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  • Hispanic children learn about fishing
    August 15

    How Trump administration’s immigration policies are hurting Maine

    The administration is radically reducing legal immigration in many ways, including drastic cuts in refugee resettlement and the travel ban. Maine only resettled 21 refugees during the six-month period between October and March, compared to 229 in the same period one year ago

    Media

  • Democratic Party: Decline and Renewal
    May 21

    ​The history of Maine’s income tax, and why it matters

    Curtis won the governorship in 1966 while promising to bring Maine out of its backward condition…

    Douglas Rooks

    Media

  • A right whale that has recovered from wounds linked to fishing gear.
    April 26

    Right whale story misled readers

    The MLA takes issue with The Working Waterfront’s careless and provocative presentation. The front page featured a sensational combination of a headline...

    Media

  • Oil rig off the California coast.
    March 19

    No benefits to Maine for allowing offshore drilling

    Exploration associated with drilling uses extremely loud seismic air gun blasts once every 10 seconds…

    Media

  • A beach in the Midcoast.
    January 29

    ​Public ownership of Maine’s shore: courts got it wrong

    A reexamination leads one to conclude that title to Maine’s intertidal lands is held by the state in trust for the public…

    Media

  • A sailboat that broke free during the Oct. 30 story on the shore in Belfast.
    November 17

    Planning for effects of a changing climate on Maine’s coast

    My proposed bill builds upon and adapts the model successfully used by New Hampshire. That state set up a commission consisting of a wide array of stakeholders and experts to assess the coastal risks and hazards...

    Media

  • Rockweed landed at a boat yard in Hancock.
    October 23

    ​Compromise possible in rockweed harvesting lawsuit

    We all want the same thing for Maine—robust working waterfronts, resilient coastal communities, and conservation of natural resources…

    Media

  • Wiscasset
    September 27

    ​Preserving our built heritage is worthwhile investment

    Only 25 towns and cities in Maine have some historic protection compared to 84 in New Hampshire.

    Media

  • A decaying wooden trap in Corea.
    August 21

    ​A new, plastic threat to ocean health

    There is a new player on the block, fouling the coast, the Gulf of Maine, and the wild things within.

    Media

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