New England Clean Energy Connect (NECEC) is a transmission line proposed to bring electricity from hydro facilities in Quebec to consumers in Massachusetts. In the proposed path of construction for the transmission line lies a 53-mile stretch of undeveloped Maine woods between the Canadian border …
North Woods
We Spoke Up Today to Protect the Maine Woods
Today, Maine Audubon stood with over 25 individuals and organizations before the Land Use Planning Commission (LUPC, Commission) in Brewer to express our deep concern about their proposed rules that would dramatically change how new development is located in Maine's unorganized territories -- better …
Diverse, Resilient, Intact: The Unique Nature of Maine’s North Woods
This article originally appeared in the Winter 2018 issue of Habitat magazine. Look up at night and you see a sky filled with stars and planets, many melting into the expansive Milky Way above. Look down at Maine from the sky, and you see a massive dark spot, one of very few remaining on the …
The State Is Proposing Major Changes to Management of the North Woods
Maine's Land Use Planning Commission (LUPC) is moving forward a proposal to rewrite the rules for where and how new development can occur in Maine's unorganized territories. The LUPC makes planning and zoning decisions for those areas of the state without their own local government -- some 10.4 …
Help Shape the Future of Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument
In South Portland, on the evening of Wednesday, November 14th from 6-8pm, the National Park Service will host a public meeting to discuss the on-going management planning process at Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument (“the Monument”). Maine Audubon will be there and we hope that you will …
Statement on CMP’s Proposed NECEC Transmission Line Project
Maine Audubon is very concerned by Central Maine Power's (CMP) New England Clean Energy Connect (NECEC) project due to the impact the project as proposed would have on Maine wildlife and habitat -- as well as a marked lack of evidence that the project actually offers climate benefits. We strongly …