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	<title>Forest Policy Research &#187; Maine</title>
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		<title>Maine: Irving Woodlands shuts down logging to avoid paying loggers a 	living wage</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/06/02/maine-irving-woodlands-shuts-down-logging-to-avoid-paying-loggers-a-living-wage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 05:03:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Maine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corruption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Industry science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[timber industry decline]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Irving Woodlands LLC is seeking to “blackmail” the Maine Legislature and avoid collective bargaining with independent logging contractors by halting work Monday on the more than 1 million acres it owns in northern Maine, two state lawmakers charge. The J.D. Irving Ltd. subsidiary argued Friday that it is the only landowner affected by a 2004 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maine: Citizens of Portland get ready to review Forester&#8217;s plan 	for Tree cutting in your city forests!</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/15/maine-citizens-of-portland-get-ready-to-review-foresters-plan-for-tree-cutting-in-your-city-forest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 22:36:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Maine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global local responsibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local control of resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban forest]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[PORTLAND &#8212; The state&#8217;s largest city is known for its urban landscape,
but a few hundred feet from busy Stevens Avenue stand some of Maine&#8217;s
oldest white oaks and hemlocks, mainstays of a public forest network
that covers about 300 city acres. Now, for the first time, Portland
has a professional management plan to make sure some of its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maine: Judge punishes community servants by forcing them to do community 	service</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/06/maine-judge-punishes-community-servants-by-forcing-them-do-community-service/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/06/maine-judge-punishes-community-servants-by-forcing-them-do-community-service/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 23:42:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Maine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[citizen defenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Community involvement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Direct Action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poorly planned development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[subdividing the forest]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In the case of the three women in Maine, the judge went so far as to
stipulate that the community service work must be “for a nonprofit
agency that does not advocate civil disobedience as one of their
goals.” Huh? So the judge thinks that these activists — who locked
themselves together inside the Land Use Regulation Office building [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maine: Plum Creek caught logging for powerline clearance, mudslides, 	habitat destruction</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/27/maine-plum-creek-caught-logging-for-powerline-clearance-mudslides-habitat-destruction/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/27/maine-plum-creek-caught-logging-for-powerline-clearance-mudslides-habitat-destruction/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 23:08:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Maine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illegal logging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Industry science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[timber fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[timber industry decline]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Plum Creek was also recently posted about here:
Montana: Enviros overpay Plum Creek Timber for 100,000 acres of land around Missoula http://bit.ly/dWwJz

Here in Maine, just a few years ago, NRCM used Maine’s Freedom of  Access Act to review internal documents, which we used to compile a report on Plum Creek’s bad logging practices. We found [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maine: Largest east coast carbon sink?</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/17/maine-largest-east-coast-carbon-sink/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/17/maine-largest-east-coast-carbon-sink/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 07:35:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Maine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate policy forest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[REDD]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The Maine woods represents the largest potential carbon sink on the
Eastern Seaboard,&#8221; says Jonathan Carter, a former Green Independent
gubernatorial candidate and director of the Forest Ecology Network.
The idea of using forests to counter global warming is gaining
currency as corporations try to find ways to offset their carbon
emissions by contributing money to mass tree plantings or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maine: Plum Creek makes big clearcut and 900 ft-long musdlide for 	eco-friendly wind farm</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/13/maine-plum-creek-makes-big-clearcut-and-900-ft-long-musdlide-for-eco-friendly-wind-farm/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/13/maine-plum-creek-makes-big-clearcut-and-900-ft-long-musdlide-for-eco-friendly-wind-farm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 01:22:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Maine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greenwashing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stream protection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trees & Water]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[He said the company did stop the cutting as soon as it got word that
there was a problem and took steps to stabilize the hillside before
going back to work. Doty said a consultant&#8217;s warning of potential
erosion took several days to reach a company forester, and that the
company has since set up a faster communication system.
Get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maine: Plum Creek caught illegally logging rare Deer wintering 	habitat</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/10/maine-plum-creek-caught-illegally-logging-rare-deer-wintering-habitat/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/10/maine-plum-creek-caught-illegally-logging-rare-deer-wintering-habitat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:04:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Maine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[citizen defenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corruption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[timber industry decline]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Plum Creek officials acknowledged Monday they mistakenly logged part
of a deer wintering area in Indian Stream Township but are now taking
steps to address the issue. Plum Creek&#8217;s statement come after members
of the grassroots groups Native Forest Network began calling on the
timber company to halt harvesting in an area west of Big Moose
Mountain.
Get full text; support [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maine: Budget cuts to state data gathering unites loggers &amp; enviros</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/10/maine-budget-cuts-to-state-data-gathering-unites-loggers-enviros/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/10/maine-budget-cuts-to-state-data-gathering-unites-loggers-enviros/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 04:03:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Maine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Whoever decides how a forest is managed, or not managed, has much to
do with who has the most information. Both loggers and enviros need
site-specific details about the land in order to bolster their
arguments. And when a government agency proposes eliminating the
funding that helps subsidize the info gathering process, enviros and
loggers can agree to work work [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maine: Timber Industry executive takes over Nature Con</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2008/12/30/maine-timber-industry-executive-takes-over-nature-con/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2008/12/30/maine-timber-industry-executive-takes-over-nature-con/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 21:17:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Maine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nature Conservancy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[He can look at an Eastern White Pine and see the number of board feet
the tree could yield and what markets the timber could serve. &#8220;They
all seem important,&#8221; says Milliken, CEO of Cumberland-based Baskahegan
Co., which owns 100,000 acres of timberland in northern Washington
County. On Dec. 1, Milliken was elected chairman of Arlington,
Va.-based The Nature Conservancy, [...]]]></description>
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