By Anita Mueller, Special to the BDN Bangor Daily News op-ed Opponents of the proposed national park and recreation area east of Baxter State Park are fear mongering and using several ridiculous and unsubstantiated scare tactics. For example, I am not buying the “black cloud” theory. It goes something like “everything would be wonderful in Read More
Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument
Nostalgia Isn’t an Economic Development Plan for the Katahdin Region
By Avern Danforth, Special to the BDN Bangor Daily News op-ed We need a serious conversation about jobs and how we can create more of them, particularly in northern Maine. The numbers speak for themselves. In communities such as East Millinocket, Millinocket, Medway and Stacyville, the unemployment rate is two or three times the state Read More
Wilderness Guides Endorse National Park and Recreation Area
By David Farmer Bangor Daily News news story The Maine Wilderness Guides Organization Board of Directors announces its endorsement of a proposal to create the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Park. “A new national park and national recreation area will provide an enormous benefit to Maine’s guides and the sporting lodge community by drawing visitors Read More
National Park Plan Merits Delegation’s Backing
The proposal takes a proven approach to packaging the Katahdin area’s natural assets. By The Editorial Board Portland Press Herald editorial Members of Maine’s congressional delegation will be watching closely later this month as residents of the Katahdin-area towns of East Millinocket and Medway vote on their support for a proposed north woods national park Read More
Poll: National Park Strongly Supported in Maine’s 2nd District
By Susan Sharon MPBN news story A new poll of 500 likely voters in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District finds overwhelming support for a national park and recreation area in the Katahdin region. The poll, conducted in May by national pollster Hans Kaiser, found that 67 percent of respondents approve of the idea of creating a Read More
New Poll Shows ‘Strong’ Support for National Park
By Nick Sambides Jr., BDN Staff Bangor Daily News news story U.S. Sen. Susan Collins’ favorite pollster found in a survey of 500 respondents across the 2nd Congressional District last month that 67 percent favored a proposed 150,000-acre north woods national park and recreation area, officials said Tuesday. Commissioned by leading park proponent Lucas St. Read More
Another National Park Would Suit Everyone’s Interests
Our precious commodity of pristine forest is for everyone’s benefit. By Ken Allen Portland Press Herald op-ed In my early 20s, I spent two glorious summers camping near Ripogenus Dam on the Penobscot River’s West Branch, which included huge woodlands, myriad waters and Baxter State Park for recreation. Back then, the West Branch enjoyed a Read More
Why Baxter State Park’s Former Director Backs National Park Plan
By Buzz Caverly, Special to the BDN Bangor Daily News op-ed Fifty-five years ago, as a young man shortly out of high school, I was hired as a Baxter State Park ranger and assigned to the Russell Pond campground in the heart of the Wassataquoik Valley, at the eastern edge of the park. For years, Read More
LePage Pens Earth Day Letter to Obama Opposing New National Park
By Mario Moretto, BDN Staff Bangor Daily News news story AUGUSTA, Maine — While proponents continue their efforts to set aside 150,000 acres in northern Maine for a national park and recreation area, Gov. Paul LePage voiced his opposition to the plan in a letter addressed to President Barack Obama. A company called Elliotsville Plantation Read More
