Producers/Hosts: Amy Browne & Meredith DeFrancesco
Segment 1: A deadline is looming for those hoping to get a public hearing on a large scale industrial wind project in Western Maine. Today we talk with Jonathan Carter of the Forest Ecology Network, a group that vocally opposes the project. (FMI: www.forestecologynetwork.org) Requests for a public hearing on the Highland Wind Power Project (DP 4862) can be emailed by 2/19/10 to Marcia.Spencer-Famous@maine.gov
And we talk with Heather Spaulding of MOFGA, about LD1547, “An Act to Revise Notification Requirements for Pesticides Applications Using Aircraft and Air Carrier Equipment, which would Streamline Maine’s Pesticide Notification System. FMI: www. mofga.org , www.thinkfirstspraylast.org
Link to bill: http://www.legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?LD=1547&snum=124