by Glenn Adams, The Associated Press Maine Sunday Telegram news story AUGUSTA — Three decades ago this year, construction on New England’s largest public works project was to have begun, but instead a shovel was never put in the Earth, and the massive project was eventually abandoned. The massive hydroelectric project along northern Maine’s St. Read More
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‘Takings’ Bill Would Reward Big Landowners at Taxpayers’ Expense
L.D. 1810 is an effort to thwart the environmental laws that protect Maine’s water and wildlife. by Ron Joseph of Camden, a retired wildlife biologist Portland Press Herald op-ed CAMDEN — During the late 1950s and early 1960s, my father often took me spring fishing on weekends. Occasionally, we’d travel north from our Waterville home Read More
Quimby’s Idea for a National Park Gathering Momentum, Supporters Say
By Nick Sambides Jr., BDN Staff Bangor Daily News news story MEDWAY, Maine — A citizens committee formed to investigate the feasibility of Roxanne Quimby’s proposal to give to the National Park Service 70,000 acres she owns adjacent to Baxter State Park announced Wednesday that 16 groups support having the park service study the proposal’s 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