© 2022 Maine PublicPlay Live Radio0:000:00Available On Air StationsofLobstermen protest an offshore wind project off Boothbay Harbor on Sunday.Sherrie TuckerofSherrie TuckerofSherrie TuckerofSherrie TuckerProtests over wind energy development off the coast of Maine changed course today. Several fishing boats reportedly circled a survey vessel off Monhegan Island, and federal and state law enforcement responded.Lobsterman Larry Reed of the Go Liberty, a 150-foot survey vessel, as it appeared to draw near lobster buoys in the water.“He’s gonna tow right though that lobster gear with no...…© 2022 Maine PublicPlay Live Radio0:000:00Available On Air StationsofLobstermen protest an offshore wind project off Boothbay Harbor on Sunday.Sherrie TuckerofSherrie TuckerofSherrie TuckerofSherrie TuckerProtests over wind energy development off the coast of Maine changed course today. Several fishing boats reportedly circled a survey vessel off Monhegan Island, and federal and state law enforcement responded.Lobsterman Larry Reed of the Go Liberty, a 150-foot survey vessel, as it appeared to draw near lobster buoys in the water.“He’s gonna tow right though that lobster gear with no...WW…

Kelp Farm Startup Aims To Bury Carbon And Slow Climate Change A Maine startup is drawing high-profile support for its low-tech plan to soak up carbon emissions. It says its kelp farms will sink to the ocean floor and lock the carbon away for millennia.Fred BeverFromToggle more optionsIn the race to stall or even reverse global warming, new efforts are in the works to pull carbon dioxide out of the air and put it somewhere safe. One startup in Maine has a vision that is drawing attention from scientists and venture capitalists alike: to bury massive amounts of seaweed at the bottom of the...…Kelp Farm Startup Aims To Bury Carbon And Slow Climate Change A Maine startup is drawing high-profile support for its low-tech plan to soak up carbon emissions. It says its kelp farms will sink to the ocean floor and lock the carbon away for millennia.Fred BeverFromToggle more optionsIn the race to stall or even reverse global warming, new efforts are in the works to pull carbon dioxide out of the air and put it somewhere safe. One startup in Maine has a vision that is drawing attention from scientists and venture capitalists alike: to bury massive amounts of seaweed at the bottom of the...WW…

© 2022 Maine PublicPlay Live Radio0:000:00Available On Air StationsIn a public hearing Tuesday night, conservationists and fishermen alike roundly criticized federal regulators’ proposed changes in fishing rules to protect endangered whales from fishing gear.With roughly 360 North Atlantic right whales left on the planet, the government is moving to reduce their risks of serious injury or death from entanglement with rope that lobstermen and other fishermen use.Under consideration are measures to require the use of breakaway links in the ropes, more traps per line and seasonal fishery area...…© 2022 Maine PublicPlay Live Radio0:000:00Available On Air StationsIn a public hearing Tuesday night, conservationists and fishermen alike roundly criticized federal regulators’ proposed changes in fishing rules to protect endangered whales from fishing gear.With roughly 360 North Atlantic right whales left on the planet, the government is moving to reduce their risks of serious injury or death from entanglement with rope that lobstermen and other fishermen use.Under consideration are measures to require the use of breakaway links in the ropes, more traps per line and seasonal fishery area...WW…

© 2022 Maine PublicPlay Live Radio0:000:00Available On Air StationsGov. Janet Mills is taking aim at a draft federal report on endangered North Atlantic right whales she says could force a total reinvention of the state’s lobster fishery.Mills says the so-called draft Biological Opinion outlines a 10-year goal of reducing risks that whales may be harmed by fishing gear or ship strikes by 98% — with the brunt of the burden to be carried by Maine lobstermen.“What concerns me most is the lack of data, lack of science, lack of evidence that any of the deaths of right whales or reduced calving...…© 2022 Maine PublicPlay Live Radio0:000:00Available On Air StationsGov. Janet Mills is taking aim at a draft federal report on endangered North Atlantic right whales she says could force a total reinvention of the state’s lobster fishery.Mills says the so-called draft Biological Opinion outlines a 10-year goal of reducing risks that whales may be harmed by fishing gear or ship strikes by 98% — with the brunt of the burden to be carried by Maine lobstermen.“What concerns me most is the lack of data, lack of science, lack of evidence that any of the deaths of right whales or reduced calving...WW…

© 2022 Maine PublicPlay Live Radio0:000:00Available On Air StationsAs far as real estate sales in Maine are concerned, the pandemic took away, and then it gave — and gave some more.Data released on Tuesday show that while property sales in Maine tanked between March and June, the market roared back after that. Sales numbers are now on track to be higher than in 2019, which itself was a record year.“It’s just incredible, actually astounding. The numbers that we’re at right now year-to-date are 7.9% ahead of last year,” says Tom Cole, president of the Maine Association of Realtors.Cole says...…© 2022 Maine PublicPlay Live Radio0:000:00Available On Air StationsAs far as real estate sales in Maine are concerned, the pandemic took away, and then it gave — and gave some more.Data released on Tuesday show that while property sales in Maine tanked between March and June, the market roared back after that. Sales numbers are now on track to be higher than in 2019, which itself was a record year.“It’s just incredible, actually astounding. The numbers that we’re at right now year-to-date are 7.9% ahead of last year,” says Tom Cole, president of the Maine Association of Realtors.Cole says...WW…

Maine Public RadioRelated Program: Related Program: Listen Listening... 6:05 Saddleback Reopens, But Can It Help Lift Western Maine's Economy? Skiers are back on the slopes of Rangeley’s Saddleback Mountain this week, marking a new era in the resort’s rocky history. Its new owner, a Boston-based venture fund with a social mission, says its investments will help stem economic decline in western Maine. Many in the region are hoping for the best, but not necessarily counting on it. Saddleback reopened Tuesday with much enthusiasm. But back in the fall, Saddleback’s new general...…Maine Public RadioRelated Program: Related Program: Listen Listening... 6:05 Saddleback Reopens, But Can It Help Lift Western Maine's Economy? Skiers are back on the slopes of Rangeley’s Saddleback Mountain this week, marking a new era in the resort’s rocky history. Its new owner, a Boston-based venture fund with a social mission, says its investments will help stem economic decline in western Maine. Many in the region are hoping for the best, but not necessarily counting on it. Saddleback reopened Tuesday with much enthusiasm. But back in the fall, Saddleback’s new general...WW…

© 2022 Maine PublicPlay Live Radio0:000:00Available On Air StationsThe Rural Maine Reporting Project is made possible through the generous support of the Betterment Fund.Saddleback Mountain’s slopes opened to the public Tuesday morning after a five-year hiatus.Eager skiers in Rangeley brushed aside near zero-degree temperatures and strong winds to return to the state’s third-largest ski area.Skowhegan resident Mike Lambke was giddy about the chance to bring his now-teenage daughter to the hill, which closed while she was still a beginner.“And now she’s ready to ski anything, so for me it’s...…© 2022 Maine PublicPlay Live Radio0:000:00Available On Air StationsThe Rural Maine Reporting Project is made possible through the generous support of the Betterment Fund.Saddleback Mountain’s slopes opened to the public Tuesday morning after a five-year hiatus.Eager skiers in Rangeley brushed aside near zero-degree temperatures and strong winds to return to the state’s third-largest ski area.Skowhegan resident Mike Lambke was giddy about the chance to bring his now-teenage daughter to the hill, which closed while she was still a beginner.“And now she’s ready to ski anything, so for me it’s...WW…

© 2022 Maine PublicPlay Live Radio0:000:00Available On Air StationsMaine’s close-knit groundfishing community is grieving after four fishermen were lost at sea this week. This follows the loss of two others earlier this year.Fisherman Bryan Pearce docks his boat at the same Portland pier where the Emmy Rose set out from last week, before it was caught in rough conditions and sank off Provincetown, Massachusetts, early Monday morning.“Every fisherman takes a step back and reassesses. ‘Is it going to happen to me?’ You reassess and think, ‘Do I really want to take the risk?’ And then time...…© 2022 Maine PublicPlay Live Radio0:000:00Available On Air StationsMaine’s close-knit groundfishing community is grieving after four fishermen were lost at sea this week. This follows the loss of two others earlier this year.Fisherman Bryan Pearce docks his boat at the same Portland pier where the Emmy Rose set out from last week, before it was caught in rough conditions and sank off Provincetown, Massachusetts, early Monday morning.“Every fisherman takes a step back and reassesses. ‘Is it going to happen to me?’ You reassess and think, ‘Do I really want to take the risk?’ And then time...WW…

© 2022 Maine PublicPlay Live Radio0:000:00Available On Air StationsThe U.S. Coast Guard is searching the waters off Provincetown, Massachusetts, for four crewmen of a 82-foot commercial fishing boat, Emmy Rose, based in Portland.The Coast Guard says the boat’s emergency radio beacon alerted at around 1 a.m. and efforts to reach the crew by satellite phone were unsuccessful.Coast Guard spokesperson Petty Officer Amanda Wyrick says the Guard sent a helicopter and cutter to the boat’s last known position, arriving at about 3:30 a.m.“When our crews arrived on scene, they were able to recover...…© 2022 Maine PublicPlay Live Radio0:000:00Available On Air StationsThe U.S. Coast Guard is searching the waters off Provincetown, Massachusetts, for four crewmen of a 82-foot commercial fishing boat, Emmy Rose, based in Portland.The Coast Guard says the boat’s emergency radio beacon alerted at around 1 a.m. and efforts to reach the crew by satellite phone were unsuccessful.Coast Guard spokesperson Petty Officer Amanda Wyrick says the Guard sent a helicopter and cutter to the boat’s last known position, arriving at about 3:30 a.m.“When our crews arrived on scene, they were able to recover...WW…

© 2022 Maine PublicPlay Live Radio0:000:00Available On Air StationsGov. Janet Mills on Friday announced an ambitious, state-led effort to build as many as 12 floating wind-energy turbines off Maine’s coast.Mills is on the hunt for a location for the array, in partnership with the University of Maine and the big-money investors behind the pioneering Aqua Ventus turbine experiment near Monhegan Island. But that’s got some fishermen worried.The effort to win a so-called research lease from the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management will be led by Dan Burgess, director of the Governor’s...…© 2022 Maine PublicPlay Live Radio0:000:00Available On Air StationsGov. Janet Mills on Friday announced an ambitious, state-led effort to build as many as 12 floating wind-energy turbines off Maine’s coast.Mills is on the hunt for a location for the array, in partnership with the University of Maine and the big-money investors behind the pioneering Aqua Ventus turbine experiment near Monhegan Island. But that’s got some fishermen worried.The effort to win a so-called research lease from the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management will be led by Dan Burgess, director of the Governor’s...WW…