SUN JOURNAL • April 4, 2021
Judy Berk spent childhood summers in South Waterford exploring the woods and collecting leaves and shells. That love of nature has defined her adult life. Berk, 67, and her husband maintain a quarter-acre garden at their house in Northport. She is an amateur nature and wildlife photographer and a former homesteader. She hikes and kayaks when she can. And she worked for 28 years as communications director for the Natural Resources Council of Maine. She retired from NRCM in 2018 and decided a good use of her time would be to volunteer for Our Power, a coalition of ratepayers, business leaders, energy experts and conservationists committed to turning Maine electricity companies into consumer-owned utilities.