Por: Portland Press Herald Opinion November 09, 2023
Pickett Mountain in Penobscot County has what one company has identified as the country’s largest undeveloped reserves of an ore containing valuable and beneficial metals. Surrounding it, though, is one of the last great stretches of virtually undeveloped forest east of the Mississippi River. It’s no place to put a mine. The site of the deposit is just a few miles away from Baxter State Park and the Katahdin Woods and Waters National... + full article
Portland Press Herald USA Nation October 24, 2023
Maine’s Land Use Planning Commission held its final public hearing Monday night on a proposal from a Canadian company that is asking the commission to rezone 374 acres of land near Pickett Mountain in Penobscot County to allow for a large scale metallic mining operation.... + más
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Portland Press Herald USA Sports October 01, 2023
Foliage season is here, and the window between now and when the snow flies is perhaps the best time of year to get out onto the backcountry trails for some scenery and solitude. There’s the well-known Appalachian Trail, Baxter State Park, Maine’s White Mountains, the Grafton... + más
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Portland Press Herald USA Sports July 02, 2023
Proudly atop Katahdin’s Baxter Peak, the sign welcoming hikers is weathered and worn. Photo by Carey Kish Gray and weathered, the brown paint long gone from constant exposure to the harsh elements, one of Maine’s most iconic signs sits proudly atop the state’s... + más
New visitor center to tell Katahdin Woods’ story through Native American eyes | Portland Press Herald
Portland Press Herald USA Sports May 23, 2023
This rendering shows the planned visitor center at the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument near Patten. The striking building is already under construction and will formally open to the public next spring. Saunders Architecture, Image by MIR, via Associated Press A... + más
Baxter’s terms complicate tribes’ wish for role in Katahdin oversight | Portland Press Herald
Portland Press Herald USA Opinion March 06, 2023
Three years ago, I summited Mount Katahdin with my dad. We woke up incredibly early on an August morning and threw ourselves onto the Abol Trail, navigating massive boulders before the coffee and hot chocolate had kicked in. I didn’t raise my head from my muddy boots until we... + más
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Portland Press Herald USA Nation February 24, 2023
A canoe drifts silently across Kidney Pond in Baxter State Park with Katahdin in the background. Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer The Penobscots have been coming to Katahdin to hunt, gather and pray for thousands of years, but they do not have a formal role in the... + más
Hiking in Maine: A hidden gem in the midst of Baxter State Park | Portland Press Herald
Portland Press Herald USA Business February 17, 2023
A rendering shows the proposed salmon facility that would be built at the One North development in Millinocket. Courtesy of Our Katahdin A business group that wants to cultivate Atlantic salmon believes it has found a home for a large-scale fish farm in an unlikely location: a... + más
Wood-pellet mill, rail connection planned for Millinocket | Portland Press Herald
Trust For Public Land purchases 31,000 acres next to national monument | Portland Press Herald
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