General Information

Research Reports and Background Papers

Environment Northeast: Assessing the Greenhouse Gas Impacts of the Plum Creek Development Proposal in the Moosehead Lake Region of Maine

Research Reports Produced by LURC Consultants

• A Preliminary Review of Community and Fiscal Impact Analyses. By Evan Richert, AICP
• Review of Report by Dr. John Daigle, “Impact of Plum Creek Petition for Rezoning and Concept Plan on Recreation Resources in the Plan Area.” By Mark. W. Anderson, Economist, University of Maine
  [related: Impact of Plum Creek Petition on Recreation Resources, by John Daigle for Plum Creek]
• A Review of the Potential Visual Effects from Implementing the Proposed Concept Plan for Plum Creek's Lands in the Moosehead Region. By Dr. James Palmer, FASLA
  • Appendix: Digital Visualizations

Correspondence and Concerns Raised by Maine State Agencies

Reports by LURC Staff and Consultants

• A Comparison of development elements of Plum Creek's proposal to the Commission's Adjacency Principle
• An estimate of excess land in development zones

Somerset Economic Development Corp: Economic Development Strategy [Microsoft Word document]

Research Reports produced by Plum Creek

• Economic Research Associates: Market Assessment of Resorts and Housing
• Prof. Charles Colgan: Estimated Economic Impacts
  [related: testimony of Economist Spencer Philips, NRCM]
• Planning Decisions: Estimated Fiscal Impacts
• Gorrill-Palmer: Traffic Impact Study
• AMEC Earth and Environmental: Air Quality Evaluation
• John Daigle, Ph.D.: Impacts on Recreation Resources: An Examination of Targeted Areas

Research Reports produced by Maine Audubon and the Natural Resources Council of Maine

• Thomas Errico: Traffic Volume Studies
  • Fig 1: Expected Daily Traffic Volumes at Driveway Locations
  • Fig 2: Traffic Volume Changes from Plum Ck. Development Proposal
• Maine Audubon Geographic Information System Maps: High Value Resources and Zones of Exclusion
  • Fig. 1: Lily Bay
  • Fig. 2: N Shore Long Pond
  • Fig. 3: Big Moose Mtn.
  • Fig. 4: S Brassua
  • Fig. 5: Rt. 6/15 Corridor
  • Fig. 6: Moose Bay
  • Fig. 7: Rockwood Blue Ridge
  • Fig. 8: SW Shore Long Pond
  • Fig. 9: Beaver Cove
  • Fig. 10: Upper Wilson Pond
  • Fig. 11: SE Shore Long Pond

Other Relevant Tourism and Economic Development Studies

• FERMATA, Inc. Strategic Plan for Implementing the Maine Nature Tourism Initiative (State of Maine, 2005)
• Moosehead-Katahdin Tourism Marketing Strategy (Eastern Maine Development Corp, 2000)
• Place and Prosperity (State Planning Office, 2007)
• Health Care and Tourism: A Lead Sector Strategy for Rural Maine (Maine Center for Economic Policy, 2007)

GrowSmart Maine's Public Testimony

• Testimony of President Alan Caron

• Testimony of Land Use Planner Bruce Hyman

• Testimony of Governor Parris Glendening, President of the Smart Growth Leadership Institute

• Testimony of Environment Northeast, on the carbon emissions associated with the proposed project

Public Testimony of Other Intervening Organizations

Click here for a list of all intervenors and interested parties.

Please note: due to bandwidth constraints, the links below may not include all referenced exhibits. Please contact us if there is a specific file or document that you can't find here.

Plum Creek responses to LURC staff and consultant requests for additional information may be downloaded from the Maine state FTP site: ftp://ftp.state.me.us/outgoing/PlumCreek/.

Testimony of the Coalition to Preserve and Grow Northern Maine

• Testimony of Craig Watt, owner of Indian Hill Trading Post
• Testimony of Dan Legere, owner of Maine Guide Fly Shop
• Testimony of David Sinclair, forester
• Testimony of David Vaughn, realtor
• Testimony of Dick Gould, Greenville code enforcement officer
• Testimony of Geno Murray, CEO of C.A. Dean Hospital
• Testimony of Jennifer Dumont, Tomhegan Township homeowner
• Testimony of Marcia Walden, registered nurse
• Testimony of Steve Mason, Greenville resident
• Testimony of Tom McCormick, president of Moosehead Riders Snowmobile Club

Testimony of the Forest Society of Maine

Testimony of Maine Audubon and Natural Resources Council of Maine

• Testimony of Barbara Charry, Maine Audubon
  • Exhibit 2: Vertebrate Wildlife Species of Conservation Concern Likely to be Found on Plum Creek Moosehead Region Lands
  • Ex. 3: Potential High-Risk Areas for Wood Turtles
  • Ex. 4: Beginning With Habitat Booklet
  • Ex. 5: Conserving Wildlife in Maine's Shoreland Habitats
  • Ex. 9: Conserving Wildlife in Maine's Developing Landscape
  • Ex. 10: Conserving Wildlife On and Around Maine's Roads
  • Ex. 16: Road Impacts
  • Ex. 17: Remote Recreation Resources
  • Ex. 18: Moose and Deer Collisions
  • Ex. 19: Lynx Sightings
• Testimony of Catherine Johnson, Natural Resources Council of Maine
• Testimony of Brandon Kulik, Senior Fisheries Scientist of Kleinschmidt Associates
• Testimony of Costas Christ
• Testimony of Terrence DeWan, Landscape Architect
• Testimony of David Evers, Biodiversity Research Institute
• Testimony of Eric Hynes, Maine Audubon Naturalist
• Testimony of Jonathan Quebbeman, Water Resources Engineer of Kleinschmidt Associates
• Testimony of Robert Bryan, Forest and Wetlands Habitat Ecologist of Maine Audubon
• Testimony of Margaret Struhsacker, Wildlife Biologist of the National Wildlife Federation
  • Exhibit 2: Draft Canada Lynx Habitat Management Guidelines for Maine
  • Ex. 3: Endangered and Threatened Species Listing Recommendations, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
  • Ex. 8: Lynx Sightings and Major Routes
• Testimony of Thomas Errico, Senior Transportation Engineer of Wilbur Smith Associates
  • Fig 1: Expected Daily Traffic Volumes at Driveway Locations
  • Fig 2: Traffic Volume Changes from Plum Ck. Development Proposal
• Testimony of Spencer Phillips, Economist

Testimony of the Maine State Chamber of Commerce

• Testimony of Dana Connors, President
• Testimony of Mary Jeanne Packer, Project Manager for FERMATA, Inc
• Testimony of Robert Sanford, USM Professor of Environmental Science and Policy
• Testimony of Vaughn Stinson, CEO of Maine Tourism Assn.

Testimony of the Moosehead Region Futures Committee (MRFC)

• Testimony of Suzanne Auclair, journalist, regarding proposed land use zones
• Testimony of George Bakajza, soil scientist, regarding soil impacts
• Testimony of James C. Glavine, President of MRFC, regarding the scale of development
• Testimony of Robert A. Guethlen, Maine Guide, regarding easements and location of development
• Testimony of Eric C. Hince, regarding navigational and boating hazards in Lily Bay
• Testimony of Sandra Neily, tourism industry businessperson, regarding regional economic impacts
• Testimony of Joan Marie Wisher, Roach Pd. campowner, regarding Plum Creek's landowner history

Testimony of The Nature Conservancy

• Exhibit: Conservation Framework Map
• Exhibit: Context of existing and potential conservation lands in northern Maine

Testimony of the Open Space Institute

Testimony of Piscataquis County Commissioners

Testimony of Plum Creek

• Testimony of Luke Muzzy, Senior Land Asset Manager for Plum Creek
• Testimony of Patrick Phillips, President and CEO of Economic Research Associates (ERA)
• Testimony of Donna Fitchner, tourism economic development consultant
• Morton Trails, LLC testimony on nordic trail system development
  • Big Moose Nordic Trail Concept Plan
• Testimony of Coastal Enterprises, Inc., regarding affordable housing development
• Testimony of John Daigle, University of Maine School of Forest Resources
  • Report: Impacts on Recreation Resources: An Examination of Targeted Areas
• Testimony of Rick Cantrell, VP and COO of the Sustainable Forestry Initiative
• Testimony of Chuck Lawton, Planning Decisions, Inc.
  • Report: Estimated Fiscal Impacts
• Testimony of Henning Stabins, Senior Wildlife Biologist for Plum Creek
  • Concept Plan Lynx Habitat Map
  • USFWS Lynx Habitat Analysis
• Testimony of Brian Kent, land use planner
• Testimony of James Lerner, Plum Creek Director of Community Affairs
  • Correspondence regarding compliance with the Forest Practices Act
  • Exhibit C: SFI Compliance Audit
  • Exhibit D: Mill Customers
• Testimony of Richard Smardon, visual impact assessment consultant
• Testimony of Myrick Freeman, economist
• Testimony of A. James Tinson, AIA, and Dwight Demay, ASLA, of Hart Howerton, resort planners and architects
  • Letter: Suitability of resort locations

Testimony of RESTORE: The North Woods and the Forest Ecology Network

• OVERVIEW OF WITNESSES AND ISSUES OF CONCERN: James St. Pierre, RESTORE
• FLYOVER MAP TO SHOW LOCATION OF PROPOSED ZONES
  • James St. Pierre, RESTORE
  • Jeffrey Fredenburg, GIS Mapping Consultant
• LAND USE PLANNING CONCERNS: Mark Lapping, Land Planning Expert
• ECONOMIC AND TOURISM CONCERNS
  • Nancy Gray, Inn Owner
  • Melvin Burke, Economist
  • Jonathan Carter, Forest Ecology Network
• WILDLIFE AND WATER QUALITY CONCERNS
  • Diane Boretos, Professional Wildlife Biologist
  • Daryl DeJoy, Wildlife Advocate
  • Geri Vistein, Wildlife Biologist
  • Thomas Gordon, Water Quality Expert
• RECREATION AND ACCESS CONCERNS:
  
  • Jon Lund, Publisher, The Maine Sportsman
  • William Randall, Traditional Sportsman
  • John Mathieu, Outdoors Clothing Business Manager
  • Ken Spalding, RESTORE, former Maine Conservation Corps Director
• EASEMENT CONCERNS:
  • Regarding the "Balance Easement": R. Howard Lake, Esq., and Kenneth Spalding, RESTORE
  • Regarding the "Legacy Easement": R. Howard Lake, Esq., and Kenneth Spalding, RESTORE
• SCENIC CONCERNS: Bridget Besaw, Professional Photographer
• CONCEPT PLAN CONCERNS: Caroline Pryor, Land Planner, former LURC Commissioner

Testimony of the Somerset Economic Development Corporation

• Testimony of Jim Batey, Executive Director of Somerset Economic Development Corp.
• Testimony of Alan Duplessis, Owner of Four Seasons Restaurant
• Testimony of Russell Walters, President of Northern Outdoors
• Testimony of Peter Vigue, President of Cianbro
• Testimony of Paul Tessier, Rockwood Real Estate Broker
• Testimony of Matthew Polstein, Owner of New England Outdoor Center
• Testimony of Suzanne Hockmeyer, Owner of Northern Outdoors

Testimony of the Sportsman's Alliance of Maine