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,...
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...
Dec 6, 2010 | General, Maine Legislation, National Park
By The Associated Press AUGUSTA, Maine — The future of parks and public lands in the western mountains region of Maine will be the topic of an open meeting before the state Bureau of Parks and Lands. The public is invited Monday evening to comment on a management plan...
Dec 6, 2010 | Environmental, National Park
by Michelle Anderson Last week, I sat down with Eugene Conlogue who is, among other things, the Vice President of the Maine Woods Coalition. We spoke about the online petition which purports to be sponsored by the National Park Service, the push for a national park...
Nov 15, 2010 | Business News, Industry News, National Park
Deal to protect 4,777 acres on border By Terry Karkos, Staff Writer SUCCESS TOWNSHIP, N.H. — [T]he National Park Service closed…a $2.48M deal to conserve…4,800 acres in…N.H. Forest Legacy Program funds from 2009-10 enabled the Nov. 2 purchase from...