MAINE VOICES: Wendy Weiger Maine Sunday Telegram As a resident of the Moosehead Lake region, I know the development proposal that Plum Creek Real Estate Investment Trust is submitting to the Land Use Regulation Commission is likely only one of many that will affect our region over the next few years. Before these proposals are Read More
Maine Governor Signs Two First-In-Nation Laws To Reduce Mercury Pollution
New Laws Will Recycle Mercury Thermostats, Ban Sale of Mercury Button Cell Batteries NRCM news release AUGUSTA, MAINE – At noon today, Maine Governor John Baldacci signed into law two new precedent-setting measures that will reduce mercury pollution. One of the laws requires manufacturers to provide the nation’s first financial incentive to recycle building thermostats Read More
Plum Creek TV Ads Draw Fire
By John Richardson, Portland Press Herald Writer Portland Press Herald news story Plum Creek Timber Co. has yet to submit a formal plan to the state for developing and conserving land around Moosehead Lake, but it has begun promoting the plan’s benefits. The company is following a pair of major announcements with TV ads touting Read More
Moosehead Lake, Round Two
Bangor Daily News editorial Plum Creek Timber Co.’s revised plan for the Moosehead Lake region eliminates development on remote ponds, proposes a cross-country ski resort next to an existing downhill area, and includes permanent conservation easements — all positive changes and all requested by the public. The development plan still includes nearly 1,000 house lots Read More
NRCM Criticizes Plum Creek Public Relations Blitz
Calls PR Campaign an “Insult to Maine People” The Natural Resources Council of Maine today criticized Seattle-based Plum Creek Real Estate Investment Corporation for conducting a massive public relations campaign in support of its development plans for the Moosehead Lake region before making the actual details of their plan public. “Plum Creek has staged two Read More
Change of Plans from Plum Creek
By John Richardson, Writer Portland Press Herald news story Jim Lehner, Plum Creek Timber’s regional manager, unveils a revised Moosehead Lake development plan at the State House in Augusta on Tuesday. He says the plan greatly increases the amount of land to be shielded, but critics don’t see big changes. Plum Creek Timber Co. unveiled Read More
Plum Creek Alters Moosehead Plan
By Glen Bolduc, Staff Writer Kennebec Journal news story AUGUSTA — A new Moosehead Lake region development plan proposed by Plum Creek Timber Co. reduces 95 shorefront housing lots, relocates development away from isolated areas and increases conservation land by 600 percent. The Seattle-based company, the largest landowner in Maine, released the plan Tuesday during Read More
Allagash Bill Rekindles Access Feud
By John Richardson, Staff Writer Maine Sunday Telegram news story AUGUSTA — Paddlers come from all over the country to experience the wildness and peacefulness of the Allagash River. But 40 years after Maine voters designated it as the Allagash Wilderness Waterway, the politics surrounding the storied river are anything but peaceful. Maine’s Legislature is Read More
Plum Creek Proposal Shields 400,000 Acres
Bangor Daily News news story AUGUSTA – Plum Creek Timber Co. and several conservation groups unveiled a proposal Thursday to protect more than 400,000 acres around Moosehead Lake as part of the company’s massive development plans for the region. Plum Creek officials announced the land conservation plans roughly one week before they expect to submit Read More
