Last week’s contentious three-day hearing on the Black Nubble Wind Farm proposal near Sugarloaf is still generating heat.

We wrote about the political tempest surrounding the testimony by Pamela Underhill, who oversees the Appalachian Trail for the National Park Service. She has been a star witness for opponents who say the wind farm would ruin the rare wilderness experience in the western mountains.

Her latest testimony only intensified the criticism of Underhill, and added a former ally to the critics who say she’s a loose cannon. Here’s a letter sent this week from the Natural Resources Council of Maine and the Conservation Law Foundation complaining to Underhill’s superiors about her statements.

The letter focuses on Underhill’s testimony that global warming is irrelevant to the decision about whether to open the door to development near the trail, and what sounded like a threat aimed at the Natural Resources Council for supporting the project. That Underhill said, was “not something we will forget anytime soon.”

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