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Not active here anymore. Maine journalist. Author of Caffeinated, and Sweet and Deadly (3/2025). Bylines @mainepublic, @NYTimes, @WashingtonPost, @NPR, etc.
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By Murray Carpenter Verified
| LIVE! From City Lights
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The fragile hope for salmon recovery in Maine

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By Murray Carpenter Verified
| Miami Herald Verified
(Science Times) AVON, Maine -- On a bright March morning, Paul Christman hiked through deep snowdrifts on the bank of Avon Valley Brook in the western Maine mountains, leading a crew wearing waders and shouldering unwieldy backpacks. One crew member carried a pack basket loaded with battered funnels crafted from stovepipes, duct tape and plumbing pipes. Another lugged a water pump. The last brought a cooler full of thousands of fertilized Atlantic salmon eggs.
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The Fragile Hope for Salmon Recovery in Maine

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By Murray Carpenter Verified
| Breaking One
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The Fragile Hope for Salmon Recovery in Maine

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By Murray Carpenter Verified
| Breaking One
AVON, Maine -- On a bright March morning, Paul Christman hiked through deep snowdrifts on the bank of Avon Valley Brook in the western Maine mountains, leading a crew wearing waders and shouldering unwieldy backpacks. kAm~?6 4C6H >6>36C 42CC:65 2 A24< 32D<6E =@2565 H:E9 32EE6C65 7F??6=D 4C27E65 7C@> DE@G6A:A6D[ 5F4E E2A6 2?5 A=F>3:?8 A:A6D] p?@E96C =F8865 2 H2E6C AF>A] %96 =2DE 3C@F89E 2 4@@=6C 7F== @7 E9@FD2?5D @7 76CE:=:K65 pE=2?E:4 D2=>@?
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The Fragile Hope for Salmon Recovery in Maine

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By Murray Carpenter Verified
| The Seattle Times Verified
AVON, Maine — On a bright March morning, Paul Christman hiked through deep snowdrifts on the bank of Avon Valley Brook in the western Maine mountains, leading a crew wearing waders and shouldering unwieldy backpacks. One crew member carried a pack basket loaded with battered funnels crafted from stovepipes, duct tape and plumbing pipes. Another lugged a water pump. The last brought a cooler full of thousands of fertilized Atlantic salmon eggs.
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The Fragile Hope for Salmon Recovery in Maine Original

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By Murray Carpenter Verified, Greta Rybus
| The New York Times Verified
On a bright March morning, Paul Christman hiked through deep snowdrifts on the bank of Avon Valley Brook in the western Maine mountains, leading a crew wearing waders and shouldering unwieldy backpacks. One crew member carried a pack basket loaded with battered funnels crafted from stovepipes, duct tape and plumbing pipes. Another lugged a water pump. The last brought a cooler full of thousands of fertilized Atlantic salmon eggs.
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The Fragile Hope for Salmon Recovery in Maine

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By Murray Carpenter Verified
| Breaking One
AVON, Maine -- On a bright March morning, Paul Christman hiked through deep snowdrifts on the bank of Avon Valley Brook in the western Maine mountains, leading a crew wearing waders and shouldering unwieldy backpacks. kAm~?6 4C6H >6>36C 42CC:65 2 A24< 32D<6E =@2565 H:E9 32EE6C65 7F??6=D 4C27E65 7C@> DE@G6A:A6D[ 5F4E E2A6 2?5 A=F>3:?8 A:A6D] p?@E96C =F8865 2 H2E6C AF>A] %96 =2DE 3C@F89E 2 4@@=6C 7F== @7 E9@FD2?5D @7 76CE:=:K65 pE=2?E:4 D2=>@?
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The View from Kestrel Hill

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By Murray Carpenter Verified
| Midcoast Villager Verified
In 30 years of exploring Waldo County, I’ve found few spots that hold a candle to a hilltop blueberry barren in Belfast. Hardly anyone refers to it by its real name, Patterson Hill, because it’s easily confused with the better-known Patterson Hill in East Belfast. Some call it Top of the World. My family has always called it Kestrel Hill, because a pair of small falcons usually nests there. The view is exceptionally expansive from the summit.
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Private Jet Crashes at Maine Airport, Killing 7

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By Murray Carpenter Verified, Alexandra Petri Verified, Victor Mather Verified
| Breaking One
A private jet crashed Sunday evening at Bangor International Airport in Maine, killing all seven passengers and seriously injuring the plane's eighth occupant, a crew member, authorities said. kAm%96 u656C2= pG:2E:@? p5>:?:DEC2E:@? D2:5 :? 2 DE2E6>6?E E92E E96 A=2?6[ 2 q@>32C5:6C r92==6?86C e__[ 4C2D965 2D :E H2D E2<:?8 @77 7C@> E96 2:CA@CE 2C@F?5 ficd A]>][ 2D 2 H:?E6C DE@C> H2D 3C:?8:?8 962GJ D?@H 2?5 H:?5 24C@DD E96 t2DE r@2DE] %96 286?4J D2:5 E92E[ 32D65 @?
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Private Jet Crashes at Maine Airport, Killing 6

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By Murray Carpenter Verified, Alexandra Petri Verified, Victor Mather Verified
| Breaking One
BANGOR, Maine -- A private jet crashed Sunday evening at Bangor International Airport in Maine, killing all six people on board. kAm%96 u656C2= pG:2E:@? p5>:?:DEC2E:@? D2:5 :? 2 DE2E6>6?E E92E E96 A=2?6[ 2 q@>32C5:6C r92==6?86C e__[ 4C2D965 2D :E H2D E2<:?8 @77 7C@> E96 2:CA@CE 2C@F?5 ficd A]>][ 2D 2 H:?E6C DE@C> H2D 3C:?8:?8 962GJ D?@H 2?5 H:?5 24C@DD E96 t2DE r@2DE] %96 286?4J D2:5 E92E[ 32D65 @? AC6=:>:?2CJ :?7@C>2E:@?[ E96 A=2?6 4C2D965 @? 56A2CEFC6[ Q42>6 E@ C6DE :?G6CE65 2?5 42F89E @?
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Maine Regulators Issue Warning Letter for Belfast Wetlands Lapse

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By Murray Carpenter Verified
| Midcoast Villager Verified
The Maine Department of Environmental Protection recently issued a letter of warning designed to recoup wetlands protections lost in a regulatory oversight more than 20 years ago. The lapse by state and federal regulators allowed a wetlands mitigation site in Belfast to be marketed for commercial development earlier this year. kAm%96 >:E:82E:@? 562= 6>6C865 7C@> E96 56G6=@A>6?E @7 4C65:E 42C5 8:2?E |q}p’D DAC2H=:?8 42>AFD :? q6=72DE] x? 6I492?86 7@C :>A24ED E@ 23@FE D6G6?
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Maine regulators issue warning letter for Belfast wetlands lapse

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By Murray Carpenter Verified
| Bangor Daily News Verified
This story appears as part of a collaboration to strengthen investigative journalism in Maine between the BDN and The Maine Monitor. Read more about the partnership. The Maine Department of Environmental Protection recently issued a letter of warning designed to recoup wetlands protections lost in a regulatory oversight more than 20 years ago. The lapse by state and federal regulators allowed a wetlands mitigation site in Belfast to be marketed for commercial development earlier this year.
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Maine regulators issue warning letter for Belfast wetlands lapse

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By Murray Carpenter Verified
| WCSH-TV (Portland, ME) Verified
BELFAST, Maine — The Maine Department of Environmental Protection recently issued a letter of warning designed to recoup wetlands protections lost in a regulatory oversight more than 20 years ago. The lapse by state and federal regulators allowed a wetlands mitigation site in Belfast to be marketed for commercial development earlier this year. The mitigation deal emerged from the development of credit card giant MBNA’s sprawling campus in Belfast.
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Maine regulators issue warning letter for Belfast wetlands lapse Original

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By Murray Carpenter Verified
| The Maine Monitor
The Maine Department of Environmental Protection recently issued a letter of warning designed to recoup wetlands protections lost in a regulatory oversight more than 20 years ago. The lapse by state and federal regulators allowed a wetlands mitigation site in Belfast to be marketed for commercial development earlier this year. The mitigation deal emerged from the development of credit card giant MBNA’s sprawling campus in Belfast.
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Maine is building homes faster, but they are emptier Original

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By Murray Carpenter Verified
| The Maine Monitor
Maine’s shortage of affordable housing has led to calls to aggressively build new homes and apartments: up to 84,000 more by 2030, according to a 2023 state report frequently cited by Maine media. But other numbers paint a more complicated picture, showing how it can be deceptive to focus solely on this statistic, as housing can become less affordable even if construction outpaces population growth. That’s exactly what has happened in Maine over the last 50 years.
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A shady land deal in Belfast as a conservation easement goes missing

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By Murray Carpenter Verified
| Bangor Daily News Verified
This story appears as part of a collaboration to strengthen investigative journalism in Maine between the BDN and The Maine Monitor. Read more about the partnership.
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A shady land deal as a conservation easement goes missing

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By Murray Carpenter Verified
| The Maine Monitor
The 24-acre lot for sale in Belfast, between Renys and Goodwill, is touted as “an ideal location for retail, office, or mixed-use development.” But ads for the $295,000 property don’t mention that state and federal officials in 1997 approved its use as a mitigation site, to compensate for wetlands that the credit card giant MBNA filled while building its campus just across Route 3.
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A Shady Land Deal in Belfast as a Conservation Easement Goes Missing

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By Murray Carpenter Verified
| Midcoast Villager Verified
A wetland in Belfast was supposed to be conserved “in perpetuity.” Instead it’s being sold as commercial property. DEP is investigating. The lot is now listed for sale for $295,000, as “an ideal location for retail, office, or mixed-use development.” kAm%96 ac\24C6 =@E 7@C D2=6 :? q6=72DE[ 36EH66? #6?JVD 2?5 v@@5H:==[ :D E@FE65 2D “2? :562= =@42E:@? 7@C C6E2:=[ @77:46[ @C >:I65\FD6 56G6=@A>6?E]”k^Am kAmqFE 25D 7@C E96 Sahd[___ AC@A6CEJ 5@?’E >6?E:@? E92E DE2E6 2?5 7656C2= @77:4:2=D :?
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U.S. coffee roasters face uncertainty as coffee-growing countries face steep tariffs

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By Murray Carpenter Verified
| KUOW-FM (Seattle, WA) Verified
The U.S. is the world's largest coffee consumer, but grows only about 1% of it. Some coffee-growing countries could be hit with steep tariffs, and U.S. coffee roasters are trying to figure things out.
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U.S. coffee roasters face uncertainty as coffee-growing countries face steep tariffs

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By Murray Carpenter Verified
| Connecticut Public Verified
SOMOS CONNECTICUT is an initiative from Connecticut Public, the state’s local NPR and PBS station, to elevate Latino stories and expand programming that uplifts and informs our Latino communities. Visit CTPublic.org/latino for more stories and resources. For updates, sign up for the SOMOS CONNECTICUT newsletter at ctpublic.org/newsletters.
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