Black Nubble is a
mountain located in
Franklin County,
Maine. Black Nubble is flanked to the southeast by
Mount Redington. The
U.S. Navy Survival Escape and Evasion Training Facility (USSEAETF) is located just south of Redington.
Black Nubble stands within the
watershed
Watershed is a hydrological term, which has been adopted in other fields in a more or less figurative sense. It may refer to:
Hydrology
* Drainage divide, the line that separates neighbouring drainage basins
* Drainage basin, called a "watershe ...
of the
Kennebec River
The Kennebec River (Abenaki language, Abenaki: ''Kinəpékʷihtəkʷ'') is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed June 30, 2011 river within the U.S. state of Maine. It ri ...
, which drains into the
Gulf of Maine. The east side of Black Nubble drains into Nash Stream, then into the
South Branch of the Dead River,
Flagstaff Lake, the
Dead River and the Kennebec. The west side of Black Nubble drains into the West Branch of Nash Stream. The south end of Black Nubble drains into Orbeton Stream, then into the
Sandy River Sandy River may refer to:
Rivers in the United States
* Sandy River (Chandler Bay), Jonesport, Maine
* Sandy River (Kennebec River) in Maine
* Sandy River (Mississippi River), a tributary of the Mississippi River in Minnesota
* Sandy River (Red Lak ...
, another
tributary of the Kennebec River.
Wind farm proposal
In 2005, Maine Mountain Power (MMP) filed an application with the Maine Land Use Regulation Committee (LURC) for a permit to develop a 30-
turbine wind farm on Black Nubble and neighboring Mt. Redington.
After years of contentious debate, the proposal was voted down by the LURC in 2007. The summit of Redington was seen as too ecologically sensitive — a sub-alpine fir habitat providing a home for two rare species, the
bog lemming
''Synaptomys'' is a genus of North American lemmings. These animals live in wet forested and open areas. They are small, cylindrical rodents with large heads and short ears, legs, and tails. They eat green vegetation such as grasses and sedges. ...
and
Bicknell's thrush. Also, the development would have been visible for miles along the
Appalachian Trail.
A revised proposal, for 18 turbines only on Black Nubble, was put forward by MMP, supported by many environmental groups, but still opposed by Maine Audubon.
The project was rejected by the LURC in 2008.
See also
*
List of mountains in Maine
References
Mountains of Franklin County, Maine
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