[at-l] North Maine Woods

[ellen at clinic.net (Bob)]

>"...Most of the property referred to in this oft repeated canard is in the=
 more densely populated southern and coastal regions of Maine. The question=
 was about the North Woods, Weary - who had bought and their plans for it. =
Thanks for the re-run of one of your stock posts, but - have you any factua=
l, and perhaps useful, input to this topic? =

hope this helps," say a still confused TJ.

This is absolutely and totally false. I don't know of anyone who keeps trac=
k of all the southern and coastal region land sales. The six million acres =
I reported is all in the North Maine Woods. Those acreages are easy to repo=
rt because they began with a dozen or less  major landowners in this thinly=
 populated area and gradually the ownership is being fragmented as land spe=
culators buy and sell what a few years ago was the largest unbroken forest =
east of the Mississippi.

I'm sorry to be blunt. But this is a tragedy in the making. We can't afford=
 not to correct the blatherings of those who blindly choose to be uninforme=
d.

Weary  =


> ------------Original Message------------
> From: Snodrog5@aol.com
> To: at-l@backcountry.net
> Date: Tue, May-25-2004 5:56 PM
> Subject: Re: [at-l] North Maine Woods
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> > Even sillier is TJ's claim that  "Some hand wavers will cry that "condo=
 =

> > developers" and "private kingdom buyers" are a threat to buy large trac=
ts that =

> > will keep users like your friends from enjoying their traditional uses,=
 but =

> > that's just so much hot air. The land's been for sale, but few are buyi=
ng....."
> > =

> > Land speculators and investment trusts have boosted the price of Maine =
land =

> > by 30 percent a year recently. Literally a third of the land mass of th=
e =

> > state has changed hands during the past five years or so at ever increa=
sing =

> > prices. That's five or six million acres.
> - Parrots the hand waving Weary.
> =

>  Most of the property referred to in this oft repeated canard is in the m=
ore =

> densely populated southern and coastal regions of Maine. The question was=
 =

> about the North Woods, Weary - who had bought and their plans for it. Tha=
nks for =

> the re-run of one of your stock posts, but - have you any factual, and pe=
rhaps =

> useful, input to this topic? =

> hope this helps,
> TJ
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