By John Holyoke Bangor Daily News column In not-too-unexpected news, it appears that President Donald Trump (with potential help from Maine Gov. Paul LePage) will take a second look at the formation of recent national monuments. The fear of some in Maine, though there’s no evidence that this is the case: Katahdin Woods and Waters Read More
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LePage Joins Trump for Signing of Order to Review Designations of National Monuments
Trump’s order seeks to review national monument designations but it’s not clear if it will affect Maine’s Katahdin Woods and Water National Monument. by Scott Thistle, staff writer Portland Press Herald news story Gov. Paul LePage joined President Trump in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday for a ceremony where Trump signed an executive order to review Read More
My Maine This Week: Peter Simmons
“Here are three photos from my annual school vacation trip to Pemadumcook Lake, all taken from roughly the same spot out on the ice in Deep Cove.” Photos by NRCM member Peter Simmons of Brunswick, Maine To see past My Maine This Week photos, or to submit a photo of your own to be featured 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
I Used to Oppose a Big Park in the North Woods. Now, I See a National Monument Can Work.
By Bucky Owen, Special to the BDN Bangor Daily News op-ed I can envision a small national monument east of Baxter State Park centered around three rivers: the East Branch of the Penobscot, the Seboeis and the Wassataquoik, all special places in Maine. The name is one I came up with, but the idea of Read More
My Maine This Week: Kevin Hardwick
“Here are a few photos from a recent trip to Baxter State Park. The photos were taken from Chimney Pond and from the summit of Baxter and Hamlin Peaks.” —Photos by NRCM supporter Kevin Hardwick of Wiscasset, Maine To see past My Maine This Week photos, or to submit a photo of your own to Read More
The Land East of Baxter is Special and Worthy of a National Monument
by Eric Hendrickson Bangor Daily News op-ed Everywhere I go all that I hear is there’s nothing there at the site of the proposed national monument but clearcuts and barren land. Well, I have to say that there is something special about the land Elliotsville Plantation Inc. wants to donate to the American people. There Read More
My Maine This Week: Patricia Day Williams
“I took this photo of Russell Pond in Baxter State Park late last summer.” Photo by NRCM member Patricia Day Williams of Alexandria, Virginia To see past My Maine This Week photos, or to submit a photo of your own to be featured on our website, please visit www.nrcm.org/our-maine/my-maine-this-week.
Fall: East Branch of the Penobscot River, Day 3, Baxter State Park
Going to sleep early means waking up early, and we stirred just after the sun had begun its ascent. A layer of frost had developed on the outside of our sleeping bags and tent, but I was actually quite warm in my long underwear pants, jeans, fleece button-down, fleece vest, jacket, winter jacket, knitted hat, Read More
