Amherst Mountain Plan

Outline below is the information regarding the 5,000 acres of property the state is now holding. As expected things are changing from "the way Maine was". The company has blocked 22-00-00 so no access and now it is blocked from Fletcher Bluff and PC lands. So if you are out fishing, hunting, traveling and such to Bald Bluff or camp to fish, there is only one way to enter the property now and if coming cross country you can not exit out to route 9 anymore. So if driving from Old Town, you have driven 45 miles only to dead end block feet from route 9.

Dear Interested Person:

The Maine Department of Conservation, Bureau of Parks and Lands invites you to attend a Public Meeting on the Amherst Mountains Community Forest Management Plan on July 13th at 6:00 p.m. at the Bangor Motor Inn & Conference Center located at 701 Hogan Road in Bangor.

The Amherst Mountains Community Forest (AMCF) is a unique state-municipal partnership involving 4,974 acres of forestland surrounding six ponds in the town of Amherst. The parcel was acquired by the Maine Department of Conservation with assistance from the Forest Society of Maine in June of 2009, with funds from the Forest Legacy Program, the Lands for Maine’s Future program and numerous charitable foundations and individuals.

This Amherst Mountains Community Forest Management Plan will append the Bureau’s Eastern Interior Region Management Plan, providing resource protection and management guidance for this property over the next 14-year period. The Plan has been six months in the making and has included a public scoping meting, two Advisory Committee meetings and a focus group meeting with the Town of Amherst’s Community Forest Committee.

The purpose of this final Public Meeting is to receive feedback on a Final Draft Management Plan. BPL staff will present an overview of the proposed plan, followed by an opportunity for members of the public to offer comments.

More information on the management planning process is available at http://www.maine.gov/doc/parks/programs/planning/amherstmountains/index.shtml. The Final Draft Plan will be downloadable from this website by July 6th – one week before the Public Meeting. Written comments will be accepted until July 27th – two weeks after the Public Meeting. After this comment period, the Final Plan will be prepared for review and adoption by the Commissioner.

Please contact me directly with questions, requests for paper copies of the Final Draft Plan, or written comments.

Thank you,

Misha Mytar, Senior Planner
Maine Bureau of Parks & Lands
P.O. Box 343
Sullivan, ME 04664
(207) 460-4818
misha.mytar@maine.gov