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Acadia National Park plans expansion on MDI

With the help of some nonprofit organizations, the park is planning to grow on Mount Desert Island by more than 50 acres, according to a park official.

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Court strikes down Plum Creek plan, saying LURC violated its own rules

A Maine judge on Thursday halted Plum Creek’s rezoning plan for the Moosehead Lake region and ordered regulators to reopen hearings on one of the largest and most controversial development proposals in state history.

News Release | Environment Maine

Senate Rejects Assault on ME's Public Health, Environment; Sens. Snowe and Collins Vote with Polluter Lobby

The U.S. Senate today rejected a House-passed funding bill that included sweeping attacks on many core environmental and public health programs.  The bill would have blocked the Environmental Protection Agency from updating and enforcing limits on a variety of dangerous pollutants such as mercury, arsenic, and carbon, saving consumers billions of dollars annually at the gas pump through clean car standards, and protecting the drinking water supplies for more than 117 million Americans. It also would have slashed funding to preserve Acadia National Park and other treasured places around Maine and the country. 

News Release | Environment Maine

America's Great Outdoors Report Celebrates Acadia, the Best of America

Environment Maine applauded President Obama for recognizing the immense value of and need to protect Acadia National Park and other prized places in his long anticipated America’s Great Outdoors report, which highlights findings from the administration’s listening sessions in Bangor and across the country, asking Americans for input on how to protect the places they value most.

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You Can Protect Acadia

Ever compare Acadia National Park to a piece of Swiss cheese? You should. Acadia is a majestic place. But the park is scattered with “holes.” More than 130 parcels of land within Acadia’s boundary are privately owned, and the park doesn’t have adequate resources to purchase the land as the tracts come up for sale, making the lands vulnerable to inappropriate development within our prized national park.

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Letters to the editor, July 16, 2010: More Acadia

Environment Maine welcomes President Barack Obama and his family to Acadia National Park for their summer vacation.

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President Obama pledges support for Acadia.

After Environment Maine’s staff spoke to more than 1 in 10 Mainers about the need to protect Acadia from development, President Obama pledged his support for the Land and Water Conservation Fund — the program that would provide Acadia with the resources it needs to preserve all the land within its boundaries.