Proposed National Park Is Multimillion-Dollar Gift Wrapped In Distrust [1]
"EAST MILLINOCKET, Maine —The nearly 88,000 acres were meant to be a gift, donated along with a $40 million endowment so that part of Maine’s pristine North Woods might be protected forever as a national park.
But it’s not easy to give away a national park; Roxanne Quimby, the wealthy, polarizing co-founder of Burt’s Bees, has been trying for more than a decade. Her effort has bitterly divided this corner of New England, where shuttered paper mills have led to crippling unemployment and a shrinking population, and where distrust of the federal government runs as deep as the rivers and streams.
'We don’t need you here!' one man at a packed public meeting last week shouted at National Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis."
Brady Dennis reports for the Washington Post May 22, 2016. [2]
SEE ALSO:
"Primed To Fight The Government" (Washington Post) [3]
"Let’s Not Give Away America’s Natural Treasures" (Wilderness Society/Medium) [4]
"Sheriff Warns Protected Land Proposal Could Spark Standoff" (AP) [5]
"In Big Sky Country, Land Rights Are A Major Issue For Montana Ranchers" (NPR) [6]
"Lawmakers Hear Perspectives On Potential Owyhee Monument" (Oregon Public Broadcasting) [7]