Plum Creek Timber Co.'s latest plan for rezoning and developing timberlands around Moosehead Lake will be submitted tomorrow morning, according to a public relations consultant working for the company.

Notice we didn’t say ‘final plan.’ The new revised proposal would be the third version submitted to Maine’s Land Use Regulation Commission in two years. And, given the historic and financial magnitude of the project, a lot more reviewing and tinkering is sure to lie ahead.

The commission could hold public hearings as soon as late summer or fall, depending on how much the plan has changed.

Seattle-based Plum Creek submitted its first 420,000-acre plan in April 2005. The first two versions proposed rezoning pieces of commercial forests to make way for two resorts and 975 house lots clustered around ponds, lakes or rivers.

Keep an eye on the newspaper’s Web site for news updates. You can also keep tabs on Plum Creek’s Web page for the Maine plan, and by going to the commission page devoted to Plum Creek.

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