Keywords: Pollution
Item 25725
Contributed by: Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library Date: 1970-03-27 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 25771
Letter to Muskie on Portland pollution, 1970
Contributed by: Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library Date: 1970 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Exhibit
Student Exhibit: Logging on Kennebec River
I became interested in the Kennebec River log drive when my grandfather would tell me stories. He remembers watching the logs flow down the river from his home in Fairfield, a small town along the Kennebec River.
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.
Site Page
Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - …next came the artists and rusticators.
"… plans of people seeking relief from the noise and pollution of industrialized urban life. Hoping that the “cool waters of Eden” might invigorate…"
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - “Maine’s Century” Ends
"… too, lost its luster as industrial development polluted its waters, but the 20th century would bring great advances in historic preservation and…"
Story
Starting Chebeague Island Oyster Company
by Caitlin Gerber
Farming oysters in Casco Bay
Story
Make It Great Again
by SC
2020, Acrylic on canvas