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Sears Island Home| Preserve |Planning Initiative 2006 | History |

Preservationist proposes Sears Island compromise

 

By Tom Groening

Tuesday, October 17, 2006 - Bangor Daily News

 

SEARSPORT - Though he is squarely in the camp that wants to permanently conserve Sears Island, Scott Dickerson is working to find common ground with the group that desires to build a container port on the state-owned property.

 

At a meeting Monday of the committee working to draft recommendations for the island, Dickerson challenged the port proponents ... Read the article.

 

Preserve Sears Island while promoting economy


Becky Bartovics and Marietta Ramsdell

Wednesday, October 18, 2006 - Bangor Daily News


It's Columbus Day 2006 and Sears Island glistens in the dramatic autumn sunlight. On the old apple tree trail, still mostly green, the light is dappled, warm and inviting. Ocher grasses in the estuary, touched by red, blaze today as if on fire. Not far offshore, white sails, stunning in their contrast with the marine blue water, bend to the westerly breeze.  ... Read the article.

 
 
 

 

For more information about Sears Island, to take part in efforts to protect the island or for a natural history tour, call the Sierra Club 761-5616 and visit our calendar of events at http://www.maine.sierraclub.org/calendar.htm . To learn more about this issue visit the Maine Department of Conservation's website on the  Sears Island Facilitation Services Planning Initiative.

 

 


 

 

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