Written by Rachel Mann Fox News Bangor news story Watch full news video. BREWER- Extra chairs had to be brought in for a public hearing on a proposal that would allow development on more than a million acres of land. “The package that we’re working on is intended to do three key things,” Nick Livesay, director Read More
Forests and Wildlife
State Panel Told to Protect Maine Woods from Development Sprawl
By Bill Trotter, BDN Staff Bangor Daily News news story A proposal to change how development is allowed in Maine’s Unorganized Territory still is being met with some vocal opposition, despite some minor changes that a state planning body has made to the draft policy. Many of the roughly three dozen people who spoke Thursday Read More
NRCM Testimony on LUPC’s Proposed Rule Revisions: Revised Application of the Adjacency Principle & Subdivision Standards
Public Hearing on LUPC’s Proposed Rule Revisions: Revised Application of the Adjacency Principle & Subdivision Standards Testimony of Catherine B. Johnson My name is Cathy Johnson and I am the Forests and Wildlife Project Director for the Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM). NRCM has over 20,000 members and supporters including people who reside in Read More
LUPC Proposal Would Forever Scar Maine’s North Woods
NRCM calls on planning agency to drop proposed changes that would harm wildlife, recreation, and local economic development NRCM news release Augusta – People from across Maine, and the state’s leading environmental advocacy group are calling on the Land Use Planning Commission (LUPC) to drop a proposal that would allow widespread development on more than Read More
State Regulators Revise Restrictions on Development in Remote Areas
by Kate Cough Ellsworth American news story ELLSWORTH — The Land Use Planning Commission (LUPC) offered a revised draft of its “adjacency principle” rules in late November in response to public outcry over proposed changes that were introduced this summer. The LUPC, which manages land in Maine’s unorganized territories, has long used the adjacency principle Read More
National Park Service Contracts with Appalachian Mountain Club to Build Hiking Trails in Maine’s New National Monument
The National Park Service has contracted with the Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) of Maine to build a series of hiking trails in Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument, which was designated a national monument in 2016. Up to now, development in the monument’s 87,500 acres has been primarily limited to the main Loop Road, a Read More
New Trails Opening in 2019 in Katahdin Woods and Waters
By Aislinn Sarnacki, BDN Staff Bangor Daily News news story New trails are being constructed in the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument as a part of a $120,000 project to improve visitor access to scenic ponds and other natural highlights on the conserved property. “This trail work is really the first improvement on the Read More
Land for Maine’s Future Needs Money
By George Smith Bangor Daily News column Governor Paul LePage hated public land and did everything he could to stop us from acquiring more of it, including refusing to support a bond issue for the Land for Maine’s Future, throughout his 8 years as governor. A reliable, well-funded LMF program remains essential to permanently protecting Read More
Gulf of Maine’s 3rd-warmest Year on Record Harms Puffins, Turtles and Kelp
The effects on species that thrive in cold waters provide glimpses of the damage that rising ocean temperatures can do, but the federal and state response remains weak. by Colin Woodard, Staff Writer Portland Press Herald news story The Gulf of Maine is experiencing its third-warmest year on record, triggering the starvation of puffin chicks Read More
