Getting more visitors into the Maine woods can reduce ‘overtourism’ on the coast
What about the plans to decorate every ridgeline in interior Maine with 600' tall flashing wind turbines along with all the huge new transmission lines that they will require? These plans are baked into the state's current wind goals, created by Gov Baldacci and his wind industry friends in 2008.
BDN article
But there is a very different Maine, inland from the coast’s lobsters, lighthouses and L.L. Bean. Although interior Maine has seen visitation and spending grow substantially since the last recession, destinations like the Moosehead, Katahdin and St. John Valley regions would benefit from more tourists, especially the quality-seeking, high-spending travelers targeted by the Maine Office of Tourism’s marketing strategy. There is a promising initiative to revitalize Maine woods tourism.
The Maine Woods Consortium is a partnership of 20 business, public and nonprofit organizations, led by the Northern Forest Center, focused on developing and promoting outstanding tourism experiences and destinations. Its “triple bottom line” mission is to foster quality career opportunities, thriving rural communities and sustainable use of a region’s outstanding natural assets.
https://bangordailynews.com/2018/09/19/opinion/contributors/getting...
Ask the Maine Wood Consortium to oppose further degradation of Maine with 600' tall wind turbines and all the new transmission lines that new wind development would require.
For information, please contact one of these Maine Woods Consortium Coordinating Team Members
Mike Wilson, Northern Forest Center —MWC Network Coordinator
(207) 767-9952, mwilson@northernforest.org
Dina Jackson, Androscoggin Valley Council of Governments
(207) 783-9186, djackson@avcog.org
Dan Rinard, Appalachian Mountain Club
(207) 695-3085, drinard@outdoors.org
Robin Zinchuk, Bethel Area Chamber of Commerce
(207) 824-2282, robin@bethelmaine.com
Keith Bisson, Coastal Enterprises, Inc.
(207) 522-8764, kbisson@ceimaine.org
Charlie Woodworth, Greater Franklin Development Corporation
(207) 778-5887, cwoodworth@greaterfranklin.com
Fred Michaud, Maine Department of Transportation
(207) 624-3279, fred.michaud@maine.gov
Carolann Ouellette, Maine Huts & Trails
(207) 265-2400, couellette@mainehuts.org
Andy Whitman, Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences
(207) 721-9040, awhitman@manomet.org
Alain Ouellette, Northern Maine Development Commission
(207) 498-8736, aouellette@nmdc.org
Chris Winstead, Piscataquis County Economic Development Council
(207) 564-3638, cwinstead@pcedc.org
Sarah Medina, Seven Islands Land Company
(207) 947-0541, smedina@sevenislands.com
Jen Peters, Sunrise County Economic Council
(207) 255-0983, scec@sunrisecounty.org
Mia Purcell, Community Concepts Finance Corporation
(207) 739-6545, MPurcell@Community-Concepts.org
Sandra de Urioste-Stone, University of Maine, School of Forest Resources
(207) 581-2885, sandra.de@maine.edu
Robert O’Brien, Maine Development Foundation
(207) 622-6345, robrien@mdf.org
Nancy Smith, GrowSmart Maine
(207) 582-4330, nsmith@growsmartmaine.org
http://www.mainewoodsconsortium.org/contact-us/
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Comment by Stephen Littlefield on September 21, 2018 at 10:45am
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I had a discussion with a snowmobile tour guide, and his statement was that they always want to see the windmills. My reply was that you eventually run out of stupid and clueless people, though there is a large contingent to draw from and they aren't in their backyard!!
Maine as Third World Country:
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Maine Center For Public Interest Reporting – Three Part Series: A CRITICAL LOOK AT MAINE’S WIND ACT
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(excerpts) From Part 1 – On Maine’s Wind Law “Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine if the law’s goals were met." . – Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, August 2010 https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/From Part 2 – On Wind and Oil Yet using wind energy doesn’t lower dependence on imported foreign oil. That’s because the majority of imported oil in Maine is used for heating and transportation. And switching our dependence from foreign oil to Maine-produced electricity isn’t likely to happen very soon, says Bartlett. “Right now, people can’t switch to electric cars and heating – if they did, we’d be in trouble.” So was one of the fundamental premises of the task force false, or at least misleading?" https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-swept-task-force-set-the-rules/From Part 3 – On Wind-Required New Transmission Lines Finally, the building of enormous, high-voltage transmission lines that the regional electricity system operator says are required to move substantial amounts of wind power to markets south of Maine was never even discussed by the task force – an omission that Mills said will come to haunt the state.“If you try to put 2,500 or 3,000 megawatts in northern or eastern Maine – oh, my god, try to build the transmission!” said Mills. “It’s not just the towers, it’s the lines – that’s when I begin to think that the goal is a little farfetched.” https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/flaws-in-bill-like-skating-with-dull-skates/
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Hannah Pingree on the Maine expedited wind law
Hannah Pingree - Director of Maine's Office of Innovation and the Future
"Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine."
https://pinetreewatch.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/
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