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Article: Maine's mountaintops abandoned by LURC

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Sun-Journal Lewiston, Me.
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July 20, 2008
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The regulator, created to protect nature, is allowing fragile habitats to be destroyed

The Maine Legislature created the Land Use Regulation Commission in 1971 to serve the people of Maine and act as the regulatory authority over 10.4 million acres of unorganized land - one of the largest contiguous undeveloped areas in the Northeast. Among LURC's responsibilities are promotion of orderly development, and protection of natural and ecological values.In 1974, to ensure the protection of fragile and irreplaceable soil and habitat, Maine's mountainous areas above 2,700 feet were protected by LURC from ecologically damaging development. The agency was not "blowing in the wind" with their ideas. ...

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