My family has enjoyed trips to Maine’s North Woods for the past several years, mostly spending time around Moosehead Lake, Mount Kineo, and the Monson area. Recently we heard through NRCM that Roxanne Quimby was opening up sections of the Elliotsville Plantation land, which might one day become a national park and national recreation area. So, Read More
Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument
Official or Not, Roxanne Quimby’s Park Vision Taking Shape
by John Holyoke, BDN staff Bangor Daily News column TOWNSHIP 2 RANGE 8, EAST OF BAXTER PEAK, Maine — Lucas St. Clair clearly has heard the question before. And he’s got plenty of answers that he’s happy to share. He also realizes that sometimes, it’s best to simply stand back and let Mother Nature do Read More
Hunting Access Energizes Plan for National Park
Kennebec Journal editorial A decade ago, “Ban Roxanne” bumper stickers were a common sight from Greenville to Millinocket, and the prospect of a national park in the Katahdin Region looked dim. In spite of the opposition â largely from sportsmen, snowmobilers and the forest products industry â Elliotsville Plantation Inc., the group formed by Roxanne Read More
Diamond in the Rough: Our Visit to the Proposed New National Park and Recreation Area for Maine
The NRCM staff took a two-day field trip September 12-13 to experience firsthand the lands belonging to Elliotsville Plantation, Inc. (EPI), east of Baxter State Park, that are being proposed for a new national park and recreation area. In typical NRCM fashion, we braved the ominous stormy forecast, arriving midmorning at Lunksoos Camp. Mark and Read More
Roxanne Quimby’s Son Offers New Hope for National Park Plan
Lucas St. Clair, a fisherman and hunter, is working to gain the trust of people in the Katahdin region and to overcome the hostility that his mother engendered. by Deidre Fleming, staff writer Portland Press Herald news story MOUNT CHASE – The man in jeans, a plaid shirt and flip-flops who strolled onto the lawn Read More
The Evolution of a National Park in Maine
Bangor Daily News editorial When Roxanne Quimby started buying large parcels of land in the Katahdin area in the early 2000s, the idea was to establish a 3.2 million-acre national park. A self-made millionaire from her natural-skin care line Burt’s Bees, Quimby wanted the wilderness to be preserved in perpetuity. Indeed, the land is some Read More
Quimby Land Open to Recreation
By Terry Stackhouse WABI-TV news story Outdoor adventure seekers can look forward to now exploring tens of thousands of acres, just east of Baxter State Park. Roxanne Quimby owns the land and is now allowing recreational activities on the property as her foundation seeks to build support for her proposal for a national park and Read More
Traditional Recreation Can Coexist with Park
Roxanne Quimby’s son represents the next generation of national park activism. Portland Press Herald editorial A decade ago, “Ban Roxanne” bumper stickers were a common sight from Greenville to Millinocket, and the prospect of a national park in the Katahdin region looked dim. In spite of the opposition — largely from sportsmen, snowmobilers and the Read More
40,000 Acres of Quimby Land Opened to Hunting; Access Plan Targets Other Areas
by John Holyoke, BDN staff Bangor Daily News news story BANGOR, Maine — Ever since millionaire preservationist Roxanne Quimby began buying huge chunks of Maine forestland more than a decade ago, recreational users of that land have struggled with the new reality: Their former quasi-public playground was largely closed for business. On Monday, Elliotsville Plantation Read More
