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The Land Use Regulation Commission (LURC), the state agency in charge of the North Woods, is considering Plum Creek's third revision to their massive, sprawling subdivision request. Very little has changed in their request: the development still has nearly 1,000 house lots and two huge resorts with over 1,000 resort accommodations, which include houses, condos and hotels carved into 20,000 acres of wildlands surrounding Moosehead Lake. 

 

The Land Use Regulation Commission (LURC) -- the state agency that will decide the fate of Plum Creek’s proposal -- is asking Mainers to weigh in at public hearings during the next few weeks:

 

Dec. 1: Greenville, at the Greenville High School Auditorium, 130 Pritham Avenue
Dec. 2: Augusta, at the Augusta Civic Center, 79 Community Drive
Dec. 15: Portland, at the Holiday Inn by the Bay, 88 Spring Street
Jan. 19: Greenville, at the Greenville High School, 130 Pritham Avenue

 

 

How you can help

Please help us stop sprawling development, safeguard public access, and preserve the North Woods wilderness by asking LURC to reject Plum Creek’s request.

Brief summary

Plum Creek is requesting that the state rezone over 22,000 acres of working forests currently open for recreation and wildlife habitat into over 975 house lots, over 1,050 resort units, hundreds of worker units, golf courses, commercial development and miles of new roads and utility lines. Plum Creek is also seeking permission to do another massive development 30 years from now.

Mainers are losing access to woodlands, lakes, and trails in the North Woods as real estate developers subdivide the public's favorite places. One such company, Plum Creek, a Seattle-based real estate developer, has submitted a plan to the Land Use Regulation Commission (LURC) to place the largest development in the history of Maine at the gateway to the North Woods— Moosehead Lake. More.

 

Additional Links

Proposed concept plan for the Moosehead Lake Region
(www.maine.gov)

Plum Creek's Big Plan
(www.meepi.org)

Moosehead Region Future Committee
(www.mooseheadfutures.org)

Manomet Report Studies Impact of Massive Turnover of Timberland in New England's Northern Forest Region
(www.manomet.org)