By Richard Schmidt III, Special to the BDN Bangor Daily News op-ed As the anniversary of the designation of Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument approaches, this is a good time to celebrate all the benefits the monument is already bringing to Maine and its people, even those few but vocal people who opposed the Read More
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke
Zinke Has Only One Legal Option for Katahdin Woods and Waters: Retain Its Monument Status
By Anthony Moffa and Sarah Schindler, Special to the BDN Bangor Daily News op-ed Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke will soon send recommendations to President Donald Trump that could do one of three things to the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument: revoke, diminish, or retain its designation as a national monument. Only one of those Read More
In Maine, a National Monument May be in Peril
By David Abel, Globe Staff Boston Globe, news story PATTEN, Maine — Yellow signs blaring “National Park No!” greet Tim Hudson as his truck nears Katahdin Loop Road on a recent morning. He chooses to ignore them. On any given day, Hudson restocks the toilet paper in outhouses, empties the trash, and when necessary, wields Read More
It’s Time Zinke Let Us Know What He, Trump Have in Mind for Katahdin Monument
By BDN Editorial Board Bangor Daily News editorial Last Friday, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said he has removed Canyons of the Ancients from the list of 27 national monuments he had been asked to consider for modification or nullification by President Donald Trump. Zinke said he was recommending that no changes be made to the Read More
Could Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument Become a Full-fledged National Park?
Boston Globe editorial NEW ENGLAND could finally get its second national park, courtesy of support from the unlikeliest source — the Trump administration. Give credit where it’s due: Trump’s interior secretary, Ryan Zinke, said during a recent visit to Maine that he could support turning a beautiful new national monument in northern Maine, Katahdin Woods Read More
I Hope Zinke’s Visit Showed Him the Importance of the North Woods Monument
By Sheridan Steele, Special to the BDN Bangor Daily News op-ed Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke’s recent visit to Maine to see firsthand our majestic landscapes is a good exercise of his role of chief steward of our nation’s national parks and monuments. But contemplating reduction or elimination of our public land is not. Read More
Zinke Might Recommend Katahdin Monument be National Park
By Nick Sambides Jr., BDN Staff Bangor Daily News news story TOWNSHIP 2, RANGE 8 ― Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke said Thursday that he might recommend that Maine’s Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument be upgraded to a national park. Asked on the second day of his fact-finding tour of northern Maine if Read More
Interior Secretary: Maine National Monument Should Stay in Federal Hands
By Timothy Cama, Staff Writer The Hill news story Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke says federal ownership of a controversial national monument in Maine is “settled,” but the management of it may not be. In a public meeting Thursday as part of his multi-day tour of the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument, Zinke said the Read More
Interior Secretary Sees No Reason to Reduce Size of “Beautiful” Katahdin National Monument
He visits the 87,500-acre Maine site as part of a federal review, noting it offers public access and jobs but stopping short of affirming the monument designation opposed by Gov. LePage. by Kevin Miller, Staff Writer Portland Press Herald news story Against the backdrop of Mount Katahdin, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, left, talks with Lucas Read More