BANGOR DAILY NEWS • May 10, 2024
I strongly oppose the decision by Gov. Janet Mills and the Maine Department of Transportation (MDOT) to locate a wind port on Sears Island in Waldo County. This is wrongly being touted as the least environmentally harmful location for a port. Placing a port on Sears Island could destroy upwards of 100 acres of woodland, a sand dune habitat, and be very harmful to the thousands of migrant birds that pass through the island. Mack Point is already highly industrialized and offers little benefit to birds and other wildlife. Claiming that Sears Island is the least environmentally harmful is simply inaccurate. I urge you to contact your state legislators and ask them to oppose a port on Sears Island. ~ John Wyatt, Winterport