In Saturday’s Portland Press Herald I wrote an update on the ongoing dispute over the future of sea run fish in Maine’s Kennebec River and the survival of endangered Atlantic… Read more »
Article Topic: Oceans
Speaking (a lot) about most everything at Star Island’s Natural History Week, June 20-27
I’m pleased to announce that I’ll be the annual speaker on Star Island, Isles of Shoals, for this year’s Natural History Week, held June 20 to 27. [Update, 5/4/2020: Star… Read more »
Bills to protect working waterfronts, tribal women pass US House, sit at Senate
Some non-impeachment related Washington news. I’ve recently reported on the passage of a couple of bills in the US House that are of particular importance in Maine. They’re broadly regarded… Read more »
Kelp, “forests of the sea,” vanishing from parts of warming Gulf of Maine
Kelp, a foundation species with a role not unlike that of corals in tropical seas, is vanishing from the coasts of New Hampshire and southern Maine due to the rapid… Read more »
Is Maine’s decades-long lobster boom about to end?
I recently reported on a new scientific study that suggests Maine’s lobster boom is about to come to an abrupt end, with landings returning to historic levels over the next… Read more »
Six years after lawmakers reverse ban, alewives have banner run in St. Croix River
For seven years now, I’ve reported on the strange saga of the alewives of the St. Croix River, which forms the border between the US and Canada in eastern Maine… Read more »
Rep. Pingree reintroduced ocean acidification bill; this time it might pass
Ocean acidification, a potentially catastrophic threat to shellfish harvesters and the coastal communities they live in, is one of a variety of climate related risks confronting both the Gulf of… Read more »
Maine poised to finally respond to Gulf of Maine climate threats
With Gov. Paul LePage gone and Democrats in complete control of state government, Maine appears poised to finally confront climate change threats to the state, including the implement of key… Read more »
COLIN WOODARD is a New York Times bestselling author and award-winning journalist. He is the author of six books that have been translated into a dozen foreign languages and inspired an NBC television drama. He is currently Director of Nationhood Lab at the Pell Center for International Relations and Public Affairs at Salve Regina University. As State and National Affairs Writer at the Portland Press Herald and Maine Sunday Telegram he won a 2012 George Polk Award and was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in 2016. He is a contributing editor at POLITICO and his work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Economist, Smithsonian and dozens of other major publications.