2007, which strongly correlates with the downward trend in seafloor settlement…

    Staff Writer

    Media

  • Ryan Woolsey, left and Kealii Mano in Stonington.
    May 30

    Hawaiians find work and new life in Stonington

    When Ryan Woolsey and Kealii Mano moved from the year-round tropical warmth of Hawaii to Stonington, where they’d experience their first cold winter and snow, they had no regrets. They did have to shop for heavier clothes.

    Laurie Schreiber

    Media

  • Grytviken, population 18.
    May 30

    Islands of the South Atlantic tell stories of people, nature

    Strung between Antarctica and the Equator, a thin chain of islands in the South Atlantic Ocean lies almost abandoned by commerce. Once valued for whaling or as stopping points on the way to the capes at the tip of Africa and South America, these islands exist mostly in the minds of history buffs

    Media

  • The Schooner Adventure
    May 30

    Portland kicks off first Schoonerfest

    The group Tall Ships Portland has scheduled a sailing regatta for traditional craft for June 24-26.

    Staff Writer

    Media

  • Graph showing shad landings.
    May 26

    Signs of spring in our rivers and bays

    The populations of river-run fish started decreasing dramatically in Maine as long ago as the early 1800s.

    Media

  • Chris Rich poses with the engine he rebuilt.
    May 26

    The engine and the iPhone

    The crank, idle timing gears and camshaft were ordered from Guangzhou, China, but arrived by way of Hong Kong.

    Donna Miller Damon

    Media

  • Stantec's drilling rig at work.
    May 23

    Portland pier dredge could use new technology

    For many years, the cities of Portland and South Portland have been trying to figure out how to tackle the issue of dredging around the piers of Portland Harbor. The federal government conducts regular maintenance dredges of the federal navigation channel, but...

    Stephanie Bouchard

    Media

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