NRCM Says Wolfden’s Rezoning Application Offers No Assurances for Adequate Environmental Protection NRCM news release August 12, 2020 (Augusta, ME) – The application for a proposed metal mine on 528 acres near Mount Chase, not far from Baxter State Park and the Katahdin Woods & Waters National Monument, contains serious flaws and offers no assurances Read More
Baxter State Park
New Mining Threat Near Baxter & National Monument
In January 2020, Wolfden Resources (Wolfden) submitted a rezoning petition to the Land Use Planning Commission (LUPC) for a metal mine at Pickett Mountain (primarily zinc, lead, and copper) on 528 acres near Mount Chase, not far from Baxter State Park and the Katahdin Woods & Waters National Monument. Unfortunately, on July 27, LUPC deemed Read More
My Maine This Week: Sam Horine
“Here is a photo of the Baxter State Park mountains from the shores of Chesuncook Lake.” Photo by NRCM member Sam Horine of Skowhegan, Maine. Do you have beautiful photos of Maine’s landscape or wildlife to share? We would love to see any photos, but especially your summer photos! Please send Maine photos to us Read More
My Maine This Week: Jennifer Dillon
We often ask our new My Maine This Week photographers how they heard about us, and this week, we are excited to hear that our newest My Maine photographer, Jennifer Dillon, of North Yarmouth, Maine, heard about us at her place of work! She tells us that she and her co-workers get a daily news Read More
Sprawling Development Would Hurt Towns, Wildlife & Wilderness
Bangor Daily News editorial We give the Land Use Planning Commission, which oversees zoning and development in the state’s more than 10 million acres of unorganized territories, credit for listening to public criticism of a plan to allow more scattered development in these areas. After public hearings and comments that were overwhelmingly negative, the commission Read More
My Maine This Week: Barbara Heap
Our thanks to NRCM supporter Barbara Heap of Readfield, Maine, who has been out enjoying the fall colors that have arrived here in Maine. Enjoy these beautiful autumn colors, and then head out to snap your own photos of Maine foliage. Do you have beautiful photos of Maine’s fall foliage, wildlife, or scenic Maine landscapes to Read More
My Maine This Week: Karen Herold
“My four day solo backpacking trip in the less-traveled north of of Baxter State Park was full of challenges from getting around blowdowns and swatting bugs. I emerged from the steamy woods of the Freezeout Trail into a sunny opening just above Grand Pitch Falls on Webster Stream. I sat on the riverbank reveling in Read More
LePage, Advocate Offer Dueling Testimony on Katahdin-area National Monument
Maine’s governor wants the designation rescinded for the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument, while Lucas St. Clair says area businesses already are seeing positive impacts. by Kevin Miller, staff writer Portland Press Herald news story Maine’s Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument took center stage in the political debate over national monuments Tuesday in Read More
Mixed Signals: Is Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument on “the List”?
MaineBiz news story Two days after President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the U.S. Department of the Interior to review 26 land and marine national monuments stretching back over 20 years, it’s still not clear whether the directive will include President Barack Obama’s designation of the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument last Read More
