by Web Editor | Feb 27, 2015 | News, News/PR
Conservationists are skeptical about Maine Gov. Paul LePage’s budget for the natural resource departments, fearful that it would open the gates for expanded commercial harvesting of state-owned property. LePage wants to do away with the state’s Bureau of Parks and...
by Web Editor | Apr 21, 2014 | News, News/PR
Maine Forest Rangers have been threatened, assaulted, held at gunpoint and, in one case, shot and wounded, doing their jobs. Yet, they are the only law enforcement officers in the state who are not permitted to carry a firearm. Sen. Gary Plummer, a Republican from...