Get the Site Right for Wildlife

Maine Audubon is working to help wind-power projects get approved in Maine—but we oppose the Redington project.

The Maine Land Use Regulation Commission (LURC) is seeking public comments on whether to rezone approximately 1,000 acres of western Maine’s Redington Pond Range and Black Nubble mountains to clear the way for a wind-power project.

Redington is special - and it's no place for industry.

Redington is an extraordinarily special place and is not the right place to clear-cut, bulldoze, and blast to make way for a poorly sited industrial project.

The Redington project will harm multiple important state resources including: 19 species listed as endangered or threatened or of special concern, an exemplary natural area, migratory birds and bats, and a large block of unfragmented roadless habitat.

Maine can develop wind power and protect wildlife.

That’s why Maine Audubon launched a collaborative working group last year with representatives from the wind industry, state and federal agencies, and others.

Our goal—and we’re getting close—is to develop comprehensive wind-power siting guidelines that consider the needs of Maine wildlife.

In the meantime, it’s especially important to consider the impacts the precedent-setting Redington project would have.

You Can Help!

Please, oppose the Redington project. Tell LURC that Redington is extraordinarily special and not the place for an industrial wind-power project

There's still time to act.

Send your comments to LURC by August 14th to 22 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0022. Or send your comments by e-mail to marcia.spencer-famous@maine.gov.

 

Spread the word.

Write a letter to the editor. Remember to talk about what’s special to you about the Redington area, using personal stories whenever possible. For letter writing tips or links to local media contacts, click here.