[IOCA] Moosehead Lake trouble in Maine

[Adam Wishneusky]

>From the IOCA Conservation Chair, Jonathan Milne:


An important conservation update for all Colleges and Universities who have
enjoyed the solitude and wilderness of the Moosehead lake area.  It's about
to come to an abrupt end.
 
Plum Creek has decided to create the largest development in the Maine woods
and we need all the Colleges/Universities in the IOCA  to help out with this
one.  Some of the proposals include:
 
A Resort in Lilly Bay TWP with an "ecologically sensitive golf course",
tennis
courts, stables, indoor pool, and fine dinning.
-There is a 30 year no-development zoning BUT they reserve the right to put
4
new 20,000 sq/ft sporting camps AND a system of remote rental cabins...
interesting take on "no-development!
-3 new RV parks replete with a gas stations, pump-out stations and
convenience
stores
-A new Marina across from the popular Lilly Bay state park.
-20 +/- lots on the Upper Roach Ponds that they are holding over the state
and
TNC.
 
This  is just a beginning!

Plum Creek's LURC application on the web:
http://www.northernforestalliance.org/plum_creek.htm