The Maine Recovery Council was established pursuant to the Maine State Subdivision Memorandum of Understanding (PDF) and Agreement Regarding Use of Settlement Funds and 5 M.R.S.A. §203-C. The purpose ...

At the Lobster Advisory Council (LAC) meeting held on April 28, 2025, LAC members discussed sending a lobster industry survey similar to one conducted by the Department in 2008. The LAC unanimously ...

Dear Maine EMS Services and Partners, To help you successfully apply before the deadline, Maine EMS is hosting a critical informational webinar on May 1st at noon. Act Quickly! The Maine EMS ...

Pursue a career where your passion lies. If that's in protecting the food we eat, stopping forest fires, keeping our parks and public lands pristine and accessible, planning wise land utilization, or ...

The Maine CDC is excited to announce that we are modernizing our Tuberculosis (TB) reporting system. Currently, inactive TB (also known as Latent TB Infection or LTBI) cases and suspect and confirmed ...

On Monday, December 9, 2024, at approximately 6:55 AM, the Bangor Regional Communications Center took multiple reports of a serious personal injury crash on I-95 at mile-marker 181 in Bangor. Upon ...

As filter-feeders, freshwater mussels provide a vital service to Maine’s lakes, ponds, rivers and streams by removing suspended particles such as algae, bacteria, and detritus from the water column.

Among Maine’s inland (nonmarine) reptiles are seven turtle species and nine snake species. Maine’s 10th snake species, the timber rattlesnake, is extirpated, with no credible evidence of the species ...

On Friday, March 21, 2025, at approximately 6:00 AM, the Bangor and Augusta Regional Communication Centers received multiple calls reporting a wrong-way driver on the Turnpike near mile marker 42 in ...

This is a hybrid meeting of the Maine Offshore Wind Research Consortium. The meeting will include a discussion of research topics that should be considered for the Consortium's next round of funded ...

As you take important first steps on the road to becoming a benefit corporation, there is a strong community available to assist you here in Maine. The Department of the Secretary of State is here to ...

There is much still to learn about the distribution and ecology of Maine’s herpetofauna, and we encourage members of the public to share their photo-documented observations as part of the Maine ...