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Message*	Wind Power Forum: Habitat and Community <a href="http://mpjen.org/actions/?id=4153">http://mpjen.org/actions/?id=4153</a> PeaceWorks Presents<br /> A Wind Power Forum: <br /> Developing the Resource <br /> with a Concern for Habitat and Community.<br /> <br /> Thursday, March 18<br /> 7 pm,<br /> Frontier Cafe,<br /> Fort Andross<br /> Brunswick.<br /> <br /> With panelists <br /> Jonathan Carter, Peter Kent, Angus King, <br /> Joanne Moore, Lynne Williams, Peter Woodruff<br /> moderator: Bruce Gagnon<br /> <br /> Where is the Wind? What is the Impact on the Environment? Who benefits? <br /> <br /> <br /> Jonathan Carter is the the director of the Forest Ecology Network, a grassroots citizen-based organization dedicated to protecting the Maine Woods. He is a founding board member of the Friends of the Highland Moutains which is working to stop the 128 megawatt grid-scale industrial wind proposal for the Highland Mountains. <br /> <br /> Representative Peter Kent is serving his first term in the Maine House of Representatives from parts of Bath, Brunswick, Topsham, West Bath and Woolwich, and is a member of the Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Committee. He recently led a tour of Brunswick, Morse, and Mt Ararat High Schools to encourage students to consider careers in the offshore wind power industry.<br /> <br /> Angus King, former Maine governor, is a principal in Independence Wind, a Maine company formed to develop large-scale wind power projects in Maine and New England. Prior to becoming governor, King was the owner of Northeast Energy Management, Inc., a developer of major electrical energy conservation projects in south central Maine.<br /> <br /> Writes Joanne Moore, "Now retired, I am a homemaker, mom, grandmother, writer, artist, gardener and woodworker. I believe in the spiritual value and serenity we humans find in wilderness and our need to protect our forests and oceans and all creatures who live within."<br /> <br /> Lynne Williams is an attorney from Bar Harbor. Much of her practice includes land use matters, and she currently represents a number of community groups involved in land use issues. Lynne is a member of the Bar Harbor Planning Commission and is a visiting professor at the College of the Atlantic. She is also a candidate for governor on the Maine Green Independent Party ticket.<br /> <br /> Peter Woodruff is a mechanic/designer at Bath Iron Works and lives in Arrowsic. He is the co-author of the Gulf of Maine Wind Turbines Petition, a member of the Bath Economic Conversion Group, and co-host of TRUE, a radio show that airs on WBOR 91.1 FM in Brunswick.
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Date(s): Thu, Mar 18th, 2010

Time: 07:00 pm

PeaceWorks Presents
A Wind Power Forum:
Developing the Resource
with a Concern for Habitat and Community.

Thursday, March 18
7 pm,
Frontier Cafe,
Fort Andross
Brunswick.

With panelists
Jonathan Carter, Peter Kent, Angus King,
Joanne Moore, Lynne Williams, Peter Woodruff
moderator: Bruce Gagnon

Where is the Wind? What is the Impact on the Environment? Who benefits?

Jonathan Carter is the the director of the Forest Ecology Network, a grassroots citizen-based organization dedicated to protecting the Maine Woods. He is a founding board member of the Friends of the Highland Moutains which is working to stop the 128 megawatt grid-scale industrial wind proposal for the Highland Mountains.

Representative Peter Kent is serving his first term in the Maine House of Representatives from parts of Bath, Brunswick, Topsham, West Bath and Woolwich, and is a member of the Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Committee. He recently led a tour of Brunswick, Morse, and Mt Ararat High Schools to encourage students to consider careers in the offshore wind power industry.

Angus King, former Maine governor, is a principal in Independence Wind, a Maine company formed to develop large-scale wind power projects in Maine and New England. Prior to becoming governor, King was the owner of Northeast Energy Management, Inc., a developer of major electrical energy conservation projects in south central Maine.

Writes Joanne Moore, "Now retired, I am a homemaker, mom, grandmother, writer, artist, gardener and woodworker. I believe in the spiritual value and serenity we humans find in wilderness and our need to protect our forests and oceans and all creatures who live within."

Lynne Williams is an attorney from Bar Harbor. Much of her practice includes land use matters, and she currently represents a number of community groups involved in land use issues. Lynne is a member of the Bar Harbor Planning Commission and is a visiting professor at the College of the Atlantic. She is also a candidate for governor on the Maine Green Independent Party ticket.

Peter Woodruff is a mechanic/designer at Bath Iron Works and lives in Arrowsic. He is the co-author of the Gulf of Maine Wind Turbines Petition, a member of the Bath Economic Conversion Group, and co-host of TRUE, a radio show that airs on WBOR 91.1 FM in Brunswick.