Maine’s national monument will have an operating budget of about $400,000 — its highest yet — if Congress gives approval. 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
We should examine the possible impact of such logging operations. Read More
Maine's national monument will not shrink or feature commercial forestry, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said Tuesday. Read More
The communities around national monuments deserve to know the administration's intentions so they can move forward. Read More
Almost 15,000 people will visit the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument by the end of the year, officials estimate. Read More
U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop proposal requires environmental review and approval from governors as well as county and state governments for monuments larger than 10,000 acres. Read More
Our community needs stability and support, jobs and growth. It’s time for Trump and Zinke to shoot straight with the Maine people. Read More
Zinke’s recommendations to shrink four national monuments and allow fossil fuel development on others is the latest sign that this administration sees natural resource use and extraction as the highest priority for public lands. Read More
Opponents of the president’s action do not have law or history on their side. Read More
