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
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Council’s Moosehead Vision Not the Last Word
Maine Sunday Telegram editorial The Natural Resources Council of Maine deserves credit for drafting a conceptual alternative to Plum Creek’s massive development scenario for the Moosehead Lake region. Some may consider it presumptuous for the council, Maine’s largest environmental group, to try to influence development on private holdings. NRCM officials, however, stress that the document Read More
Group Unveils Moosehead Option
By Trevor Maxwell, Portland Press Herald Writer Portland Press Herald news story Maine’s largest environmental group has unveiled an alternative vision for development of the Moosehead Lake region. It features more conservation and fewer than half of the house lots proposed by Plum Creek Timber Co., the landowner seeking to develop about 10,000 acres surrounding Read More
Environmental Group Issues its Plum Creek Idea
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
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
A Vision for the Moosehead Lake Region, Comments by NRCM’s Brownie Carson
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
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
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
