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
Millinocket
Boosting Tourism in Rural Maine Will Take More Than a National Park
by BDN editorial board Bangor Daily News editorial The town councils in Millinocket, East Millinocket and Medway have spent a lot of time discussing the possibility of a nearby national park. This sometimes heated debate has taken valuable time and energy away from the larger issue of the region’s need to develop a more coherent Read More
The Katahdin Area Can Fight for What It Has—Or Rebuild with Change, Collaboration
By Kathy Gagnon, Special to the BDN Bangor Daily News op-ed Though the mill in Millinocket has been closed and torn down for some time, the sight of the mill stacks crashing to the ground in a cloud of dust was both epic and devastatingly sad. The symbolism was jarring, but we watched the end Read More
NRCM Bike Ride at the Proposed Katahdin Woods & Waters National Park
by NRCM Supporter Paul Corrigan of Millinocket, Maine The last time I visited the proposed park lands I was a wilderness therapy instructor working with girls with issues such as depression and substance abuse. Our team of instructors and clients began our backpacking trek at the Penobscot’s East Branch near Matagamon Lake. It was mid-November and 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
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
