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Property rights are key to protecting Maine’s rockweed ecosystem

November 14, 2017 | By JONATHAN WOOD

Today, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court will hear oral argument in a case that, befitting the season, is a cornucopia of PLF issues. Ross v. Acadian Seaplants, Ltd. asks the court to uphold the rights of property owners against claims that strangers can remove rockweed from their land without their permission. If the court goes the right way, it w ...