by Eric Hendrickson Bangor Daily News op-ed Everywhere I go all that I hear is there’s nothing there at the site of the proposed national monument but clearcuts and barren land. Well, I have to say that there is something special about the land Elliotsville Plantation Inc. wants to donate to the American people. There Read More
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Maine Woods National Monument Would Benefit State, Katahdin Region
By Steve Wight Sun Journal op-ed Traveling around Maine, I work with people who are concerned about how to bring jobs and economic prosperity to the rural villages of western Maine and the Katahdin region to the north. For 38 years, I owned and operated, with my wife, Peggy, the Sunday River Inn and Cross Read More
They Say a Monument Will Drive a Stake Through the Heart of Our Industry. I Disagree.
By Roger Milliken, Special to the BDN Bangor Daily News op-ed For the last 35 years, I have worked for the Baskahegan Company, which grows and harvests trees on lands acquired by my grandfather in 1920. As a longtime member of the forest products industry, I am writing in support of the proposed national monument. Read More
After Years of Layoffs and Mill Closures, It’s Time for a National Monument
By Sam Lovell, Special to the BDN Bangor Daily News op-ed Posted June 06, 2016, at 1:24 p.m. With the centennial of the National Park Service upon us, Maine has the opportunity to have a new national monument. Elliotsville Plantation Inc., a private foundation, is prepared to donate its land east of Baxter State Park Read More
North Woods National Monument Supporters Outnumber Opponents at Local Forum
By Susan Sharon MPBN news story It began as a day for invited speakers to denounce a proposed national monument in the Katahdin region and closed with a decisive show of support from local residents and business owners. Both a congressional field hearing and a public forum sponsored by national monument opponents were billed as Read More
Chellie Pingree Encourages Obama to Create National Monument in Maine
The 1st District representative writes a letter on the eve of a congressional field hearing on the topic in East Millinocket. The Associated Press Portland Press Herald news story WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree has written to President Barack Obama to encourage him to create a national monument in northern Maine. In her letter, Read More
One-sided Hearing Won’t Clarify Issues with Katahdin Region Monument
If a congressional panel really wanted to hear from the public, they’d let supporters speak, too. Portland Press Herald editorial When the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee meets in East Millinocket on Wednesday for a field hearing on the proposed North Woods national monument, one side will be notably absent. Gov. LePage and the four Read More
Maine’s Forest Products Industry is in Freefall, but There’s Another Use for These Woods
By Richard Jagels, Special to the BDN Bangor Daily News op-ed In a recent Bangor Daily News column, Steven Biel and Lance Dutson dub Hillary Clinton’s statement about putting coal miners out of work as “a dumb thing to say,” or a “gaffe.” Apparently presidential candidates are required to shy away from the truth. Coal Read More
Why This Week’s National Monument Hearing is a Sham
By The BDN Editorial Board Bangor Daily News editorial A congressional field hearing that will be held in East Millinocket this week is billed as a more fair chance for local residents to be heard by national leaders about the prospects of a national monument in the Katahdin region. It won’t be. Unlike a public Read More
