Jul 22, 2011 | Call to Action, Editorials, Environmental, Federal Regulations, National Park
By Cheryl H. Russell, Special to the BDN The noose is getting tighter. I attended the recent meeting in Millinocket where I listened to Roxanne Quimby extol the virtues of a Maine Woods or North Woods National Park. Mayors from Estes Park and Grand Lake, Colo., were...
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...
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...
Sep 7, 2010 | Business Impact, Call to Action, Editorials, Federal Legislation, Federal Regulations, Maine Regulations, National Park
Editor’s Note: An abridged version of this editorial appeared in the September 2010 Loggers Voice – MAB By Mike Beardsley – September 2010 Property rights: the ability to hold and dispose of property in any manner one sees fit, are at the heart of...