NRCM news release Statement by Cathy Johnson, NRCM North Woods Project Director The Moosehead Lake area is a gem for local residents, and for people across the state and the nation. There is nothing that we would like better than to see this area of the state permanently protected. The spectacular mountaintops, undeveloped ponds and Read More
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Plum Creek’s Grand Plan
by Mechele Cooper Kennebec Journal The state’s largest forestland owner unveiled a proposed “resource plan” on Tuesday for 427,000 acres in the Moosehead Lake region that would mix development with protection for pristine ponds and a guarantee that a working forest wouldn’t be developed for at least three decades. Plum Creek Timber Co. executives called Read More
Plum Creek at a Glance: Two Resorts in Works in Moosehead Region
by Doug Fletcher, staff writer Lewiston Sun Journal “This scale of development could change the character of the Moosehead region forever. This is a turning point in the history of Maine’s North Woods.” – Cathy Johnson, Natural Resources Council of Maine Two resorts in works in Moosehead region A 48,500-acre woodlands buy is part of Read More
Maine’s Big Old Trees Need to Be Saved
by Cathy Johnson, NRCM North Woods project director Bangor Daily News op-ed When people think of forests with big old trees, we usually think of the West Coast. Here in New England, trees are naturally shorter, and loggers have been cutting the forests for hundreds of years, so many people think we never had big Read More
Governor Baldacci’s Liquidation Harvesting Bill Signing Ceremony
Statement by Pete Didisheim, NRCM Advocacy Director I am very pleased to be here on behalf of the Natural Resources Council of Maine to witness the signing of the Governor’s liquidation harvesting bill. Liquidation harvesting is a pernicious practice that is eating away at Maine’s forested landscape. It happens when someone buys a wood lot, cuts Read More
Caribou-Speckled Wilderness
In late September, 1990, the United States Congress enacted legislation designating more than 11,000 acres of Maine’s White Mountain National Forest as a permanent Wilderness Area. The Maine Wilderness Act of 1990, which created the Caribou-Speckled Mountain Wilderness Area, was the result of more than seven years of hard work on the part of NRCM Read More
