Mainers protest Plum Creek

In December, hundreds of citizens and Environment Maine members attended hearings to speak out against Plum Creek’s proposal to build massive subdivisions and resorts on the shores of Moosehead Lake. If the Seattle-based real estate developer’s plan goes forward, Mainers could lose access to woodlands, lakes and trails in the North Woods.

Despite public outcry against the plan, Plum Creek has done little to scale down its proposal, which calls for nearly 1,000 house lots and two huge resorts carved into 20,000 acres of wild land surrounding Moosehead Lake. At the hearings, Environment Maine staff and members called on the Land Use Regulation Commission (LURC) to deny the permit and block what would be the largest development project in the history of the state.

Moosehead Lake would be forever changed if real estate behemouth Plum Creek is allowed to build its massive development.