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
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!
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Join Us For the 2010 Round River Rendezvous (June 29th – July 6th)
Tues, June 29th – Tues, July 6th Maine Earth First! is excited to host this year’s Round River Rendezvous. Here are some things we want you to know before coming: About The Site: This year’s rendezvous will be on private land with permission from the landowner. It is a beautiful piece of land on the [...]
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2010 Earth First Round River Rendezvous!
North Woods Round River Rendezvous! June 29th – July 6th 2010 (directions HERE) In 2004, after the Down East Round River Rendezvous on Donnell Pond, about a hundred Earth First!ers greeted Governor Baldacci at his house to protest plans to build a liquified natural gas facility. After a long campaign, those plans were defeated, for [...]
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Re-Wild Or Die: Reclaiming a Corporate Resource Colony
by Meg Gilmartin Maine’s forested lands have historically been owned by multi-national paper and timber corporations, who have always pulled the strings in the state government. Maine’s economy is based upon its history as a resource colony supporting the larger, more developed and more affluent communities of southern New England and beyond. This long history [...]
A conversation with Logan Perkins of Maine Earth First!
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Earth First! Blockades Giant Industrial Wind Turbines in Pristine Wilderness
On July - 6 - 2010 8 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.
Join Us For the 2010 Round River Rendezvous (June 29th – July 6th)
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Tues, June 29th – Tues, July 6th Maine Earth First! is excited to host this year’s Round River Rendezvous. Here are some things we want you to know before coming: About The Site: This year’s rendezvous will be on private land with permission from the landowner. It is a beautiful piece of land on the [...]
RRR Directions & Ride Share Board
On May - 17 - 2010 10 COMMENTS
Now you can get to the Round River Rendezvous! Directions & ride share board now available at the top menu bar. The 2010 Earth First! Round River Rendezvous will be held in the town of Stratton. Stratton is located in the beautiful Western Mountains of Maine, about 2 hours 45 minutes north of Portland & [...]
Plum Creek Protester Goes to Trial
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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. [...]