increase font size Letters: Maine lawmakers need to protect public lands from CMP corridor; Service to community can help rebuild our society Share Maine lawmakers need to protect public lands from CMP corridor Legislation like LD 1075, being reviewed by our Legislature, is sorely needed to protect Maine’s public lands. The history of illegal and backdoor leases for use on public lands includes those obtained by international corporation Central Maine Power (owned by Spanish company Avangrid) for the wildly unpopular CMP Corridor. Environmental stewardship and advocacy is in my blood. My father, Bob Cummings, penned newspaper articles in the 1970s that were instrumental in the recovery of our lands. They are managed in trust for the people of Maine by the Bureau of Parks and Lands, whose duty it is to protect them for future generations. A constitutional amendment requires a two-thirds majority vote in both chambers of the Legislature before these lands can be reduced or substantially altered. BPL’s prior dealings with Central Maine Power have violated this requirement, circumventing the Legislature entirely.