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See Also Websites Maine Property Rights Authoritive web site on property rights issues in rural Maine. Erich Veyhl, editor website Maine Leaseholders Association Protecting the land and the use of the land for future generations, whether it be snowblowing, hunting fishing, camping, for enjoyment by retirees, or whatever it might be. Stu Kallgren, President P.O. Box 142 Millinocket, ME 04462 (207) 723-4476 mela@kai.net website Maine State Legislature link Maine State House of Representatives link Maine State Senate link

State News “New Wave of UNESCO World Heritage Sites Proposed” - By Carol W. LaGrasse (PRFA Position Brief, June 2007) This spring, the National Park Service announced that 36 locations in the United States have been proposed for UNESCO World Heritage Sites, adding to the twenty that already are designated in this country. Such international recognition potentially threatens private property rights because preservationists could exploit the designation to stop the use of land in the region just beyond a site’s borders. More on this topic: Biosphere Reserves & World Heritage Sites “It is Time for the Northern Forest Alliance to be Challenged and Defused” - Nate Dickinson, Wildlife Biologist (PRFA, December 2002) More on this topic: Northern Forest Lands “Rural Cleansing in Maine: Watermelons, Wildlands and RINO’s” - Jon Reisman, associate professor of economics and public policy, University of Maine at Machias, speech at the Sixth Annual Conference Celebrating Private Property Rights — Keeping Private Lands in Private Hands, November 16, 2002 More on this topic: Government Land Ownership and Control — National “Maine Is Not Alone in Experiencing Rural Cleansing” - by Nate Dickinson, Wildlife Biologist (PRFA, November 2002) A review of Professor Jon Reisman’s speech “Rural Cleansing in Maine,” which was delivered at the Sixth Annual New York Conference on Private Property Rights. More on this topic: Government Land Ownership and Control—Nat’l Adirondack Organizations This directory of Adirondack organizations and government agencies contains material selected to be helpful in knowing the current, and perhaps future, areas of action of organizations with interests related to land issues in the Adirondacks and their true positions. (Jump to Maine information) More on this topic: Environmental Groups — Nat’l “Hydroelectric Dams Subject to FERC Relicensing—1998-2010” - from Positions on Property, Vol. 4, No. 1 (PRFA, Nov. 1998) (Jump to Maine information) More on this topic: Dam Relicensing under FERC (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission) “Existing and Tentative U.N. World Heritage Sites in the United States”-reprinted from Positions on Property, Vol. 4, No. 1 (Nov. 1998) (Jump to Maine information) More on this topic: Biosphere Reserves & World Heritage Sites “The Northern Forest Lands Campaign” - from Positions on Property, Vol. 2, No. 3, Jul. 1995 More on this topic: Northern Forest Lands “Willing Seller Willing Buyer - Park Service Version” - by Bo W. Thott, 1993. (Unique survey of sellers, reprinted by permission of Bo W. Thott, Washington County Alliance, Cutler, Maine) Private landowners ostensibly selling to the National Park Service are not bona fide sellers but are giving up title to escape the legal expenses of a foredoomed battle against condemnation. More on this topic: Eminent Domain — National

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