Keywords: Environmentalists
Item 149639
Helen Nearing and Scott Nearing, Harborside, 1983
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1983-08-12 Location: Brookside Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Clean Water: Muskie and the Environment
Maine Senator Edmund S. Muskie earned the nickname "Mr. Clean" for his environment efforts during his tenure in Congress from 1959 to 1980. He helped created a political coalition that passed important clean air and clean water legislation, drawing on his roots in Maine.
Story
From Naturalists to Environmentalists
by Andy Beahm
The beginnings of Maine Audubon in the Portland Society of Natural History
