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Does Anyone Care?
As many of you know, I spend my summer days on the Kennebec. I am lucky to have a job that allows me to spend most of my days outdoors, in the wonderful woods and sparkling waters of Maine. Quite … Continue reading
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Tagged Allagash, Androscogin, Augusta, Bats, Birds, Brook Trout, Coon, DEP, Eagle, Education, Governor, Industrial Wind, Information, Interested Persons, Kennebec, Legislature, Loon, LURC, Maine, Merganser, Penobscott, Protest, Public Comment, Salmon, Somerset County, St. Croix, St. John, Toad, Wind
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How Many Bats Can We Afford to Loose?
The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is already very concerned about bat mortality caused by wind developments—as evidenced by their comments on the Highland Project, and their recomendation that if the Bull Hill Project were to be permitted, … Continue reading
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Tagged Augusta, Bats, Education, Industrial Wind, Information, Interested Persons, Maine, Maine Department Of Inland Fisheries And Wildlife, MDIF&W, Permit Application, Protest, Public Comment, United States Fish And Wildlife Service, Update, USF&WS, White Nose Syndrome, Wind
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In The Highland Mountains
Well Folks, we’ve finally got something to sing about—So let’s sing! DC [To the tune of ‘Big Rock Candy Mountains’] One evening, as the sun went down, and the camp-fires were burning From a lawyer an email came, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Angus King, Bats, Bicknell's Thrush, Big Rock Candy Mountains, Birds, Education, Friends, Friends of The Highland Mountains, Highland, Highland Wind LLC, HWLLC, Industrial Wind, Information, Interested Persons, Lawyer, Maine, Mountains, Networking, Old Growth, Permit Application, Poem, Poetry, Protest, Public Comment, Rob Gardiner, Somerset County, Song, Update, Wind
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MDIF&W On Highland: “the proposed site locality is
not appropriate for intensive wind power development” The Agency comments are starting to come in on the Highland Wind Project….and the truth is starting to come out. The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife has detailed many concerns … Continue reading
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Tagged Adverse Environmental Effect, Angus King, Bad Idea, Bats, Birds, CLUP, Comprehensive Land Use Plan, DIF&W, Education, Endangered Species, Fish, Governor, Highland, Highland Wind LLC, HWLLC, Industrial Wind, Interested Persons, LURC, Maine, Maine Department Of Inland Fisheries And Wildlife, Maine Site Location Law, MDIF&W, Northern Bog Lemming, Permit Application, Raptors, Roaring Brook Mayfly, Rob Gardiner, Significant Wildlife Habitats, Somerset County, Special Concern Species, Spring Salamander, Threatened Species, Undue Adverse Effect, Undue Adverse Impact, Update, Vernal Pools, Wind
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A Call To Action!
Folks, we need your help. On Monday and Tuesday, the 27th and 28th, LURC will be holding hearings at the Ella Burr School in Lincoln, to decide the fate of Bowers Mountain, the Downeast Lakes Watershed, and the surrounding area, … Continue reading →