Environmental groups have experts lined up to testify as public hearings begin Dec. 1. by the Associated Press Portland Press Herald news story FALMOUTH — Maine’s two leading environmental groups took another swipe Thursday at Plum Creek Timber Co.’s development plan for the Moosehead Lake region as state regulators prepared for the start of long-awaited Read More
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Plum Creek Version 2.0: the Devil is in the Details
By Cathy Johnson, NRCM North Woods Project Director Bangor Daily News op-ed Plum Creek has now submitted Version 2.0, the revised version of its massive development plan to transform the Moosehead Lake region. As with Version 1.0, their original plan, it is crucial to read the fine print, rather than rely on Plum Creek’s ceaseless Read More
NRCM Responds to March 30th Plum Creek Announcement
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 know how much Plum 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’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 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 Creek’s Read More
NRCM and Local Citizens Oppose Seattle Corporation’s Plans for Massive Moosehead Lake Subdivision
Huge subdivision, luxury resorts, lack of significant conservation, would chop into heart of Maine’s North Woods NRCM news release Today, accompanied by local residents, the Natural Resources Council of Maine announced its opposition to Seattle-based Plum Creek Real Estate Investment Corporation’s plan to change the character of Maine’s North Woods forever by scattering subdivisions with Read More
Plum Creek’s Massive Development Plan for the Moosehead Lake Region
NRCM news release Good morning. My name is Brownie Carson and I am the Executive Director of the Natural Resources Council of Maine. The Natural Resources Council is here today to announce our opposition to the largest development ever proposed for Maine. I am referring to Seattle-based Plum Creek Real Estate Investment Corporation’s plans for Read More
