Peter UnderwoodPhoto by Jeff Harper, courtesy of The Chronicle-Herald, Halifax, N.S. Nova Scotia Environmentalist Peter Christopher Underwood, a deputy minister in Nova Scotia, lifelong environmentalist and one of the founders of the Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment, died after a short illness on March 26, 2012. He was born March...

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Analysis by Kate Sampson Residents and visitors to the Gulf of Maine may be surprised to discover that the area is home to four sea turtle species in the spring, summer and fall. Three of these species, the green, Kemp’s ridley, and loggerhead, are hard-shelled sea turtles, meaning their shells are made up of...

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