By David Abel, staff writer Boston Globe news story President Trump on Wednesday will issue a sweeping executive order to review as many as 40 national monument designations made by his three predecessors, an unprecedented move that could curtail or rescind their protected status. It was unclear which areas would come under review, but the Read More
Roxanne Quimby
Gov. LePage Should Drop Effort to Rescind Katahdin National Monument
As the region begins to benefit from the designation, the governor should direct his energy toward helping Maine’s forest products industry develop a long-term economic plan. Portland Press Herald editorial If Gov. LePage really wants to “make the Maine woods great again,” eliminating the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument isn’t the way to do Read More
LePage Urges Trump to Scrap Katahdin-area National Monument
The governor says the designation will harm the economy and recreation in the region, but presidents may lack the power to rescind a predecessor’s designation. By Kevin Miller, Staff Writer Portland Press Herald news story Read Governor LePage’s letter. AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage is asking President Trump to reverse the national monument designation on Read More
LePage to Trump: Ax North Woods National Monument
By Nick Sambides Jr., BDN Staff Bangor Daily News news story Gov. Paul LePage has asked President Donald Trump to reverse an executive order by the Obama administration that created the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument and return the land to private ownership. In a two-page letter dated Feb. 14, the Republican governor asks Read More
Tour Maine’s Newest and Largest Parcel of Federal Land
By Murray Carpenter New York Times story On an early fall day, with just a hint of red tinting the maples, the view from the summit of Deasey Mountain is spectacular. To the west stand the rugged, treeless basins and knife-edge spine of Mount Katahdin. Off to the south, you see Wassataquoik Valley in the near Read More
Maine Environment Fall 2016 Newsletter
Maine Environment Fall 2016: What’s Inside! This issue of Maine Environment features an exclusive interview with philanthropist and Burt’s Bees founder Roxanne Quimby, who, along with her family, donated 87,500 acres of land east of Baxter State Park to the National Park Service that has become Maine’s new Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument. NRCM Read More
2016 NRCM Conservation Leadership Awards Presented to Quimby Family and Katahdin Area Community Leaders
Quimby/St. Clair Family Conservation Leadership Award For their generosity, vision, and commitment to creating the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument Katahdin Area Community Leaders Conservation Leadership Award For their tireless efforts to raise awareness and build support for the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument Well over a decade ago, conservationist and philanthropist Roxanne Read More
Maine Beer Company Releases Beer Commemorating the North Woods Monument
By Samuel Shepherd, staff writer Bangor Daily News news story Maine Beer Company of Freeport announced the release of Woods and Waters IPA, brewed to commemorate the creation of the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument. The North Woods Monument was created on Aug. 24 after 87,562 acres of land previously owned by Burt’s Bees Read More
Opinions Still Split on Tourism in Katahdin Woods Region
By Milton J. Valencia, Globe Staff Boston Globe news story MILLINOCKET, Maine — It has been a cherished land for so long, the majestic Katahdin woods overlooking this old paper mill town, the streams and the East Branch Penobscot River, the trails and turns that provide sweeping views of the fabled Mount Katahdin. Now the Read More
