Esta Pratt-Kielley, Maine Public, Author at Bangor Daily News

Trump administration ends LGBTQ+ youth suicide prevention hotline used by thousands of Mainers

by Esta Pratt-Kielley, Maine Public July 17, 2025July 17, 2025

President Donald Trump signed into law the creation of specialized care options under the 988 hotline in 2020.

In an uneasy political climate, Maine Pride organizers put extra focus on safety and trans rights

by Esta Pratt-Kielley, Maine Public June 2, 2025June 2, 2025

State

Transgender Mainers face travel uncertainty and fears in the wake of Trump’s passport policy

by Esta Pratt-Kielley, Maine Public April 7, 2025April 7, 2025

Maine’s only high school blacksmithing program is keeping the trade alive

by Robbie Feinberg, Maine Public and Esta Pratt-Kielley, Maine Public May 10, 2024May 10, 2024

State

LGBTQ+ families find protection and affirmation in Maine’s new confirmatory adoption law

by Esta Pratt-Kielley, Maine Public April 18, 2024April 18, 2024

Wolfe’s Neck Farm adopting innovative approach to reducing CO2 emissions

by Esta Pratt-Kielley, Maine Public May 13, 2023May 13, 2023

Maine’s 1st conservation cemetery offers climate friendly burials

by Esta Pratt-Kielley, Maine Public February 26, 2023February 26, 2023

Volunteers are growing softshell clams from seed, about the size of a grain of sand, until they are big enough to put in the mud so the population can regrow.

Volunteers are growing softshell clams to rebuild Gouldsboro’s fishery

by Esta Pratt-Kielley, Maine Public December 15, 2022November 24, 2023

Understanding the effects of climate change on fall foliage is critical for regions like Down East Maine relying on fall tourism.

How climate change is affecting Maine’s iconic fall foliage

by Esta Pratt-Kielley, Maine Public November 3, 2022November 3, 2022

New Portland thrift shop creates a safe and ungendered shopping space

by Esta Pratt-Kielley, Maine Public June 17, 2022June 17, 2022

Ticks killed nearly 90 percent of moose calves tracked by scientists in 2 Maine counties last year

by Kevin Miller, Maine Public and Esta Pratt-Kielley, Maine Public May 18, 2022May 19, 2022

News

What centuries of ice-out records can tell us about climate change on Maine’s lakes

by Robbie Feinberg, Maine Public and Esta Pratt-Kielley, Maine Public May 16, 2022May 16, 2022

Public notices of name changes ‘outed’ many transgender Mainers. A new law will change that.

by Esta Pratt-Kielley, Maine Public April 21, 2022April 21, 2022

Somerset County may become the last bastion of maple syrup producers in New England

by Steve Mistler, Maine Public and Esta Pratt-Kielley, Maine Public April 11, 2022April 11, 2022

The pandemic brought many Maine classrooms outside. Now, educators want to keep it that way.

by Esta Pratt-Kielley, Maine Public June 18, 2021June 18, 2021