by David Farmer Bangor Daily News column Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument will celebrate its second birthday with a hootenanny this weekend. And there is plenty to celebrate. After two years of needless delay, highway signs pointing the way to the monument are finally going up and thousands of people are visiting. About 8,000 Read More
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18 Months After Its Creation, National Monument in Northern Maine to Get Road Signs
By Susan Sharon Maine Public news story It has been 18 months since former President Barack Obama designated the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument in northern Maine — but there are still no road signs to direct interested visitors where to go or how to get there. Republican Gov. Paul LePage made headlines last 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
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
Katahdin National Monument is an Outstanding Gift
by Gabriel Perkins Sun Journal op-ed If you look around the country, the history of national monuments and national parks shows a predictable arc. There is often loud opposition — at the beginning. We’ve seen it with some of this country’s greatest natural assets, including Acadia National Park, the Grand Canyon and even Yellowstone. But Read More
Trump Moves Decisively to Wipe Out Obama’s Climate Change Record
The order will mandate a review of the Clean Power Plan, which restricts greenhouse gas emissions at coal-fired power plants. By Juliet Eilperin and Brady Dennis Washington Post news story WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump on Tuesday took the most significant step yet in obliterating his predecessor’s environmental record, instructing federal regulators to rewrite key rules Read More
The Katahdin Monument is a Great Addition to Maine. LePage Should Stop Fighting It.
By The BDN Editorial Board Bangor Daily News editorial We get it. Gov. Paul LePage doesn’t like the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument, which President Barack Obama designated by executive order in August. But, it exists and is already drawing people to northern Maine and spurring local economic activity. It’s past time for the Read More
Could Trump Undo the New Katahdin-area National Monument?
Donald Trump’s victory sparks talk of whether he might reverse President Obama’s executive order. by Kevin Miller, Staff Writer Portland Press Herald news story Opponents of new national monuments in Maine’s North Woods and off coastal New England are asking whether Donald Trump could reverse those decisions as part of his campaign pledge to overturn Read More
Switching from Whiskey to Beer and the False Promise of Woody Biomass
by Stephen Mulkey, PhD “Well planned sustainable biomass power plants are a viable source of clean renewable electricity, and this is helpful for the task of phasing out coal-fired power plants. Knee-jerk opposition to all biomass projects has no sound scientific basis and is harmful to attempts to stabilize climate for the sake of our Read More
