The Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument saw a modest increase in visitors this summer, and the superintendent hopes for even more visitors once highway signs are installed. Overall, the number of visitors to the 87,500-acre property grew about 5 percent based on year-to-year data at existing road counters, Superintendent Tim Hudson said. This year, […]
Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument
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Ryan Zinke says Katahdin monument will create ‘healthy forest,’ recreation space
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said Tuesday he did not recommend that President Trump alter the size or boundaries of Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument, but said the land could be managed to promote a “healthy forest” and traditional recreation. Zinke said commercial logging is not allowed within 87,500-acre Katahdin Woods and Waters, ending speculation […]
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Interior secretary wants to keep national monument in Maine
In this Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017 photo, the Penobscot River’s East Branch flows through the new Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument near Patten, Maine. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke wants to retain the newly created Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument in northern Maine, but said he might recommend adjustments to the White House on […]
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Support for Katahdin Woods and Waters
Let it be — the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument that is. Gov. Paul LePage convinced President Trump to include Maine’s monument in a review of new monuments by the Department of the Interior. The governor incorrectly contended that there was insufficient public input prior to its designation. The idea has been commented on […]
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U.S. Interior chief Zinke ‘comfortable’ keeping Maine land public
STACYVILLE (AP) — U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke praised the beauty of the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument on Wednesday and said he’s “comfortable” with the National Park Service property remaining in public hands. With flies buzzing and Mount Katahdin as a backdrop, Zinke sounded optimistic about the future of special land designation granted […]
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Paul LePage refuses to put up National Monument road signs
Gov. Paul LePage is refusing to put signs along state roads showing the way to Maine’s national monument, pending the outcome of a federal review, state officials said Friday. The governor won’t allow official signs for Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument to be placed along Interstate 95 and Routes 11, 157 and 159 — […]
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Gov. Paul LePage testifies against Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument
Maine’s governor says “most” state residents oppose the creation of a national monument in the state and that it could have the unintended effect of increasing pressure on an adjacent state park. Republican Gov. Paul LePage reiterated his opposition Tuesday to former Democratic President Barack Obama’s decision to create the Katahdin Woods and Waters National […]
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Donald Trump to review national monuments — including Katahdin Woods and Waters
President Donald Trump will order a review of national monument designations, presumably including the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument, on Wednesday, according to the Salt Lake Tribune. Maine Gov. Paul LePage will fly to Washington, D.C. to testify Tuesday before a House Committee on Natural Resources subcommittee in opposition to national monument designations created […]
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Gov. Paul LePage to testify against national monument
In this Aug. 4, 2015, file photo, the Wassataquoik Stream flows through Township 3, Range 8, Maine, on land owned by environmentalist Roxanne Quimby, the founder of Burts Bees. Maine Gov. Paul LePage has asked Republican President Donald Trump to undo Democratic former President Barack Obama’s designation of a national monument and give back the […]
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Paul LePage asks Trump to undo Katahdin Woods & Waters National Monument
Gov. Paul LePage has asked President Donald Trump to reverse an executive order and return the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument to private ownership. In a two-page letter dated Feb. 14, the Republican governor asks Trump to enact the reversal “before economic damage occurs and traditional recreational pursuits are diminished.” The Bangor Daily News […]