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Fishing boats in fog, Winter Harbor, Maine

Water & Coastlines · Maine · Part one

The Warming Gulf

Maine's fishing towns built their lives on cold water. As it warms, the catch is moving north. The records show officials knew years before the people who depend on it.

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Forest canopy, northern Maine

Land, Wildlife & Habitat

Who Owns the North Woods?

Ten million acres of Maine forest, held by a few owners and managed far from public view.

Lobster boats in fog

Photo essay · Water & Coastlines

The Last Lobster Season

Rural road through Maine forest

Corporate Accountability

PFAS on the Farm Road

“We've fished these waters for four generations. Nobody asked us what we were seeing.”
Lobsterman, Winter Harbor

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  1. 01Land, Wildlife & HabitatForests, species, and the ground they depend on.
  2. 02Corporate AccountabilityWho profits from the damage, and who pays for it.
  3. 03Water & CoastlinesRivers, aquifers, and the coast.
  4. 04Policy & RegulationThe rules, the loopholes, and the people who write them.

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