Jul 22, 2011 | Call to Action, Editorials, Environmental, Federal Regulations, National Park
By Cheryl H. Russell, Special to the BDN The noose is getting tighter. I attended the recent meeting in Millinocket where I listened to Roxanne Quimby extol the virtues of a Maine Woods or North Woods National Park. Mayors from Estes Park and Grand Lake, Colo., were...
Jul 22, 2011 | Business Impact, Call to Action, Environmental, Federal Regulations, National Park
By Nick Sambides Jr., BDN Staff MILLINOCKET, Maine — The Katahdin Area Chamber of Commerce supports a study of the feasibility of creating a national park near Baxter State Park, its president said Wednesday. With members Deb Roundtree and Thomas Malcolm absent, the...
May 18, 2011 | Business Impact, Business News, Call to Action, Environmental
Tthe Ninth Circuit Court of appeals has decided to deny an en banc review of the NRDC vs. Brown decision which in essence classifies logging roads as point source for pollutants as well as logging operations as an industrial activity. This action will lead to the...
Mar 4, 2011 | Call to Action
AUGUSTA — The Maine Forest Service (MFS), under the Maine Department of Conservation, is asking volunteers to take part in its first volunteer survey of hemlock woolly adelgid at a Maine state park. Additional volunteers are needed for a survey of hemlock woolly...
Feb 1, 2011 | Business Impact, Call to Action, Safety
Today, Acadia Insurance’s Loss Control Department issued a warning & reminder about Snow Loads on Roofs. Click Here to Read the Warning about Roof Snow Loads Our thanks to Acadia Insurance and Don Curtis for making this information...
Dec 8, 2010 | Business Impact, Call to Action, Federal Legislation
WASHINGTON, D.C.-U.S. Senator Susan Collins expressed concern and disappointment that the House of Representatives is set to pass a sweeping funding bill known as a Continuing Resolution (CR) that does not include a provision to make permanent or even extend the pilot...
