Landowner Penalized for Forest Practices Violation

AUGUSTA, ME –The Maine Forest Service (MFS) under the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry announced today it reached a settlement regarding violations of Maine’s Forest Practices Act on property owned by Plum Creek Maine Timberlands, LLC., headquartered in Fairfield, Maine.

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Comment by alice mckay barnett on February 18, 2016 at 8:07pm

wind farm images?

Comment by Penny Gray on February 18, 2016 at 9:20am
Ah yes, the beauty strip. Perhaps Plum Creek thinks those turbines are going to be so tall and beautiful in and of themselves that no beauty strip is needed? And what a stiff fine they got, eh? I'm sure the newspapers will be all over this story. Next up? Irving. If you want to experience a really sick feeling, take a google earth flight over Maine's northern forest. I started doing that yesterday when I wondered how there could possibly be so much "farmland" surrounding Kibby Mountain. The wood pellet/biomass industry could be the death knell of the northern forest. Add the large scale industrial development on our ridges and mountains and the transmission line corridors, and kiss Maine good-bye.
Comment by Eric A. Tuttle on February 17, 2016 at 10:19pm

The fine is not the issue, the bending of the law by getting a ruling in their favor was their point. It would set precedent for future judgement needs.  

Comment by alice mckay barnett on February 17, 2016 at 7:54pm

how many years did that settlement take?   pay the fine.  it's easier.

 

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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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