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In this view from the Sidney boat landing, a loan kayaker paddles south toward Augusta. The Spring Running Festival in Augusta celebrates the rebirth of this river.
Held at the Mill Park and Old Fort Western on the Kennebec Riverfront, the Annual Spring Running Festival is the ideal way to learn about the majestic and mighty Kennebec and enjoy some unique aspects of historic downtown Augusta
This week we will discuss an amazing stormwater control system known as the Transpiring, Recyclable, Energy Efficient Stormwater System, or TREES for short. This key component of Mother Nature's basic watershed design is a wonder of efficiency, and coupled with vegetated wetland buffers, does an outstanding job of protecting the water quality of lakes and streams.
Last week, I made the effort to define what a watershed is. This week I will focus on some of the conservation issues affecting the Cobbosseecontee watershed, which drains into the Kennebec via Cobbossee Stream.
The L.C. Bates Museum 2008 summer art exhibit, "Some Homes," features the work of sixteen contemporary Maine artists depicting images with some aspect of "home" as the central theme, inspired by an early 1900's writing with the same title by G.W. Hinckley, educator, and Good Will-Hinckley Home and L.C. Bates Museum founder.
When I was growing up, one of my favorite weekend outings was walking the banks of a small trout stream with my father. We both enjoyed hitting our favorite fishing holes, casting small phoebes or spinners into the fast moving rifts or slowly drifting a worm we had just dug from the vegetable garden into the deeper pools. It was Redisplay This Page in Printer-Friendly Format <— Previous • Home • All 2008 Issues • Next —> | ||||||||||
