It comes more than a year after former Gov. Paul LePage dropped his opposition to road signs to Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument. Read More
Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, said it seems that questions about the status of Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument as a federal property finally seem settled after meeting Friday in Bangor with Acting Interior Secretary David Bernhardt. Read More
New trails are being constructed in the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument as a part of a $120,000 project to improve visitor access to scenic ponds and other natural highlights on the conserved property. Read More
The Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument saw a modest increase in visitors this summer, and the superintendent hopes for even more visitors once highway signs are installed. Read More
One of the Katahdin region’s largest resorts will get an events center and operations building as part of a $1 million expansion plan. Read More
Maine's national monument will cover a quarter of Penobscot County’s $115,000 annual cost to hire someone to focus on growing the Katahdin region economy for the next seven years. Read More
Maine’s national monument will have an operating budget of about $400,000 — its highest yet — if Congress gives approval. Read More
This request is being made so AT hikers don’t disturb a longstanding annual ceremony conducted by the Penobscot Indian Nation on the mountain from Sept. 1- 3. Read More
This kind of investment is rare, and we should seize the opportunity. Read More
Swift Brook Road is expected to reopen the morning of Aug. 28. Read More
The road signs won't be installed before the monument's second anniversary this Friday, but the process is underway, Superintendent Tim Hudson said. Read More
Newly revealed documents show that Trump’s Department of Interior had only one metric in mind when it reviewed the monuments — how much could they be worth if stripped of resources. Read More
Tourism advocates want potential visitors to know Maine contains the largest area free of light pollution in the eastern half of the United States, in hopes of boosting business. Read More
“From a friends group perspective, the more this cloud lifts, the more people are likely to invest in the monument and the communities that surround it.” Read More
Monument proponents said the lack of signs hurt the monument’s ability to draw visitors. Read More
A cloud of uncertainty continues to hang over U.S. environmental policies. Read More
A bipartisan bill backed by Maine Sen. Angus King proposes to generate up to $18 billion to eliminate the maintenance backlog at national parks. Read More
The management plan is a three-year effort to shape the monument, its features and processes, to meet the needs of residents and neighbors while making it as attractive as possible to visitors. Read More
