Jul 19, 2011 | Business Impact, Environmental, National Park
By Nick Sambides Jr., BDN Staff MILLINOCKET, Maine — Roxanne Quimby sees a national park as a jobs creator, not an employment killer… …peaking before more than 200 people at Stearns High School on Monday, the noted environmentalist…presented a vision...
Jun 23, 2011 | Environmental, Industry News, National Park, News
By Nick Sambides Jr., MILLINOCKET, Maine ― Town leaders will meet today to discuss whether to publicly oppose efforts to turn a vast chunk of the North Woods into a national park, something they last did in 2000. Town Manager Eugene Conlogue said he expects “lively...
Jun 7, 2011 | Business Impact, Environmental, National Park
By Douglas Rooks, Special to the Bangor Daily News Nearly 20 years ago, after Restore: The North Woods unveiled its plan for a 3.2 million-acre Maine Woods National Park, Roxanne Quimby became an immediate fan. “I’ve always loved the national parks,” she said during...
Apr 19, 2011 | Environmental, National Park, News
OLD TOWN, Maine — Conservationist Roxanne Quimby has purchased Lunksoos Camps, a wilderness sporting facility on the East Branch of the Penobscot River, according to a Tuesday news release. Originally built in 1881, the camps have changed hands several times. Today,...
Apr 18, 2011 | Industry News, National Park
(AP) PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Judging by the reaction of Maine’s congressional delegation, a wealthy conservationist has some convincing to do if she’s to sell her idea of another national park in Maine. While no one rejected Roxanne Quimby’s idea...
Mar 28, 2011 | Business Impact, Business News, Environmental, National Park
By DAVID SHARP, The Associated Press TOWNSHIP 3, RANGE 8 — Maine sportsmen were outraged when Roxanne Quimby, the conservation-minded founder of Burt’s Bees cosmetics, bought up tens of thousands of acres of Maine’s fabled North Woods – and had the...