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The results of Maine Audubon and The Nature Conservancy, Maine’s survey of stream crossings on Northern Maine roads are in and they’re very concerning. With nearly 1,000 stream crossings reviewed, the survey found that about 40% of stream crossings in some watersheds are barriers to fish and wildlife movement at all times of year, and …
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A public hearing has been scheduled for Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at 1pm in Cross Building Room 216. The Board of Environmental Protection (BEP) has strengthened the Maine DEP’s proposed rules for IWWH. The BEP unanimously voted to increase the required habitat buffer from 100 feet to 150 feet and to require consultation with the …
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Maine’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is proposing to change the way it regulates important inland waterfowl and wading bird habitat (IWWH). This proposal would allow major development, such as residential subdivisions and gas stations, in the critical buffer areas of IWWH without even getting a permit. Such development would be allowed under permit-by-rule (PBR), a streamlined process which allows development to proceed without a thorough review from state biologists and wetlands experts.
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