Natural Resources Council of Maine
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| Founded | 1959 |
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| Type | 501(c)3 |
| Focus | Conservation, Advocacy, Education |
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| Method | Litigation, education, advocacy |
| Slogan | "Protecting the Nature of Maine" |
| Website | nrcm.org |
The Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM) is a Maine-based, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, with offices in Augusta, Maine. Founded in 1959 as a small, volunteer-based environmental advocacy group, NRCM has grown to be Maine's largest environmental advocacy organization, with more than 16,000 supporters and activists and a staff of 24, including science and policy experts. Over more than fifty years, NRCM has been recognized and awarded dozens of times for its work on behalf of a wide variety of environmental issues.
The Natural Resources Council of Maine was formed on June 25, 1959 when a coalition of environmental organizations from across Maine came together to address emerging threats to Maine's land, air, and water. NRCM's work through the 1960s and 1970s on a range of environmental and conservation issues positioned the organization as a leader in Maine's growing conservation movement. The organization's mission statement is:
It further states that it "harnesses the power of the law, science, and the voices of more than 16,000 supporters statewide and beyond... to protect the health of Maine’s rivers, lakes, and wetlands; reduce the amount and toxicity of waste to conserve natural resources and stop toxic pollution; set Maine on a path to a prosperous sustainable energy future, without climate-changing pollution; and conserve Maine’s woods, wilderness, and wildlife". In addition to working on a number of different specific program areas, NRCM monitors the legislative and executive agency rule making process at the state government level. Historically the Natural Resources Council of Maine has partnered with citizens and other non-profit organizations from across Maine to promote issues of mutual concern.
The Natural Resources Council of Maine focuses on several different program areas:
NRCM has been involved with most of Maine's most important environmental issues.
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Angus King, US Senator from Maine 2012–present, worked as NRCM's primary legislative lobbyist for a number of years in the 1970s.
Jon Hinck, former member of the Maine House of Representatives, contributing founder of Greenpeace U.S.A., and current member of the Portland, Maine city council, acted as staff attorney for the Natural Resources Council of Maine from 2003 to 2006. Hinck's work was vital in the passage of the landmark 2004 electronic waste law, requiring manufacturers for the first time to take responsibility for environmentally sound recycling of certain kinds of electronics, like computers and televisions.
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