PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • December 14, 2022
Maine’s Land Use Planning Commission on Wednesday approved a new zoning plan that Moosehead Lake stakeholders and members of the state’s environmental community say will protect the outdoor recreation region from sprawling development plans like the one proposed in 2009 by the Plum Creek Timber Company. Unlike the controversial Plum Creek proposal, which envisioned the construction of nearly 1,000 homes and two resorts near Maine’s largest lake, the “Moosehead Regional Planning Package” will create six development zones comprising a total of 1,036 acres or 6.1% of the 16,910 acres originally designated for development by Plum Creek.