By Judy Harrison, BDN Staff Bangor Daily News news story Maine Attorney General Janet Mills threatened to sue the Trump administration if it decides to reverse the presidential order that created Maine’s national monument. Mills on Monday issued a news release and a copy of the comments filed with the Department of Interior about the Read More
Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument
Maine Attorney General Vows to Challenge Any Attempt to Undo Katahdin-area Monument
Taking a stand at odds with Gov. LePage, the attorney general calls for an end to the Interior secretary’s review of Katahdin Woods and Waters two days before he arrives. by Kevin Miller, Staff Writer Portland Press Herald news story AUGUSTA — Attorney General Janet Mills called the Trump administration’s review of the Katahdin Woods Read More
Zinke Needs to Know This When He Visits Maine’s Monument
By Rick LeVasseur, Special to the BDN Bangor Daily News op-ed As part of his review of the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument, Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke is coming to Maine on Tuesday. He wants to gain insight into the history of the monument, which will help him make a recommendation to Read More
Interior Secretary Should Do More than Visit Maine’s New National Monument
Because of economic stress in the Katahdin region, not all those who need to be heard are still there. By The Editorial Board Portland Press Herald editorial Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is coming to Maine this week to visit the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument, where he plans to paddle a canoe and talk Read More
Some Things You Ought to Know about Maine’s New National Monument
By John Holyoke Bangor Daily News column On Wednesday evening, Lucas St. Clair — president of Elliotsville Plantation Inc. and the man who led the effort to establish a national monument in northern Maine — sat down to chat with me in front of a packed house at the Bangor Public Library. The event was Read More
LePage Misrepresented Maine Opinion on National Monument
There was plenty of public outreach prior to the Katahdin designation, and polls of Mainers show strong support for it. By James Talbott, owner of the Millinocket radio station WSYY and a resident of Millinocket Portland Press Herald op-ed MILLINOCKET — As a longtime business owner in the Katahdin region, I am shocked by the Read More
What’s Next for the North Woods National Monument?
By John Holyoke, BDN Staff Bangor Daily News news story In the nine months since the official designation of Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument, Lucas St. Clair said the emotional climate in that part of the state has changed quite a bit. St. Clair, who oversaw the monument formation effort on behalf of his Read More
Hollow Promise
Mount Desert Islander editorial Back in 2011, Gov. Paul LePage unveiled an addition to the “Welcome to Maine” sign on Interstate 95 in Kittery. “Open for Business,” it reads. Well, apparently the governor’s definition of “open for business” has changed over the years and now includes only entities that qualify for his personal stamp of Read More
North Woods National Monument Opens Fully to the Public
By Nick Sambides Jr., BDN Staff Bangor Daily News news story KATAHDIN WOODS AND WATERS NATIONAL MONUMENT, Maine — Amid an ongoing federal review and contention over the signs advertising it, Maine’s national monument opened fully for its first full year on Thursday with a handful of visitors more interested in nature than politics. About Read More
