By Glen Bolduc, staff writer Kennebec Journal news story PORTLAND — Maine’s largest environmental organization released a development plan for the Moosehead Lake region Tuesday. The plan, written by the Natural Resources Council of Maine, is being pushed as an alternative to a large development proposal by the Plum Creek Timber Co. “Some people have Read More
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NRCM Releases Vision for Moosehead Region
Conserving Natural Resources, Building Community, Protecting Maine’s Heritage and Future Today, the Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM) released A Vision for the Moosehead Lake Region, an analysis of opportunities for conservation and community development in the region. While development pressures could cause permanent and irreversible damage to the area – as many people fear 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
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
Environmental Group Decries Plum Creek Plan
by Cathy Johnson, NRCM North Woods Project Director Bangor Daily News op-ed ORONO – With one large exception, the satellite photo taken at night of the eastern United States and shown Friday at the University of Maine was peppered with small white dots that identify development. That exception was an approximately million-acre swath of land 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
