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The article discusses a revised development project planned by the Plum Creek Timber Co. for several areas in Maine. The project was announced during a press conference in April 2006. In revising its original plan, the real estate investment trust allegedly ignored the public's plea that the development be centered in and around the existing lakeside communities of Greenville and Rockwood and not include the wildest sections of the watershed. The project received criticisms from many conservationists. Publisher Jon Lund claims that the project signifies the lack of control over the economic value of hunting, fishing and tourist activities in the north woods.

Discusses the issue of bearbaiting in the U.S. Legalization of bearbaiting in various states of the country; Method involved in bearbaiting; Views of Maine Governor John Baldacci on the issue; Problems faced by hunters from bearbaiting; Pro-baiting strategy of the Sportsmen's Alliance of Maine.

Presents information on the Downeast Lakes Land Trust which aimed to purchase and protect the Farm Cove Peninsula in West Grand Lake in Maine. Land area of the cove; Cost of the cove; Amount of funds raised by the trust in collaboration with the New England Forestry Foundation.

Criticizes the predator control program in Maine for coyotes. Description of eastern coyotes; Information on how to lower the population of coyotes; Criticism of coyote snaring. INSET: WHAT YOU CAN DO.

Narrates an expedition down the East Outlet of Moosehead Lake in the Maine Woods National Park and Preserve. Description of the park; Value of the Maine Woods; Difficulty in creating the park.

Reports on the environmental consequences of the Edwards Dam hydro development project in Augusta, Maine to Kennebec River. Rotten wood's stench; Sulfurous bile from paper mills; Stagnant water; Licensing by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; Federal Power Act of 1920; Purposes of the dam; Sturgeon migration; Lack of fish ladders mandated by the Maine legislature.

Provides information on the migration of the barren-ground caribou from the Arctic tundra of Alaska and Canada. Description of the caribou's hooves; Reason behind the decline of the caribou species from Maine.