by Ron Joseph Bangor Daily News op-ed If bones from dead deer could talk, they would reveal compelling stories. In late March 1989, snowmobilers reported several dead and frozen deer in a Canada Falls deer yard near historic Pittston Farm, 50 miles northwest of Greenville. As the state’s regional wildlife biologist at the time, I Read More
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Judge Stops Development of 17,000 Acres in Northern Maine
WGME TV news story A Maine Superior Court Judge overturned a decision Thursday that would have allowed Plum Creek to turn thousands of acres of land in northern Maine into residential units and resorts. Justice Thomas Humphrey ruled that the decision, made by the Maine Land Use Regulation Commission in 2009, had essentially violated the Read More
Court Hears Challenge to Plum Creek Development Project OK
by Josie Huang MPBN radio news story It’s been more than a year, since the state approved one of the largest development projects in Maine’s history–a plan by Plum Creek Timber Company to build two resorts and more than 820 homes in the Moosehead Lake Region. But its approval by the state’s Land Use Regulation Read More
NRCM Response to Plum Creek Decision
Brownie Carson, NRCM Executive Director “Today’s vote by the Land Use Regulation Commission approving Plum Creek’s massive development plan for Moosehead Lake is deeply unsettling.” “It is unsettling because it may result in a level of future development, traffic, and increased congestion in the Moosehead Lake region that will forever damage one of Maine’s most Read More
Remarks on LURC’s Deliberations on Plum Creek’s Moosehead Lake Development Proposal
By Brownie Carson, NRCM Executive Director Today, Maine’s Land Use Regulation Commission is holding what is supposed to be its final deliberation about Plum Creek’s massive development proposal for the Moosehead Lake region. Although a final vote on Plum Creek’s revised plan is not expected until July 1st, the direction of this proceeding has become Read More
Plum Creek Violates Erosion Regulations
NRCM Calls on LURC to Impose Fines NRCM news release Based on an evaluation of internal documents from Maine’s Land Use Regulation Commission (LURC), the Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM) concludes that Plum Creek and one of its logging contractors, Theriault Tree Harvesting (TTH), last fall violated Maine regulations designed to protect water quality 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
The Plum Creek Hearings – An Update and Summary
After four long weeks and hundreds of hours of testimony the technical intervener sessions on Plum Creek’s development proposal for Moosehead Lake have ended; at least for now. The Land Use Regulation Commission closed this phase of the sessions on Friday and gave at least some indication of how the process may move forward. On the Read More
Plum Creek Hearings – An Update from This Week
After a few weeks of preparing for the upcoming public hearing in Greenville tomorrow, I’ve finally been able to come up for air and return to the intervener sessions. We know that many of you rely on this blog to help you keep up with what is happening. We’ll do our best to keep this Read More
