By Colin Hickey, Blethen Maine News Service Portland Press Herald news story AUGUSTA – Maine is an up and coming player on the national economic scene, with the potential to bring an era of enviable growth and prosperity to its residents. That was the message delivered by Bruce Katz of the Brookings Institution Friday in Read More
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What Can Mainers Learn From Montana’s Plum Creek Mistakes?
Portland talk slated for Monday, October 16 Join the Natural Resources Council of Maine in Portland on Monday, October 16, to hear from Bruce Farling, a Montana conservationist who has had first-hand experience with Plum Creek’s activities there. NRCM North Woods project director Cathy Johnson will also be on hand to show and describe the Read More
NRCM Responds to March 30th Plum Creek Announcement
Statement by Cathy Johnson 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 Read More
Honor Baxter’s Wishes
By Buzz Caverly Bangor Daily News op-ed After attending a hearing on LD 2015, I came away feeling that there was a lack of understanding regarding Gov. Percival P. Baxter’s firm position in reference to hunting, trapping and multiple uses on lands designated as Game Preserve. I believe it is extremely important, during these discussions Read More
Vernal Pool Rules Nothing New for Maine
MAINE VOICES: Rep. Ted Koffman and Sen. Scott Cowger Portland Press Herald op-ed The Legislature’s Committee on Natural Resources has worked over the years to build on our predecessors’s work to advance a reasoned and commonsense approach to environmental conservation and public health protection. The Natural Resources Protection Act, enacted in 1987, has provided protections Read More
Plum Creek Needs to Start Over Again
MAINE VOICES: Robert Kimber Portland Press Herald The scoping sessions that Maine’s Land Use Regulation Commission held this past August on Plum Creek’s development plan for the Moosehead Lake region yielded some surprises. The session in Hallowell was an exception, yielding no surprises at all. About 75 percent of the folks who spoke at that Read More
Plum Creek at Roach Pond: No Success Story
Bangor Daily NewsAs their proposal for development in the Moosehead region is presented to the Land Use Regulation Commission, Plum Creek Timber Co. is calling Roach Pond its success story. It is certainly not a success story for Roach Pond, local residents, wildlife or future generations. On the recommendation of a friend who suggested, “Why Read More
Plum Creek’s “Pig in a Poke”
by Dr. Paul Liebow Bangor Daily News op-ed A satellite photo of the United States blinds us with the lights of sprawl all across our land. Maine’s North Woods stands out in stark contrast as the largest wild area east of the Mississippi River, like a dilated cat’s pupil seen by campfire-light. Seattle-based Plum Creek Read More
Plum Creek’s Fine Print Important
by Cathy Johnson, NRCM North Woods Project Director Bangor Daily News op-ed Plum Creek, a real estate investment trust, has proposed to develop 975 house lots, two luxury resorts, a marina, three RV parks, and more in the beautiful Moosehead Lake Region in the heart of Maine’s undeveloped North Woods. If you listen to Plum Read More
