MAINE VOICES: Wendy Weiger Maine Sunday Telegram As a resident of the Moosehead Lake region, I know the development proposal that Plum Creek Real Estate Investment Trust is submitting to the Land Use Regulation Commission is likely only one of many that will affect our region over the next few years. Before these proposals are Read More
Plum Creek's Massive Moosehead Proposal
In April 2005, Seattle-based Plum Creek submitted a development proposal for the Moosehead Lake region that was the largest development ever proposed in Maine. The company’s proposal called for 975 house lots, 2 resorts, a golf course, a marina, 3 RV parks—with convenience stores, beauty salons, and gas stations—and more than 100 rental cabins, right in the heart of Maine’s spectacular Moosehead Lake region.
NRCM was the first organization to oppose this plan, which, in addition to too much development in the wrong places, proposed no additional permanent conservation. NRCM spoke out, and so did the people of Maine, including residents of the Moosehead region. As a result of NRCM’s work, the Plum Creek plan was improved — less sprawling, with much improved required conservation measures, and with proposed development removed from remote ponds and other areas.
Plum Creek TV Ads Draw Fire
By John Richardson, Portland Press Herald Writer Portland Press Herald news story Plum Creek Timber Co. has yet to submit a formal plan to the state for developing and conserving land around Moosehead Lake, but it has begun promoting the plan’s benefits. The company is following a pair of major announcements with TV ads touting Read More
Moosehead Lake, Round Two
Bangor Daily News editorial Plum Creek Timber Co.’s revised plan for the Moosehead Lake region eliminates development on remote ponds, proposes a cross-country ski resort next to an existing downhill area, and includes permanent conservation easements — all positive changes and all requested by the public. The development plan still includes nearly 1,000 house lots Read More
NRCM Criticizes Plum Creek Public Relations Blitz
Calls PR Campaign an “Insult to Maine People” The Natural Resources Council of Maine today criticized Seattle-based Plum Creek Real Estate Investment Corporation for conducting a massive public relations campaign in support of its development plans for the Moosehead Lake region before making the actual details of their plan public. “Plum Creek has staged two Read More
Change of Plans from Plum Creek
By John Richardson, Writer Portland Press Herald news story Jim Lehner, Plum Creek Timber’s regional manager, unveils a revised Moosehead Lake development plan at the State House in Augusta on Tuesday. He says the plan greatly increases the amount of land to be shielded, but critics don’t see big changes. Plum Creek Timber Co. unveiled Read More
Plum Creek Alters Moosehead Plan
By Glen Bolduc, Staff Writer Kennebec Journal news story AUGUSTA — A new Moosehead Lake region development plan proposed by Plum Creek Timber Co. reduces 95 shorefront housing lots, relocates development away from isolated areas and increases conservation land by 600 percent. The Seattle-based company, the largest landowner in Maine, released the plan Tuesday during Read More
Plum Creek Proposal Shields 400,000 Acres
Bangor Daily News news story AUGUSTA – Plum Creek Timber Co. and several conservation groups unveiled a proposal Thursday to protect more than 400,000 acres around Moosehead Lake as part of the company’s massive development plans for the region. Plum Creek officials announced the land conservation plans roughly one week before they expect to submit Read More
NRCM Responds to March 30th Plum Creek Announcement
Today’s announcement proposes an interesting framework for conservation in the Moosehead Lake region, but Maine people are still in the dark about how Plum Creek will scale back its massive, sprawling development scheme. Although we are encouraged by elements of today’s announcement, it is premature to judge this proposal until we know how much Plum Read More
Council’s Moosehead Vision Not the Last Word
Maine Sunday Telegram editorial The Natural Resources Council of Maine deserves credit for drafting a conceptual alternative to Plum Creek’s massive development scenario for the Moosehead Lake region. Some may consider it presumptuous for the council, Maine’s largest environmental group, to try to influence development on private holdings. NRCM officials, however, stress that the document Read More
