tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8179614.post6080249362201235688..comments2023-11-10T13:11:05.713-05:00Comments on Penobscot Bay Blog: Sears Island - Sierra Club revisionists can't hide their guiltUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8179614.post-10224199881412914142010-01-02T12:08:16.646-05:002010-01-02T12:08:16.646-05:00As I understand things, MDOT has the authority to ...As I understand things, MDOT has the authority to try to get mitigation credit for some of Sears Island regardless of whether there is a conservation easement. This authority comes from the manner in which the title was acquired by the state and from "An Act Regarding the Management and Use of Sears Island" (a horrible piece of legislation).<br /><br />The easement neither creates Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8179614.post-80561579446113187722009-12-28T21:27:35.025-05:002009-12-28T21:27:35.025-05:00Dear Anonymous
Thanks, I needed a chuckle; the ho...Dear Anonymous<br /> Thanks, I needed a chuckle; the howling of guilt-striken Maine Sierra Clubbers and debased land trusters is always splendid comedy.<br /><br />Your beloved S.C.U.M., aka Sierra ClUb of Maine, has needlessly placed Sears Island island at enormous risk, by turning 2/3 of it into tasty mitigation bait, which bait, glittering with the imprimaturs of SCUM, Islesboro Islands Trust Ronhttp://www.searsisland.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8179614.post-38229893873365547722009-12-28T11:01:50.869-05:002009-12-28T11:01:50.869-05:00Neither the Sierra Club nor any of the other JUPC/...Neither the Sierra Club nor any of the other JUPC/SIPI enviros supported a Sears Island port.<br /><br />The Sears Island agreement says, "appropriate uses for Mack Point and Sears Island are compatibly managed marine transportation, recreation, education and conservation." Two locations, four uses, no delineation as to which uses should go where. Agreeing to this is not agreeing to &Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com