I blame it on nabbing my kids’ news magazine in search of more positive stories than were in my own magazine. That’s how I learned about the history of Groundhog Day, which was just last Friday, Feb. 2, and found out that it includes many more creatures than just groundhogs — even some from the […]
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Your Land: Two points for February
I looked at the photo for some minutes. In it, a young adult and three children surround what looks to be a pool or puddle of water; three of the four have their hands in, and the fourth has the dirt of earlier adventure on her hands. They are fascinated. The young adult, who must […]
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Intertidal: Popham Beach’s already-eroding shoreline suffers from storm damage
The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry teamed up with the Maine Geological Survey to build a protective barrier on the dunes using Christmas trees to help catch windblown sand and hold it in place so the dunes can build back up after suffering severe erosion.
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Opinion: Leave science curriculum as it is
Although well-intentioned, a move to teach genocide in middle school science classes is ill advised.
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Intertidal: Preparing for a future with climate change
As the coast of Maine begins the recovery process following the two recent storms, there are a lot of questions about how to prepare for the future. The conversations are taking place from the highest level down to the most local. The topics of adaptation and preparation are not new ones and many of the […]
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The Recycle Bin: Life cycle analysis
When my family buys vegetables, either at Hannaford, the Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust’s farmers market or Six Rivers Farm stand, we think about where, how and when the produce was grown. Were the grapes flown in from Peru or grown in New England where a truck used less fuel to get them to a distribution center […]
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Intertidal: Protecting local waterways from storm effects starts at home
Last weekend’s storm was devastating for many along the coast of Maine. Structures along the shore were washed away, boats in the water damaged, homes flooded and bridges closed, to name just a few of the impacts. The intersection between the land and the water is never a hard-and-fast distinction. The intertidal is the definition […]
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Intertidal: Stuck on light
I seem to be stuck on light, as inspired by the shift to the growing amount of light this time of year. What I realized is that it isn’t just the amount of light in the day but its quality. This is particularly noticeable after spending too many hours indoors under artificial lights while staring […]
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Intertidal: Fog provides stillness and focus
This is the last column of 2023. This time of the turning of the year is often a reflective one — the year in photos, the year’s best and worst, the year’s celebrations and regrets. This recounting of last year along with concerns about the coming one, in combination with the flurry that surrounds the […]
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Intertidal: Explore Scandinavian cuisine during your own hygge
We are entering the final week of increasing darkness, and come next Thursday, the sunset will be incrementally later each day and the daylight will therefore be just a little bit longer. I can still remember coming out of a 3 o’clock class my first semester of college in Maine and feeling both worried and […]