Local residents from Lincoln and Knox counties, including members of Lincoln County Indivisible (LCI), Boothbay Indivisible, and Midcoast Indivisible, rallied on the Damariscotta-Newcastle Bridge from noon until 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 29 to resist Trump administration rollbacks in environmental protection and climate policy, and to call for government action to address global climate change. Approximately 200 people were on the bridge, joining hundreds of thousands of others across the country who were gathering in support of the People's Climate March in Washington D.C. Earlier in the day, the Maine People's Climate March, which drew close to 2,200 participants, took place outside the Maine State House in Augusta. Similar marches were held in Portland and Bangor.

The local march was organized by Newcastle resident and Lincoln County Indivisible member Katie Huntington.

"I signed up to host the march as part of the Peoples Climate March, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and the Sierra Club." she said. "It was wonderful to have such a diversity of people and ideas represented on the bridge. We had babies in front packs, seniors, a solar-powered assist tricycle, kids, dogs, and even a replica of the entire planet built by LCI co-founder Lee Warren.

"I'm also happy to report that we able to get dozens of signatures on petitions to Senators Collins and King requesting that they stand up for enforcement of The Paris Climate Agreement and the Clean Power Plan. It's essential that we safeguard the health and safety of our own citizens and that of our global neighbors."

LCI's Mary Voskian traveled to the nation's capitol to join an estimated 200,000 people there to protest the current administration's climate actions. The march took place in 91-degree heat -- the highest April 29 temperature on record in D.C. since 1974. The event coincided with the Environmental Protection Agency's abrupt removal of two-decades worth of information about climate change science from its website.

"Despite the heat, marchers were motivated and extremely energized," Voskian said. "Mother Earth was well represented by globes of all sizes. Large banners and floats with climate themes and messages were everywhere. The parade route went past the Trump Hotel, then on to the White House, and ended at the Washington Monument."

"Now comes the important work of the resistance movement," she added. "We are all ready."