Jan 10, 2011 | Business Impact, Maine Legislation, Maine Regulations
By Mal Leary, Capitol News Service AUGUSTA, Maine — The 40-year- old Maine Land Use Regulation Commission would be abolished and zoning responsibilities for the state’s Unorganized Territory transferred to the counties under a measure introduced by Rep. Paul Davis,...
Dec 6, 2010 | General, Maine Legislation, National Park
By The Associated Press AUGUSTA, Maine — The future of parks and public lands in the western mountains region of Maine will be the topic of an open meeting before the state Bureau of Parks and Lands. The public is invited Monday evening to comment on a management plan...
Dec 6, 2010 | Environmental, National Park
by Michelle Anderson Last week, I sat down with Eugene Conlogue who is, among other things, the Vice President of the Maine Woods Coalition. We spoke about the online petition which purports to be sponsored by the National Park Service, the push for a national park...
Nov 15, 2010 | Business News, Industry News, National Park
Deal to protect 4,777 acres on border By Terry Karkos, Staff Writer SUCCESS TOWNSHIP, N.H. — [T]he National Park Service closed…a $2.48M deal to conserve…4,800 acres in…N.H. Forest Legacy Program funds from 2009-10 enabled the Nov. 2 purchase from...
Sep 15, 2010 | General, National Park, News
AUGUSTA — The Maine Conservation Department says Aroostook State Park is growing by 25 percent thanks to a purchase with state and federal funds and a private donation Source: PPH