I have read the [Augs 24-25 BDN] article about Brent Hardy concerning Snake Pond and its adjoining ponds and the woodlands surrounding the ponds. It’s very disturbing to think that William Gardner and other logging contractors like him would want to destroy the few secluded little ponds and woodlots we have left by building camps on these ponds and putting in gravel roads. In a few years, people will swarm in these places by the thousands and in a short while there will be no more fish or trees or anything like everywhere else just for the sake of fattening people’s wallets.

If he had planned on selling 10 to 12 lots to make that kind of money you can bet your boots people from Maine couldn’t afford these lots. I hope the Maine Fish and Wildlife Department has enough sense not to let this deal take effect. We don’t have many of these wild trout ponds left and wood lots that aren’t clear cut. I hope Hardy fights and wins, I hope the governor steps in and puts a stop to Gardner and his logging outfit from destroying these pieces of land and ponds.

The state of Maine should buy this land on Snake Pond and its surrounding ponds to keep it preserved. People should write about this situation and help preserve the few places we have left in Maine. Patrick Albert Holden