Some folks have identified areas they wish had been included in the Conservation Framework. Why aren’t those areas protected here?
In evaluating areas that should be protected from development, we used assessments of biological values as a baseline and then considered public access and sustainable forestry. We looked at connectivity as a major value—the connections, for example, of conservation lands to each other over the landscape and to major features like Big Spencer Mountain, Moosehead Lake and Baxter Park. As with the terms of the easements, we have remained open to the LURC process and ready to incorporate changes agreed upon by LURC and Plum Creek.
