LURC gathering public comments on its vision for Maine's North Woods

[jpak]

http://bangornews.com/news/t/news.aspx?articleid=163466&zoneid=500

State regulators will travel throughout the state during the next two weeks to hear residents’ views on the top issues facing Maine’s Unorganized Territory and how best to balance competing uses within the region.

Maine’s Land Use Regulation Commission is in the process of updating the planning document that likely will guide policy decisions within the 10.4 million-acre Unorganized Territory for the next decade. LURC will kick off a series of public workshops on its Comprehensive Land Use Plan, known as the "CLUP," at 6 p.m. Sunday at the University of Maine at Fort Kent.

Like so many other major decisions faced by LURC in recent years, the update of the commission’s comprehensive plan is increasingly fraught with controversy.

And not surprisingly, many of the hot-button issues within the draft comprehensive plan are also at the center of the wider debate about the future of the largest chunk of undeveloped forestland east of the Mississippi River.

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[mainegreen]

1. No development, no settlement.

I'm opposed to anything that doesn't keep it as a wild working forest. It's a phenomenal resource, far more valuable as it is, than if we were to fill it up with camps and condos.

[jpak]

2. Ayuh

:hi: