A conversation with Logan Perkins of Maine Earth First! The Irregular recently composed a number of questions for Maine Earth First! based largely on questions and concerns voiced by a number of locals either in person or via our Facebook page. The answers were provided by Logan Perkins who has been active with Maine Earth [...]
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Earth First! Blockades Giant Industrial Wind Turbines in Pristine Wilderness
On July - 6 - 2010 10 COMMENTS
Stratton, Maine- At about 8 a.m., Tuesday July 6, at least fifty Earth First! activists blockaded Goldbrook Rd, the access point to the Kibby Mountain wind project outside the town of Stratton, halting the construction of 22 industrial wind turbines on the delicate Alpine ecosystems of Maine’s western boundary mountains. The action comes just before the Land Use Regulation Commission’s (LURC) meeting July 7 to consider a proposal for a similar project on neighboring Sisk Mountain, and on the heels of the national Earth First! Round River Rendezvous, hosted this year by Maine Earth First!
Earth Firsters mix camping, political message (Portland Press Herald)
On July - 4 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS
The annual convention of the Earth First! group is held at a Maine location that was carefully picked. By Beth Quimby bquimby@mainetoday.com | Staff Writer | original article HERE COPLIN PLANTATION – An hour before lunchtime, the bustle begins at the kitchen tent set up in a field along the south branch of the Dead River. Head [...]
Earth First! encampment brings ‘terrorist’ taunts – Sun Journal
On July - 1 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS
Tensions are high in northern Franklin County as hundreds of members of Earth First! assemble this week for an encampment on Basil and Harriet Powers land on the banks of Dead River.
They’ve already been branded “terrorists” by many locals in Stratton, Harriet Powers said Wednesday. Some even called her a terrorist for inviting them.
“My God, they’ve been stirred up in town for two weeks, mad because we didn’t ask everybody and tell them we were going to have them on our property,” she said.
Plum Creek Protester Goes to Trial
On May - 15 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS
WHEN: Monday, May 17th, TIME: 8 AM WHERE: Penobscot County Court House WHAT: Rally in support of remaining defendant facing charges for non-violent protest against LURC’s decision to rezone the North Woods paving way for Plum Creek development. WHY: The Bangor District Attorney dropped the charges opponents of Plum Creek’s proposed development for Moosehead Lake. [...]
Group Not Satisfied with Plum Creek’s Promise, Demand Preservation of Unique Forest
On July - 28 - 2008 ADD COMMENTS
for immediate release Contact: Logan Perkins: (207) 615-5158 or Emily Posner (207) 930-5232 While the Native Forest Network (NFN) is encouraged by recent developments regarding Plum Creek’s harvest plans of the Big Wilson late successional forest in Elliotsville, Maine many concerns remain about the future of this particular forest and Plum Creek’s role in the [...]