by Eleanor Kinney Maine Sunday Telegram op-ed Plum Creek has gone back to the drawing board. It needed to. Its plan to build two resorts and 975 house lots scattered across the Moosehead Lake Region has created controversy and concern throughout our state. Plum Creek, a real estate investment trust and the largest private property Read More
Plum Creek's Massive Moosehead Proposal
In April 2005, Seattle-based Plum Creek submitted a development proposal for the Moosehead Lake region that was the largest development ever proposed in Maine. The company’s proposal called for 975 house lots, 2 resorts, a golf course, a marina, 3 RV parks—with convenience stores, beauty salons, and gas stations—and more than 100 rental cabins, right in the heart of Maine’s spectacular Moosehead Lake region.
NRCM was the first organization to oppose this plan, which, in addition to too much development in the wrong places, proposed no additional permanent conservation. NRCM spoke out, and so did the people of Maine, including residents of the Moosehead region. As a result of NRCM’s work, the Plum Creek plan was improved — less sprawling, with much improved required conservation measures, and with proposed development removed from remote ponds and other areas.
Plum Creek’s Plan for Massive Development in Maine Draws Criticism
By Mea Andrews of the Missoulian The Missoulian news story For a snapshot of what Plum Creek Timber Co. might do with prime real estate land, Montana can look 2,000 miles away to the North Woods of Maine. In April 2005, the company submitted a 570-page “concept plan” for the Moosehead Lake region. It is Read More
Plum Creek Plan “Encouraging” to Critics
By Kevin Miller Bangor Daily News news story Plum Creek Timber Co.’s latest revisions to its Moosehead Lake plan are receiving largely positive reviews from groups and individuals involved in the debate over future development near Maine’s largest lake. Late last week, Plum Creek representatives announced plans to eliminate 30 percent to 40 percent of Read More
NRCM Responds to Plum Creek’s Plans to Revise Its Moosehead Development Proposal
Statement of Diano Circo, North Woods Policy Advocate We are encouraged that Plum Creek has requested a delay so the company can revise the massive development it proposed for the Moosehead Lake region. As proposed, the development would destroy the traditional, quiet, undeveloped character of the area. We are grateful to the thousands of Maine Read More
Deer Yard Measures Lauded
By Kevin Miller Bangor Daily News news story AUGUSTA – Sportsmen applauded recent efforts to protect winter deer habitat on Friday but predicted stiff battles in Maine courtrooms and legislative chambers over trapping and land-use issues during the coming year. Speakers offered a mixed bag to the hunters, fishermen and other outdoor enthusiasts gathered at Read More
Groups Put Pressure on Timber Companies
By the Associated Press Sun Journal news story GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) – Conservation groups are moving beyond the courtroom into the marketplace to pressure two of the nation’s largest timber companies to green up their acts on private forest lands, and challenge the timber industry’s sustainable forestry standard. In separate actions, Seattle Audubon Society Read More
Plum Creek’s Plan No Benefit to Moosehead Region’s Economy
By Christian McNeil, economist Maine Sunday Telegram op-ed While Plum Creek touts the presumed economic benefits of its development proposal in the Moosehead Lake region, which will soon be subject to public comment, it’s worth noting that some of the most controversial elements of the plan contribute little, and in some cases detract from, its Read More
Reading Between the Lines of Plum Creek
By Sally H. Reed Bangor Daily News op-ed Regarding the Plum Creek proposal, a lot of publicity has focused on the land protection part of the plan and not enough on the resort and residential development aspect. We have been summer residents of Greenville for over 40 years and love the area. We want to Read More
Getting Down to Specifics with Plum Creek
Kennebec Journal editorial The Plum Creek Timber Co. bought more than 900,000 acres of Maine land in 1998. Since then, it has done two major things: logged much of the land, and filed an application for the largest real estate development ever proposed for Maine. That proposal asks to rezone 421,000 acres of Maine’s North Read More
