by Cathy Johnson, NRCM North Woods Project Director Bangor Daily News op-ed ORONO – With one large exception, the satellite photo taken at night of the eastern United States and shown Friday at the University of Maine was peppered with small white dots that identify development. That exception was an approximately million-acre swath of land 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
State Reaffirms Commitment to “Wild” Allagash Wilderness Waterway
News Release AUGUSTA, MAINE – Citizens, sports people and conservationists from all parts of Maine are pleased that today the state has reaffirmed its responsibility to manage the Allagash as a “wild” river area and has committed to revise its management plan to “incorporate the intent of the federal “wild’s river designation.” The Memorandum of Read More
Protection of the Allagash, One of Maine’s Exceptional Natural Treasures
In Allagash, Maine, near the border with New Brunswick, Canada, a river connects with the St. John, passing through a chain of natural mountain lakes. This river has remained largely unspoiled. In 1857 Henry David Thoreau explored its waters and wrote about them in The Maine Woods. Known today as the Allagash Wilderness Waterway, the Read More
