Sears Island Online Background materials

Sears Island - The 1990s Cargoport Struggle
In the 1990's conservationists and four federal agencies successfully blocked an effort by the state of Maine to transform Sears Island info an industrial port.
CLICK HERE for many details of that effort.

Governor Angus King explains to Maine media on February 28 1996 that 'eeeelgrass' is what made him give up on building an industrial port on Sears Island. (30 second long realaudio file)

Conservation Law Foundation on Re-Thinking Sears Island

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