by Lisa Pohlmann, NRCM Executive Director NRCM is always pleased to see conservation easements in Maine’s North Woods. This easement prohibits further residential development and guarantees public access forever. NRCM remains concerned about the size and location of the Plum Creek development, particularly on Lily Bay. Plum Creek’s 2,000 units around beautiful Moosehead Lake, including Read More
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Groups Tout Completion of Historic 363,000-acre Plum Creek Conservation Deal
By Kevin Miller and Seth Koenig, BDN Staff Bangor Daily News news story PORTLAND, Maine â Calling it the “missing piece” to a 2 million-acre jigsaw puzzle, groups on Tuesday announced the completion of a 363,000-acre conservation deal that was key to Plum Creek winning regulatory approval for its historic Moosehead Lake development plan. Representatives Read More
Area Around Moosehead Should Be Preserved for All to Enjoy
The region’s primitive beauty deserves protection similar to that given Mount Katahdin. By John Radebaugh Portland Press Herald op-ed I was shocked that the Plum Creek proposal received approval from the Maine Judicial Court on March 15 to develop the Moosehead Lake area, allowing 821 house lots and more than l,200 housing units in the Big Read More
Regarding Maine Supreme Court’s March 15, 2012 Decision on Plum Creek’s Moosehead Lake Development Rezoning
by Lisa Pohlmann, NRCM Executive Director We are disappointed in today’s decision about Plum Creek’s development proposal on lands around Moosehead Lake. We respect the court’s decision. Through the active engagement of thousands of Maine people the final plan was significantly improved from the original plan, though it remains the largest development plan in the Read More
Plum Creek Development Gets OK from Supreme Court
By Kevin Miller, BDN Staff Bangor Daily News news story PORTLAND, Maine â Maine’s highest court on Thursday ruled that state regulators followed proper procedures when approving Plum Creek’s historic development plan for the Moosehead Lake region. The state supreme court disagreed with a lower court that had ordered the Land Use Regulation Commission to Read More
Court Upholds Plum Creek Approval
Mainebiz news story The Maine Supreme Judicial Court has upheld the 2009 approval of Plum Creek Timber Co.’s development in the Moosehead region. The decision overturns a superior court ruling that said LURC broke its own rules in approving the development, according to a press release from Maine Attorney General William Schneider. The Maine Superior Read More
Timing, Commitment, and the Need to Stay Involved
“Timing is everything” or so the expression goes. I’m not sure where this bit of wisdom originated from, but it rings true today. Allow me to reflect once more on the Polar Dip and Dash from New Year’s Eve 2011 and how lucky I was with timing. On the day of the Dip and Dash, Read More
Supreme Court Justices Maintain Poker Faces on Plum Creek Development Plan
by Kevin Miller Bangor Daily News news story PORTLAND, Maine â Justices with Maine’s highest court offered few clues Tuesday on where they stand on the complicated legal and regulatory battle over Plum Creek’s controversial rezoning proposal for nearly 1,000 houses and two resorts near Moosehead Lake. Attorneys on both sides were given roughly 15 Read More
A Better Plan for Moosehead Lake is Possible
by Lisa Pohlmann, NRCM Executive Director Bangor Daily News op-ed In a victory for democracy, a Maine Superior Court judge recently sent Plum Creek’s massive development proposal for Maine’s Moosehead Lake region back to the Land Use Regulation Commission and provided the opportunity to work on a better plan. Seattle-based Plum Creek, a Real Estate Read More
