Join us on a tour, and see for yourself whether this rugged escape can – as some imagine – become a lucrative tourist destination. By Tux Turkel, Staff Writer Portland Press Herald news story TOWNSHIP 3, RANGE 7 – Few hikers cross the summit of 1,964-foot Deasey Mountain, a remote peak east of Baxter State Read More
Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument
Wildlife in the Wild Lands of Northern Maine
‘I took at trip to the EPI lands proposed for a new National Park and National Recreation Area this week. There is a lovely walk to one of many small ponds that is now marked along the Katahdin Loop Road. I had the great privilege of seeing a mother moose and her calf chilling out in Read More
St. Clair Pitches National Park, Invites Crowd to Use Katahdin Woods & Waters Recreation Area
By John Holyoke, BDN Staff Bangor Daily News news story BANGOR, Maine — Just days after the state legislature killed a bill that could have complicated his goal of establishing a national park in northern Maine, Lucas St. Clair explained the plan — again — to a Bangor Public Library crowd on Tuesday evening. At Read More
Skiing at Katahdin Woods and Waters: A Glorious Trip
Some friends and I headed to Patten and turned west toward the North Gate of Baxter State Park. We stopped at Matagamon Wilderness Store and Cabins, who, with Bowlin Camps, have been grooming 18 miles of trails along the East Branch on the Elliotsville Plantation land that I hope will become the next national park. Read More
National Park Proves a Hard Gift to Give
by Katharine Q. Seelyejan New York Times news story PATTEN, Me. — Lucas St. Clair pulled up to an overlook in Maine’s North Woods to a stunning vista of Mount Katahdin, the state’s highest peak and the endpoint of the Appalachian Trail. Stretched out below was a vast green carpet of pine and spruce flecked Read More
New Studies Show National Park Would Boost Maine’s Economy, Quimby’s Son Says
By Nick Sambides Jr., BDN Staff Bangor Daily News news story BANGOR, Maine — Economic studies commissioned by Roxanne Quimby’s land-holdings company show that a 75,000-acre national park and same-size recreation area in the Katahdin region would create 450-1,055 jobs, her son said Thursday. Lucas St. Clair presented the studies during a meeting with the Read More
