Comprehensive Land Use Plan Revision

Last Updated: March 2008

Panel Discussions and Guest Speakers

Starting in 2005, the Commission hosted topic-specific panel discussions and guest speakers. The topics and speakers are listed below and are available as audio files.  Some of these audio files are quite lengthy and may take quite a while to download. If you are having problems downloading or would like to purchase a CD of the Panel Discussions, please contact sarah.giffen@maine.gov.  

Commission Hosted Panel Discussions

1.      Changing Character of Nature-based Tourism.............................................................01/12/05

   (Panelists from: ME Dept. of Conservation; New England Outdoor Center; and North Maine Woods)

2.      Current and Future Challenges Facing Nature-based Recreation Industries...............03/02/05

   (Panelists from: Appalachian Mountain Club; Chewonki Foundation; and ME Sporting Camp Association)

3.      Regional Planning for Coastal Islands..........................................................................09/07/05

   (Panelists from: Maine Coast Heritage Trust; ME State Planning Office – Coastal Program; Matinicus Isle Plantation Assessor; Monhegan Island Sustainable Communities; and Monhegan Planning Board)

4.      Wind Energy Resources, part 1....................................................................................12/07/05

   (Panelists from: American Wind Energy Association; Appalachian Mountain Club; Maine Audubon; ME Dept. of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife; ME’s Office of Energy Independence and Security; ME Public Utilities Commission; and Natural Resource Council of Maine)

5.      Consumptive Water Use................................................................................................01/04/06

   (Panelists from: ME Geologic Survey; ME Dept. of Environmental Protection; Trout Unlimited; ME Drinking Water Program; and Cherryfield Foods)

6.      Forest Resources and Land Ownership........................................................................01/23/06

   (Panelists from: ME Dept. of Conservation, Forest Service; Innovative Natural Resource Solutions; Isaacson Lumber; University of Maine; Pingree Associates; JM Huber Corp.; Maine Forest Products Council; The Ireland Group; Planning Decisions; Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences; LandVest; The Wilderness Society; and Northern Forest Alliance)

7.      Conservation Easements...............................................................................................02/13/06

   (Panelists from: Professor of Forest Resources at University of Maine at Orono; Forest Society of Maine; Nature Conservancy; ME State Planning Office; Pingree Associates; The Matter Company; ME Dept. of Conservation, Bureau of Parks and Lands; and Assistant Attorney General)

8.      Wind Energy Resources, part 2.....................................................................................04/05/06

   (Panelists from: ME Office of Energy Independence and Security; ME Public Utilities Commission; Verrill Dana; and Sustainable Energy)

9.      Facilities and Services Provided to the Unorganized Territory.......................................06/06/06

   (Panelists from: Aroostook County Public Works Dept.; Somerset County Commissioner; Penobscot County Commissioner; Piscataquis County Commissioner; and Franklin County Commissioner)

10.  Affordable Workforce Housing.......................................................................................08/02/06

   (Panelists from: ME State Housing Authority; Coastal Enterprises Inc.; Community Concepts; Androscoggin Valley Council of Governments; and Freeport Housing Authority)

11.  Economic Development in Rural Areas..........................................................................10/04/06

(Panelists from: Northern ME Development Commission; Somerset Economic Development Corporation; Planning Decisions, Inc.; and Sunrise Economic Development Corporation)

12.  Wind Power Forum........................................................................................................08/01/07

   (Speaker: ME Public Utilities Commission Chairman; ME Dept. of Environmental Protection Commissioner; and ME Office of Energy Independence and Security)

13.  Landowner Panel Presentation (by request of landowners)..........................................11/07/07

(Panelists: JM Huber Corp.; Seven Islands Co.; Land Vest Inc.; Prentiss & Carlisle Co.; Wagner Forest Management; landowner; and Pingree Associates)

14.  Conservation Panel Presentation (by request of conservation groups).........................03/05/08

(Panelists: Northern Forest Alliance’s Maine Caucus; Appalachian Mountain Club; Lawyer/former LURC Commissioner/former NRCM Board Member; Chewonki Foundation; and an author)

Commission Hosted Guest Speakers

1.      Topic: Remote Ponds.....................................................................................................03/02/05

      (Speaker from: ME Dept. of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife)

2.      Topic: Recreational Resources and Wildlife and Fisheries Resources.......................... 04/06/05

      (Speaker from: ME Dept. of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife)

3.      Topic: Rising Burden of County Services Provided to Development in the UT............... 04/06/05

      (Speakers from: Somerset County Commissioner; and Somerset County Emergency Management Agency)

4.      Topic: Rising Burden of County Services Provided in the UT, continued........................05/04/05

      (Speaker from: Piscataquis County Commissioner)

5.      Topic: 1990 Lake Management Program........................................................................07/06/05

      (Speaker from: Dept. of Conservation, ME Forest Service)

6.      Topic: Monhegan Island Survey......................................................................................09/07/05

      (Speaker from: Future Metrics, LLC)

7.      Topic: An Introduction to Conservation Easements....................................................... 12/07/05

      (Speaker from: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy)

8.      Topic: Historical and Cultural Resources in LURC’s Jurisdiction..................................... 01/04/06

      (Speaker from: ME Historic Preservation Commission)

9.      Topic: Natural Areas in LURC’s Jurisdiction.....................................................................01/04/06

      (Speaker from: ME Dept. of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife)

10.  Topic: Recreation Resources..........................................................................................03/01/06

      (Speakers from: ME Dept. of Conservation BP & L; and ME Dept. of IF & W)

11.  Topic: Aquatic Invasive Species......................................................................................04/05/06

      (Speaker from: ME Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program)

12.  Topic: Charting Maine’s Future [a.k.a. the Brookings Report].........................................12/06/06

      (Speaker from: GrowSmart Maine)

13.  Topic: Governor’s Wind Power Task Force..................................................................... 08/01/07

      (Speaker: Task Force Chair)