Picture credit : Mathew at Unsplash Ian Lehanan writing for the Portsmouth Herald reported an anticipated increase in flood insurance premiums for residents of the Seacoast. many flood insurance holders in the United States who is likely to see a hike in premium rates this fall, as FEMA’s National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is set to introduce a […]
Picture credit: Jim Dollar at Creative Commons For an expanded description of the MSZ go to the Maine Department of Environmental Protection The Mandatory Shoreland Zoning Act (MSZA) requires municipalities to adopt, administer, and enforce local ordinances that regulate land use activities in the shoreland zone. The shoreland zone is comprised of all land areas […]
By Noah Gleason-Hart, the MOFGA’s low-impact forestry specialist. You can contact him at forestry@mofga.org. / Picture credit: /Unsplash As Hannah Murray outlined in her winter 2018 article in The MOF&G, with foresight, planning and commitment, our forests have a large role to play in mitigating the effects of climate change. However, even as we work to […]
Picture credit: Stephen Walker/Unsplash Karina Graeter is the new sustainability coordinator for the Southern Maine Planning and Development Commission’s Regional Sustainability and Resilience Program. She told Kennebunkport selectmen recently that … the plan has four goals centered on collaboration, assessment, integration, and action. The overall objective is to coordinate planning and execution throughout coastal York […]
As published in strawlessocean.org / Picture credit: Meghan Rodgers/Unsplash UNDERSTANDING PLASTIC POLLUTION Learn more about the problem and the Strawless Ocean program. WHAT IS THIS ALL ABOUT? Plastic straws are really bad for the ocean. It’s estimated that we use over 500 million every day in America, and most of those end up in our oceans, […]
