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Pete Nichols, new executive director of Midcoast Conservancy. Courtesy photo
Midcoast Conservancy is thrilled to announce that Pete Nichols will become its new executive director in April of 2021. A seven-month national search drew an impressive slate of candidates but Nichols’ experience, vision and strong roots in Maine make him the right person to lead Midcoast Conservancy to new levels of effective and imaginative restoration, conservation and protection work in the Midcoast area. Originally inspired by the lakes, rivers, and coastal waters of Maine, Nichols has always been a committed advocate for the environment. For nearly 30 years, he has worked to protect the world’s waters and wildlands from the redwood forests of northern California, to the majestic Tigris River in Iraq, and the shores of Lake Victoria in Kenya.
there are rules around whistle blowing. people are hungry for information. we have to walk a careful line. pete nichols was here yesterday. and he said that all of light being cast is going to encourage others to go forward. raisings the spectre of treason. he thought there might be comfort in this happening. is that what you think we re seeing today? we have this news, multiple folks coming forward represented by the firms as would-be whistle blowers. we would certainly hope so. most americans think president trump is the most divisive president in history. he has tried to frame everyone s criticism of him in they just don t like me. the reality is whether that s true or not, what people need to ask themselves is what are they
the obama administration of really just setting up the trump campaign, putting a spy within the trump campaign as the president says. so this is an issue that is pitting the president, his allies, both on the hill, his allies and his legal team, against his own department of justice and against the intelligence agency. so we believe that attorney general jeff sessions will likely recuse himself from this issue as he has with other russia-related matters. so it really falls to rod rosenstein, the deputy attorney general, to decide what the department of justice stands for. i m tell you, we reached out to the white house to get some more guidance about this tweet, what the president intends to do, when and how. we haven t heard yet heard back yet, but when we do we will keep you updated. geoff, we re going to talk with your colleague in the white house, pete nichols. he spoke with rudy giuliani, the president s attorney, about the legal strategy going forward here. there s an attempt