Environment Archives - Bangor Daily News

Ellsworth mulls $100K program to protect ash trees from emerald ash borer

by Sabrina Martin March 22, 2026March 23, 2026

The presence of emerald ash borers was confirmed on Mount Desert Island last April, one of many infestations in Maine.

Acadia building new path to protect pedestrians at Cadillac Mountain summit

by Sabrina Martin March 18, 2026March 18, 2026

Tremont might become 1st MDI town to hold deer hunt in nearly 100 years

by Shaun Farrar, Bar Harbor Story March 18, 2026March 18, 2026

Ellsworth residents imagine life without downtown dam as relicensing drags on

by Sabrina Martin March 11, 2026March 11, 2026

Educational signs pulled from Acadia after Trump orders, database shows

by Sabrina Martin March 5, 2026March 5, 2026

Congress funds work to rebuild Deer Isle Causeway over rising seas

by Elizabeth Walztoni March 3, 2026March 3, 2026

Bucksport blasts company over approaching state deadline to close landfill

by Elizabeth Walztoni February 27, 2026

State to help fund wetland restoration in Acadia National Park

by Sabrina Martin February 21, 2026

Deer Isle group conserves land to help avoid downstream shellfish closures

by Elizabeth Walztoni February 4, 2026

Winter storm drops more than a foot of snow across Maine

by Elizabeth Walztoni January 26, 2026January 26, 2026

Weekend earthquake hit near Ellsworth

by Christopher Burns January 12, 2026January 12, 2026

A Maine man shot a rabid skunk with a shotgun. It just kept coming.

by Island Ad-Vantages staff December 3, 2025December 3, 2025

Man shot rabid raccoon off his leg during Hancock County attack

by Island Ad-Vantages staff October 30, 2025October 30, 2025

After its 1st alewife harvest in decades, a Maine town is trying to keep it going

by Elizabeth Walztoni September 24, 2025September 24, 2025

Acadia National Park removes signs outlining climate change impacts

by Carrie Jones, Bar Harbor Story September 23, 2025September 23, 2025

TikTok is changing how people visit Acadia National Park

by Bill Trotter September 20, 2025September 22, 2025

Superfund site in Brooksville will be dredged next week

by Elizabeth Walztoni September 19, 2025September 19, 2025

Hunter gets permit to kill nuisance black bear in Bar Harbor

by Shaun Farrar, Bar Harbor Story September 17, 2025September 17, 2025

Castine clears out woods near its village to avoid another wildfire

by Elizabeth Walztoni September 16, 2025

Closure of Bucksport landfill won’t start until next year

by Elizabeth Walztoni September 11, 2025September 11, 2025