As Trump administration reviews 27 national monuments, conservationists fear a federally mandated effort to strip public lands of environmental protections by Edward Helmore The Guardian news story A decision by the Republican governor of Maine, Paul LePage, to ban signs to Katahdin Woods and Waters, a national monument designated by Barack Obama, has been described Read More
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Gulf of Maine Will Become Too Warm for Many Key Fish, Report Says
Cod and haddock will see prime habitat areas vanish this century, but lobsters will find new spaces to grow. by Colin Woodard, staff writer Portland Press Herald news story A new study by federal fisheries scientists predicts the warming of the Gulf of Maine will cause a dramatic contraction of suitably cool habitat for a Read More
‘Everything Changed’ — Millinocket-Area Businesses Tout Benefits of National Monument
By A.J. Higgins Maine Public news story The Trump administration has vowed to review some of the national monument designations carried out in the Obama years, which could include Maine’s Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument. Gov. Paul LePage says the monument, and its potential to become a national park, pose a real threat to Read More
Many Mainers Rallying to Support National Monument
By George Smith Bangor Daily News column Lots of Mainers are speaking up for the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument, and you also have an opportunity to do that. Now that President Trump has put the Monument on his “Review” list, at the request of our bombastic governor, it’s important that we all step up Read More
Katahdin Woods Monument’s Former Opponents Want Trump, LePage to Back Off
Some believe the federal review ordered by President Trump could have a negative effect on the area’s economy. by David Sharp, Associated Press Portland Press Herald news story Several former opponents of the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument are now asking President Trump and Gov. Paul LePage to let it be. The national monument Read More
Rally in Bangor Opposes Overturning Katahdin Woods National Monument
by Renee Cordes MaineBiz news story A day after the start of the 60-day comment period on President Trump’s executive order calling for a review of national monuments created since 1996, three members of Maine’s congressional delegation joined with local business leaders in voicing opposition to overturning the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument. Three Read More
Business and Community Leaders Line Up in Opposition to Efforts to Overturn Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument
News Release Bangor, ME – Maine business, community, and political leaders gathered today in Bangor to voice their opposition to efforts to overturn the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument. The group released letters to Maine’s Congressional delegation, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, and Governor Paul LePage strongly defending the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument Read More
Supporters of Maine Monument Want Trump to Back Off
by A.J. Higgins Maine Public news story Members of the Katahdin-area business community want Maine and the nation to know that support for the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument is growing, even among those who initially opposed the 88,000-acre conveyance from Maine environmentalist Roxanne Quimby. Gail Fanjoy, president of the Katahdin Area Chamber of Read More
LePage Refused to Acknowledge National Monument’s Positive Impact
By Richard Schmidt, Special to the BDN Bangor Daily News op-ed Last week, I was sitting behind Gov. Paul LePage when he testified at the House Subcommittee on Federal Lands hearing featuring the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument. Our governor’s representation of inland, rural, and northern Maine as nothing more than a clear-cut, mosquito-infested Read More
