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Press Releases for 2009

  • Forest Service Calls for Biomass Project Applications
  • Officials Celebrate Opening Of Down East Sunrise Trail
  • New LURC Customer Survey Now Online
  • Sangerville Man Pleads Guilty to Unlawful Tree Cutting
  • LURC to Hold Educational Outreach Sessions - Grand Lake Stream
  • LURC to Hold Educational Outreach Sessions
  • Leading Maine Environmentalist Dies
  • Parks Boating Facilities Division Wins National Award
  • Forest Rangers Use New Technology for Foliage Reports
  • Maine State Parks, Maine Forest Service Protection to Operate on State Shutdown Day
  • Portion of Down East Sunrise Trail Opens
  • State Park Lighthouses Join ‘Open Lighthouse Day’
  • More Trouble for Maine Hemlocks
  • State Park Campgrounds Enjoy Late-Summer Surge
  • Landowner Settles for Forest Practices Violations with Maine Forest Service
  • Wilkins Award to Honor Baxter State Park Manager
  • Public Hearings Set for Comprehensive Land Use Plan
  • Recreation Planning Sessions to be Held
  • Maine State Parks, Maine Forest Service Protection to Operate on State Shutdown Day
  • First-Time Campers Grand-Prize Winner Chosen
  • Colonial Pemaquid to Recall 17th Century Past
  • Timber Harvesters Continue Water Protection Practices
  • Governor Announces $11.4 million in Federal Recovery Funds for Wood Energy Projects
  • LURC to Hold Educational Outreach Sessions
  • Maine State Parks, Maine Forest Service Protection to Operate on State Shutdown Day
  • Maine Day to Offer Free Park Access to State Residents
  • Colonial Pemaquid to be Featured on ABC's "Good Morning America Weekend"
  • Invasive Beetles to Appear at Campgrounds
  • State Parks, Public Land Featured in August Magazines
  • Allagash Sporting Camp to be Recognized
  • 2009 PROJECT CANOPY GRANTS AWARDED
  • Cooper Landowner Ordered To Pay Penalty for Forest Practices Violations
  • Swan Lake State Park to Hold Animal ID Program for Kids
  • Loon Plate Holders to Enjoy Free Weekend at State Parks
  • LURC to Hold Open House
  • First-Time Campers Head to the Woods; Outdoor Workshops Available to All State Campers
  • Land Use Regulation Commission Authorizes Enforcement Action (2)
  • Land Use Regulation Commission Authorizes Enforcement Action (1)
  • Maine Residents Key to Beetle Reporting
  • No Further Landslides Reported
  • Maine State Parks, Maine Forest Service Protection to Operate on State Shutdown Day
  • Coastal Landslide Threatens Stockton Springs Camps
  • Shore and Harbor Grants Awarded
  • Lucky Families Win State Park Camping Weekends
  • Maine Conservation Corps Seeks Project Volunteers
  • First Bird Festival Draws Success
  • Colonial Headquarters to Open
  • Washington County Firm Pays Penalty for Forest Practices Violations
  • First “TAKE A HIKE” Event A Success
  • L.L.Bean Offers Camping Equipment Prize
  • Governor, Maine Forest Service Celebrate Arbor Week
  • Maine Forest Service Issues Firewood Warning
  • Androscoggin Riverlands Planning Meeting Set
  • New Bird Trail Map and Brochure Announced
  • Proposed Androscoggin State Park Moves into Public Phase of Development
  • Penobscot Narrows Observatory To Open For Third Season
  • Forestry Landowner Outreach Meetings a Success
  • Coffee Crew Helps Clean Up Mackworth Island
  • State Park to hold first “Osprey Watch” of the year
  • New AWW Superintendent Appointed
  • Allagash Wilderness Waterway Listed as Top Adventure Site
  • Peary’s North Pole Expedition Commemorated
  • MDOC, State Museum to Honor North Pole Explorer
  • Land and Water Conservation Funding and Recreation Trail Funding Available
  • Parks & Lands Seeks Lifeguards
  • Maine Families to Enjoy First-Time Camping
  • CLUP Working Group Meetings Successful
  • Land Use Regulation Commission Approves Stetson II Wind Project
  • Land Use Regulation Commission Authorizes Enforcement Action
  • Forest Service Sets Family Woodlot Workshops
  • Recreational Trail Grants Announced
  • Mount Blue Fun Day a Wintertime Success
  • Family Fun Day Set at Aroostook State Park
  • 2009 State Parks Reservations to Begin Feb. 2
  • Land Use Regulation Commission Approves Two Settlement Agreements
  • Family Fun Day Set at Mount Blue State Park
  • Project Canopy Grants Available to Support Community Forestry Projects
  • Bureau Offers Online Ski Conditions
  • Maine Forest Service Invites Fifth-Grade Classrooms to Showcase Creativity
  • Maine Conservation Corps to Hold Partners Meeting

  • Press Releases for 2008

  • Aroostook State Park Festival Promises Great Birding
  • Land Use Regulation Commission Approves Building Permit by Variance

  • Press Releases for 2007

  • Peaks-Kenny State Park Honored by Water Group
  • Large scale negotiations secure snowmobile trails and forest land:

    Wassataquoik Valley and local recreation lands to change hands
  • New Observatory, Ft Knox Wrap Up Banner Season
  • Gov Baldacci Unveils Midcoast River ~ Link Project
  • Bond links nature-based assets with state’s economic future
  • Commissioner McGowan Kicks Off Maine Jam ‘07
  • Ferry Beach State Park Receives Major Gift
  • The Maine Forest Service reminds citizens about the 60th anniversary of the 1947 fires in Maine
  • State Park Attendance Up for 2007
    Mainers, Visitors “Taking It Outside”
  • Fort Knox Cannons Dedicated

  • Press Releases for 2006

    Press Releases for 2005

  • Foliage Color Still Spectacular in Southern, Coastal Maine
  • Foliage Vibrant In Central and Western Maine and Spreading South
  • Maine Foliage Continues to Turn from North to South
  • Weather Cooperating for an Explosion of Foliage Color in Maine
  • Forest Service Offers Training Opportunity
  • In The Field – Forest Rangers and Timber Trespass
  • LURC Nominees Approved by Senate

  • Press Releases for 2004

  • Mainers to Enjoy Free Day in State Parks
  • Make the best of Maine’s Fall Foliage with www.mainefoliage.com
  • Senate Confirms New Land Use Regulation Commission Members
  • Maine’s Fifth-Grade Classes Can Sign Up Now
  • Draft State Outdoor Recreation Plan Available for Review
  • Governor Baldacci Announces Maine’s Forest Certification Initiative
  • LURC Director Announced

  • Press Releases for 2003

  • Land Conserved at Ferry Beach State Park
  • Director of Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands Announced
  • Southern Maine Coastal Boat Access Improved
  • Grafton Loop Trail to Open on National Trails Day:
    Conservation Commissioner Pat McGowan to Dedicate Trail
  • Mattawamkeag Lake Region Protected in State Land Deal
  • Maine Forest Service Director Announced
  • Commissioner McGowan Announces New Deputy Commissioner

  • Archived Press Releases
    Pre-2003 Press Releases