Last spring, the Natural Resources Council of Maine announced our strong opposition to Plum Creek’s plan to build 975 house lots, two resorts, a marina, three RV parks, four sporting camps, and 116 rental cabins across 29 townships surrounding Moosehead Lake. We strongly believed then, and believe even more strongly today, that it was too Read More
Forests and Wildlife
NRCM works to protect Maine’s natural areas and wild, undeveloped character, particularly in the North Woods. We support responsible land development and sustainable forest practices that protect sensitive ecosystems and wildlife. We work for increased public ownership of Maine lands, so future generations will know the Maine we love today.
Protection of Maine’s natural, remote areas was one of the issues for which NRCM was founded in 1959. More than 60 years later, much progress has been made but major threats to Maine’s land and water resources continue.
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Environmental Group Releases Moosehead Development Alternative
by the Associated Press Boston Globe news story BANGOR, Maine — Maine’s leading environmental organization on Tuesday released a development proposal for the Moosehead Lake region that would keep construction near towns and cut in half the number of housing lots proposed by Plum Creek Timber Co. The Council’s proposal calls for up to 450 Read More
Vernal Pool Rules Nothing New for Maine
Rep. Ted Koffman and Sen. Scott Cowger Portland Press Herald op-ed The Legislature’s Committee on Natural Resources has worked over the years to build on our predecessors’ work to advance a reasoned and commonsense approach to environmental conservation and public health protection. The Natural Resources Protection Act, enacted in 1987, has provided protections for special Read More
Let’s Keep Katahdin Lake Forever Wild
By Steve Cartwright Times Record op-ed The beauty of Baxter State Park takes many forms, and it affects us in many ways. Baxter can be a jolly mix of hikers and campers, a place of friendship and reunion. Or it can be a place of solitude, a place where wildlife walks, a place of views Read More
Park Deal Triggers Battle
By John Richardson, Portland Press Herald Writer Portland Press Herald news story AUGUSTA — Plans to expand Baxter State Park set off an emotional clash over the use of Maine’s North Woods during a legislative hearing Monday. Virtually every speaker supported the idea of conserving 6,015 acres around Katahdin Lake. But they argued over access Read More
Record Numbers Tell LURC They Oppose Plum Creek’s Proposed Developments
NRCM Releases Video of Moosehead Lake Residents Concerned About the Massive Development Plans NRCM news release In the largest outpouring ever experienced by Maine’s Land Use Regulation Commission, more than 5,000 people have now formally registered their opposition to Washington-based Plum Creek’s massive development plan for Maine. The citizen comments were delivered to Maine’s Land Read More
NRCM Response to the Citizen Solutions released by the Moosehead Region Future Committee
NRCM Statement NRCM supports the Moosehead Region Futures Committee statement that “Permanent conservation and sustainable community development are the bedrock foundations of the Moosehead Region’s future health and vitality.” NRCM supports this effort by residents of the Moosehead region to secure permanent conservation and sustainable development that is appropriately located and meshes with the character 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
NRCM Releases Web-Based Flash Movie
“BIG MOOSETAKE: Plum Creek’s Plans to Spoil Moosehead” Augusta, Maine -Today, the Natural Resources Council of Maine released a two-minute, web-based “flash movie” designed to inform Maine people about the large developments proposed by Seattle-based Plum Creek Real Estate Investment Corporation in the Moosehead Lake region. View the movie, BIG MOOSETAKE: Plum Creek’s Plans to Read More
