His family has harvested alewives at the same Maine stream for a century
Steve Bodge operates an alewife harvesting operation in Woolwich, and splits profits fifty-fifty with the town. Now 78, he has recruited his daughter to help.
Maine lawmakers try to thread the needle on forest protections
The legislation also protects Maine’s undeveloped lakes and ponds through prescriptive conservation measures.
New law will require landowners to report enrollment in forest carbon programs
The state currently has little way to track landowners’ participation in the forest carbon credit market.
Maine lawmakers advance dam safety legislation
One bill would bolster Maine’s dam safety agency and hold negligent dam owners accountable while the other would inject $5 million to a state fund for dam repairs.
Maine’s heat pump boom has been promising for rural workforce development. Can it last?
Maine has had success in adopting heat pumps across the state, and jobs have grown quickly — particularly in rural areas. But as the state approaches big deadlines for heat pump installation and bolstering its clean energy workforce, uncertainties lie ahead.
Maine resilience projects face yet another funding setback
The Trump administration is scaling back a multi-billion dollar hazard mitigation grant program that states have long used to protect homes and businesses from floods and other disasters.