Category Archives: Landowner Issues
DIFW’s landowner relations program is comprehensive
Warden Corporals / RICK LAFLAMME&DAVID CHABOT LANDOWNER RELATIONS SPECIALISTS MAINE 94% of Maine is privately owned 320 miles long and 210 miles wide and has a total area of approximately 33,215 square miles. 5 million acres of forestland and 3,500 miles coastline. 2,295 square miles of inland water area and over 2,000 coastal […]
Troubling changes in the northern forest
Troubling changes in the northern forest This is a terrific and important column by my friend Sandra Neily who lives in Greenville. Sandy has been an environmental advocate for decades. The photo with this column, which she gave me permission to use, is Sandy fishing with a bald head, shortly after she’d received treatment for […]
Legislative committee votes unanimously to stop CMP corridor
Great news! A legislative committee has voted unanimously for a resolve to void CMP’s public lands lease for their destructive corridor through western Maine. The resolve also notes that Maine’s constitution requires approval by two-thirds of the legislature for public lands to be substantially altered. CMP claims it is not substantially changing our public lands, […]
Feeding Deer Info Provided to IFW Legislative Committee.
The legislature’s IFW Committee had a long discussion about deer feeding, and received extensive reports from DIFW on these issues. The department recommended no changes to the existing laws, but did say they had plans to address all the issues and concerns. One handout I found interesting was wildlife biologist Nathan Bieber’s briefing paper on […]
Good column about ATV recommendations
Tom Doak of the Maine Woodland Owners Association was a member of the ATV task force and has written a good explanation of their recommendations, which are being considered by the legislature’s IFW Committee. Here is Tom’s column. ATV Task Force Submits Recommendations By Tom Doak As I have been discussing in the past several […]
Kennebec Land Trust Internships are both important and fun
Kennebec Land Trust Internships are both important and fun Internships at Kennebec Land Trust are great opportunities to do good things while having fun. KLT is currently looking for summer interns, and I’ll share their info here. Linda and I donated our woodlot to KLT, and they’ve done a great job with it. This summer […]
DIFW’s Deer Feeding Report and Recommendations
The legislature’s IFW Committee will work on LD 1804 today, a bill about deer baiting and feeding. DIFW has prepared a report and recommendations for the committee. Here is their report. A Report on the Applications and Impacts of White-tailed Deer Feeding with Recommendations for Maine Nathan R. Bieber Wildlife Biologist Maine Department of Inland […]
ATV Task Force Tackles Lots of Issues
Tom Doak, executive director of the Maine Woodland Owners, serves on the ATV Task Force created by Governor Janet Mills. In the November issue of MWO’s newsletter, Tom provided a good report on the task force and some of the major issues they are tackling. With Tom’s permission, I am sharing his column with you […]
Al Cowperthwaite has done a great job for us and North Maine Woods
Mainers are lucky to have access to 3.5 million acres in the North Maine Woods, and we are also lucky that Al Cowperthwaite has been the long-time manager of that property. I have enjoyed many hunting and fishing adventures in the north woods, and feel privileged to have worked with Al on several important issues. […]