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- EIN 01-0536008
- (207) 620-8811
- 295 Water St Ste 9 Augusta ME 04330-4643 USA
- www.mlcv.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Environment, Natural Resources Conservation & Protection
Mission: Maine conservation voters plays a critical role in turning public support for conservation into new laws to protect our air, land, water and wildlife. As a result of successful campaign strategies, a focused policy agenda, and sharp accountability tools, we are building maine's environmental movement into a powerful political force. Mcv programs include an annual environmental scorecard on maine legislators, a governor's report card, advocacy at the state house and voter engagement.
Programs: Advocacy at the state house: we worked with state lawmakers to: protect water quality from metallic mineral mining pollution; save our shellfish and coastal economies from ocean acidification; increase maine's energy independence with clean, renewable solar power; and invest in the water and safe communities bond. Holding maine's elected officials accountableafter the completion of the legislative session, mcv tracked each legislator's votes and reported the results to the public in our signature publication, maine's environmental scorecard. The scorecard publicly reports how each legislator voted on bills to protect maine's air, land, and water along with high and low points of the session. More than 10,000 copies were distributed to supporters, members of other environmental organizations and elected officials. Our interactive web-based version was a great tool for citizens to view their legislators' scores. Educating the publicin the fall of 2014, mcv held its twelth annual evening for the environment, attended by more than 300 conservationists, business leaders, elected officials and philanthropists. Mcv also organized conservation luncheons to bring community leaders together to discuss cutting edge environmental issues.