Oh boy... #PolandSpring #BlueTriton is in the news again! #HollisME fought back against deceptive practices regarding #WaterExtraction a couple of years ago... The fight isn't over!

Muckraking video: Poland Spring claims don't hold water

Daymond Steer Dec 8, 2025

FRYEBURG, Maine — "A national non-profit media outlet has made a short video about Poland Spring's Water extraction practices in #FryeburgME, #DenmarkME and #HollisME and posted it to its website and on social media.

The video claims Poland Spring took more water during last summer's drought than locals were led to believe."

https://www.conwaydailysun.com/news/local/muckraking-video-poland-spring-claims-dont-hold-water/

#BigWater #BigWaterLies #MaineDrought Maine

#Vacationland #FilmFestival this weekend in #BiddefordME! Highlights include "#StolenSprings" (about #PolandSpring and #BigWater), "Invisible" (about life with #ChronicIllness), and "An Extraordinary Place" (#WMPG documentary with my buddy, #DJShaxx !), all in a restored historic (and haunted) theatre!

2nd Vacationland Film Festival
August 21-24, 2025
Biddeford City Theater

https://citytheater.org/vacationland-film-festival/

#ShortFilms #IndieFilms #MaineFilmmakers #MaineEvents

So, one of our neighbors builds and installs birdhouses for #CaliforniaFields in #HollisME (conservation land owned by #PolandSpring / #BlueTriton). The owners recently cleared out a bunch of pine trees, making more grasslands for endangered birds. Here is one of my neighbor's creations (taken yesterday, when it was more hazy).

Read more about the restoration here:
https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/poland-spring-hollis-maine-endangered-birds-grassland-habitat-inland-fisheries-wildlife/97-915df0f7-e07f-46cc-93a1-e9149e18d4b4

#BirdConservation #GrasslandRestoration #Maine

I took a lunch break in a nearby meadow today. The corporate landowners (#PolandSpring / #BlueTriton) kept their word and got rid of most of the pine trees they had planted years ago (to hide the water source?) -- returning #CaliforniaFields back into, well, fields! Lots of butterflies and bees were enjoying the abundance (there will be more native grasses and milkweed next year). Soon, there will be caterpillars chomping away!

#Restoration #Rewilding #Nature #EndangeredSpecies #Maine #Grasslands