by Susan Sharon Maine Public Radio news story Just days after the Plum Creek Timber Company acknowledged that it mistakenly logged a deer wintering area and violated a voluntary agreement with the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, the company is under fire again; and so is the state agency that oversees land use in 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.
Fate of Moosehead Lake in LURC’s Hands
Citizens speak out, Commission deliberates Natural Resources Council of Maine * Maine Audubon Bangor, ME, September 23, 2008 — Maine people may learn this week what will happen with Plum Creek’s development proposal for the Moosehead Lake region. Today, citizens from across Maine gathered in Bangor to read from more than 1,500 letters sent to Read More
Plum Creek’s Lily Bay Development Throws Entire Plan out of Balance
Statement by Brownie Carson, NRCM executive director Good morning. Over the next two days, members of Maine’s Land Use Regulation Commission will hold one of their most significant deliberations ever. The outcome of Plum Creek’s rezoning application could determine the fate of a special region of Maine – Moosehead Lake – for generations to come. Read More
Ecologists Say Plum Creek Forest Is Old; Not Old Growth
by Susan Sharon Maine Public Radio news story A few weeks ago we brought you the story of a unique forest not far from the town of Monson in Elliottsville Township. Big Wilson Stream Forest is owned by the Plum Creek Timber Company and has been slated for cutting. Some environmentalists who’ve visited the 220 Read More
Overwhelming Numbers Urge LURC to Save Lily Bay from Plum Creek Moosehead Lake Development
Natural Resources Council of Maine * Maine Audubon July 16, 2008 — Maine’s Land Use Regulation Commission received a huge volume of comments during the past month as citizens responded to what may be one of their last opportunities to affect Plum Creek’s development proposal for the Moosehead Lake region. During a month-long comment period Read More
Conservation Groups Call on LURC to Save Lily Bay
Natural Resources Council of Maine and Maine Audubon Propose Specific Changes to Plum Creek’s Moosehead Plan News release Maine’s two leading environmental organizations said today that the Lily Bay peninsula on the eastern side of Moosehead Lake should be “completely off-limits” to development—even if that means reducing the amount of conservation land on the lake’s Read More
A Way to Save Lily Bay
Remarks by Brownie Carson, NRCM executive director Over the past three years, Maine people by the thousands have participated in a debate about the future of the Moosehead Lake region. Through letters, e-mails, and public testimony to The Land Use Regulation Commission, people from across the state and beyond have explained why Moosehead Lake is Read More
Protect Critical Wildlife Habitat on Lily Bay
Statement by Sheila Kelley Good afternoon. My name is Sheila Kelley and I live year-round in Beaver Cove, on Moosehead Lake. I am here to share my view regarding the importance of protecting critical habitat for the endangered Canada lynx on the Lily Bay Peninsula. I live just 3 miles from Lily Bay State Park, Read More
LURC Deliberations Reveal Taxpayers would Subsidize Conservation for Plum Creek’s Developments
Should taxpayers subsidize Seattle-based Plum Creek’s development so shareholders can profit at the expense of Maine people? Joint statement by Brownie Carson and Kevin Carley Natural Resources Council of Maine and Maine Audubon “While Plum Creek continues its three-year push for Maine’s Land Use Regulation Commission (LURC) to rezone more than 400,000 acres of the Read More
