Jul 22, 2011 | Business Impact, Call to Action, Environmental, Federal Regulations, National Park
By Nick Sambides Jr., BDN Staff MILLINOCKET, Maine — The Katahdin Area Chamber of Commerce supports a study of the feasibility of creating a national park near Baxter State Park, its president said Wednesday. With members Deb Roundtree and Thomas Malcolm absent, the...
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...
Jul 12, 2011 | Business Impact, Environmental, Governor LePage, Maine Legislation
AUGUSTA – A proposal to abolish Maine’s Land Use Regulation Commission has been bypassed in favor of a study into the future of the commission, which oversees development in the state’s nearly 10 million acres of unorganized territory. Gov. Paul...
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...