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Moving Image		A Love for the Land MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 0:25:36 The legacy of Maine's farmers is the open farmland they shaped from the wooded rocky terrain. Their story is an inspiring tale of hardship, innovation, and remarkable endurance. As agriculture heads into the next century, "HOME" looks back at the last century of farming in Maine. (Relevance: 7506) Find Similar Resources	Agricultural resources -- Maine Natural resources -- Maine Maine -- Social life and customs Maine -- History Agriculture -- Maine Farming/Agriculture Farm life-- History

Moving Image		Climate Change: In Our Backyard MPBN: Quest Series, Moving Image, 0:56:45 Using close-to-home examples, the views of leading scientists come alive as they show how climate change can affect almost every aspect of our lives - and in turn, how we affect the climate. (Relevance: 3423) Find Similar Resources	Climatic changes Ecology/Energy

Moving Image		A Place Apart MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 00:27:01 Maine is a place apart from the mainstream of American society. Beginning early in Maine’s history, settlers, merchants, visitors, artists, and writers brought images of Maine to the rest of the world that shaped the State's economy, identity, and heritage. The history behind the image of Maine remains a vital part of how we and those from away view Maine today. (Relevance: 3131) Find Similar Resources	Maine heritage European settlement History - Colonial Period

Moving Image		The Nation's Playground MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 00:28:01 With its remarkable coastline, deep-green forest, and rolling landscape, Maine has been a favorite place for visitors for over a century. During the late 1800s, trains and steamboats brought visitors to every corner of the state. Over the last century, tourism has grown into Maine’s largest industry. (Relevance: 3102) Find Similar Resources	Recreation/Tourism Tourism -- Maine -- History

Moving Image		The Mid West Loses Population MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 0:01:00 Maine farming was always adaptive. The Great Plains are facing standard problems of a declining agricultural economy. Just like Maine, the Great Plains are finding solutions in adaptation and diversification. (Relevance: 2069) Find Similar Resources	Agriculture -- Great Plains Farming/Agriculture Farmland -- Maine Land use, Rural -- Maine

Moving Image		Spring MPBN: Quest Series, Moving Image, 00:58:03 Because spring comes so late to northern New England, things have to happen quickly and profusely. Spring is the time of year that wildlife and plants come to life again and get right to the business of creating new life. (Relevance: 1928) Find Similar Resources	Spring -- New England Seasons -- New England Natural history -- New England Ecology/Energy

Moving Image		A New Appreciation of Rural Maine MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 0:03:35 At the turn of the last century, Maine farming underwent lasting changes. The pastoral landscape, a landscape of mixed farms, forests, fields and towns, brought tourists to the state. Farming contributes a lot to the three-billion-dollar tourism industry of Maine. (Relevance: 1474) Find Similar Resources	Farms -- Maine Tourism -- Maine Farming/Agriculture Recreation/Tourism

Moving Image		Power Lines MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 0:26:46 (Relevance: 1295) Find Similar Resources	Hydroelectric power plants Rivers Water Power

Moving Image		The Railroad Brings Competition MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 0:01:52 As the 1800s progressed, demand diminished for Maine's produce, meat and dairy products as new rail lines connected much of the east coast with the fertile farmlands of the midwest. (Relevance: 1251) Find Similar Resources	Farming/Agriculture Farms -- Maine Railroads Railroads -- Maine

Moving Image		Rolling back the frontier MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 0:26:45 In the 1600s, European settlers left everything they knew to take advantage of Maine’s abundant resources. Despite back-breaking work, a harsh climate, and cultural clashes, they successfully carved out a new life for themselves. But by the end of the century, most of them would leave Maine in fear and live for years as war refugees. (Relevance: 963) Find Similar Resources	Native Americans Settlements

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