Podcasts by Penobscot Bay podcast

Rockland Maine poet laureate emeritus Kendall Merriam reads from his recent and past works from 2015-11-27T06:12:43

On November 21, 2015, Rockland poet Kendall Merriam visited WRFR's studio and read three poems and the introduction to his 1980s work Medvedb's Journal The reading starts with the recenty written ...

Maine Task force answers questions about Norwegian floating windpower plan from 2012-05-23T18:35:01

On May 23rd the US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management held a two hour virtual meeting of the Maine Ocean Energy Task Force to discuss next steps for reviewing energy giant Statoil's plan to deploy ...

Maine Windpower Forum Rockport Maine, May 20, 2010 Part 3 from 2010-05-21T23:21:30

Part 3 of May 20, 2010 meeting at Rockport Opera House, Rockport Maine. 50 Minutes Long. Topics: Plan for windfarm on Camden Hills's Ragged Mountain, and a question and answer session, including De...

Maine Windpower Forum Rockport Maine, May 20, 2010 Part 2 from 2010-05-21T20:56:34

Maine Windpower Forum Rockport Maine May 20,. 2010 Part 1 from 2010-05-21T17:16:11

The Emperor Lays an Egg - read by Kalen Darney. from 2009-09-07T14:47:56

Emperors are known for many things, but only an amazing emperor - the Emperor Penguin- lays eggs. Find out how and why in this fascinating book by Brenda Z. Guiberson, illustrated by Joan Paley. R...

Energy Ocean: Obama's Dept of Interior sets course for US wave&tidal energy from 2009-06-16T03:17:52

On June 15, 2009 Maureen Bornholdt of the federal Office of Offshore Alternative Energy Programs gave this 40 minute keynote speech to the participants of Energy Ocean 09, at the Samoset Resort in ...

Weekend Roundtable - Maine state prison warden, officials under self-investigation from 2009-05-31T04:38:57

Today's 30 minute podcast reviews an recent article by Kim Lincoln of Village Soup's Rockland Herald Gazette on the interim results of an investigation by OPEGA, Maine's Office of Program Evaluati...

Sears Island defenders loudly cry foul at Maine Governor's"environment award"ceremony. from 2009-05-24T04:24:46

In this week's 24 minute long edition of the weekend roundtable, I talk about, and play an excerpt of, our band of grassroots activists hectoring Big Green, Big Government and Big Trade outside the...

Prison Solitaire - the fight against torture in Maine. from 2009-05-18T05:02:17

This week's Weekend Roundtable features a caller commenting on Maine's continuing use of torture in its prisons. He describes his own experience being put in sensory deprivation conditions during h...

Groundfish - nearshore and inshore industry could restart from 2009-05-15T03:13:32

On May 13, 2009 Robin Alden, executive Director of Penobscot East, and Jeff Smith of The nature Conservancy gave a presentation of the Maine Legislture's Marine Resources Committee. First Jeff Smi...

Penobscot Bay Scallopers Part 2- the ecological ethic at work from 2009-04-28T12:49:44

Scallopers Michael Keating and Arthur Alley talk for 33 minutes with WRFR Community Radio's Ron Huber about their fishery in southwest Penobscot Bay, about the regulators who rule their fisheries a...

Scallopers prognosis for bay from 2009-04-24T11:17:14

On April 23, 2009 scallopers Arthur Alley and Michael Keating visited the studio of WRFR Community Radio in Rockland,to talk about scallops and the state of Penobscot Bay.

Open Maine Rivers - Kerry Hardy tells legislators. from 2009-04-19T21:30:50

Legislature's Natural Resources Committee held a public hearing on LD 1282 "An Act To Protect and Enhance Maine Marine Fisheries." The bill would requires the owners of hydropower dams in Maine to ...

Scallopers&DMR talk closed areas at meeting in Rockland from 2009-04-10T07:22:16

On April 8, 2009 Maine DMR hosted a meeting at the Rockland Ferry terminal to discuss potential closed aras within the waters of Penobscot Bay and Muscongus Bay. Listen to a 37 minute meeting of s...

Scalloper Michael Keating of Owls Head talks about stewarding the riches of Penobscot Bay's Mussel Ridge from 2009-03-29T08:34:45

The Mussel Ridge archipelago of islets and ledges in southwest Penobscot Bay is interlaced by swirling currents of water from both the Gulf of Maine and the Penobscot River, which each spring trave...

Eelgrass Workshop's grim findings for New England&Atlantic Canada from 2009-02-28T03:45:30

On February 24th & 25th the Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment and a host of other NGOs held a workshop in Portland titled "Status, Trends and Conservation of Eelgrass in Atlantic ...

Sears Island: Mitigating allows Mutilating the Penobscot river/bay interface from 2009-02-17T02:21:51

This is a shorter reposting of BayWatch talking by phone to Harlan McLaughlin, president of Fair Play for Sears Island. Harlan explains the mitigation process that the MDOT hopes to foist over Main...

Weekend Roundtable: Earth First! inmates, and an ex-inmate phones in to the show. from 2009-01-12T04:50:12

Enjoy a 40+ minute show that includes an overview of the state of corrections in Maine and elsewhere, and segues into a lengthy phone conversation with a retired inmate, or ex-con, who phoned in an...

Rockland Seafood : Jess' Market&the Lobster Crisis. from 2008-12-20T03:12:13

On December 17th, Penobscot Bay Report's Ron Huber spoke with Jamie Johnson of Jess'Market on South Main Street in Rockland, Maine, about how the trade in lobsters and other live and fresh Maine- a...

Rockland Lobsterman in Winter 12/18/08 from 2008-12-19T06:11:28

Rockland Maine lobsterman Artie Johnson talks with Penobscot Bay Report's Ron Huber about the state of Rockland's harbor. Lobster ecology and economy from a skiff lobsterman's point of view. 22 min...

Rockland's Harbormaster - The view from December '08 from 2008-12-14T01:32:43

On December 10th, WRFR community radio reporter Ron Huber visits the waterfront office of the Rockland Harbormaster. Ed Glaser is Rockland's current, and many say, most conservation-minded Harborma...

Episode 4 Atlantica: a talk with Hillary Lister of Maine Indymedia from 2008-09-05T04:54:38

In this episode I have a discussion with Hillary Lister, environmental activist and producer at Maine Independent Media, about the proposed "Atlantica" free trade zone. The zone would include Main...

Penobscot Bay Report May 8, 2008 from 2008-05-09T02:47:17

Today's podcast features an interview with Harlan McLaughlin, president of Fair Play for Sears Island. Sears Island has been defended people living nearby and from around the bay against efforts t...

Penobscot Bay: foghorns and boats off Owls Head from 2008-05-07T04:15:54

Twentyone minutes of the sounds of Rockland-bound fishing boats and ferries passing the Owls Head Lighthouse in heavy fog, while waves from the restless Gulf of Maine wash against the stony beach b...

Penobscot Bay Report - The Great Auk destroyed from 2007-10-24T03:51:51

This show takes a look at a shameful period in the European colonization of Newfoundland, the Northwest atlantic tip of Canada. Ron Huber reads a selection from "New Founde Land" by Canadian writ...