Curran Op-Ed on Downeast ‘Commons’ Laments Privatization
Hugh Curran, a resident of coastal Surry, Maine who teaches Peace and Reconciliation courses at UMaine, has an opinion column in the Feb. 1 edition of the Ellsworth American, in which he discusses the loss of public “commons” areas in Maine’s Downeast ocean coves and bays. Curran laments the increasing loss of these public areas to private aquaculture leasing because it limits or eliminates traditional uses of the parts of the coast, including lobstering, clamming, fishing, boating and other recreational uses.
Contact: Hugh Curran, (207) 581-2636