Northern Maine resident challenges local dam replacement over flooding concerns

BANGOR DAILY NEWS • April 9, 2025

The Maine Land Use Planning Commission halted the reconstruction of a dam in Indian Purchase Township on Wednesday following a residential appeal. The panel sent the project back to the commission’s staff for further review. Landowner Robert McNally, who lives near the proposed dam, had filed an appeal in November after staff at the LUPC issued a development permit to Katahdin Forest Management for a replacement dam located between Smith Brook and Smith Pond off Millinocket Road.