The Interior Department still hasn’t released details of any proposed changes at Katahdin Woods and Waters, but interested observers expect few major changes.
Kevin Miller
Kevin Miller joined the staff of the Portland Press Herald in 2012 and has worked as a journalist in Maine since 2005. He currently covers state politics, the Maine Legislature and environmental/natural resources issues. A policy wonk, Kevin previously wrote about Congress and federal issues as the Press Herald’s Washington, DC correspondent. Before settling in Maine, he covered state government, higher education and environmental issues for newspapers in Virginia and Maryland. In his spare time, Kevin enjoys hiking, camping, fishing, kayaking, cross-country skiing or doing pretty much anything else outdoors. He lives in Newcastle with his wife, Carissa, and their dog.
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Interior secretary wants to keep Maine’s Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument
But few details emerge about Ryan Zinke’s recommendations to the president, or about how the area would be managed, suggesting it’s not out of the woods just yet.
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Navy awards USS Fitzgerald repair project to BIW’s competitor
Navy officials said the Pascagoula, Mississippi, shipyard ‘has the available capacity to restore USS Fitzgerald … in the shortest period of time with minimal disruption to ongoing repair and new construction work.’
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Abandoned wooden ship plagues island off Bristol
A historic fishing vessel litters the Louds Island shoreline, raising environmental concerns. Who will take responsibility for it is anyone’s guess.
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One year later, national monument stands its ground
Despite lingering doubts, a ‘definitely beautiful’ site has drawn tourists, investors and even skeptics.
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Proposal to roll back stream rules has farmers, environmentalists rowing in opposite directions
The president wants to dismantle Obama-era regulations that protected streams and wetlands that feed larger bodies of water.
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Endangered piping plovers held their own on Maine beaches this summer
Biologists worried that an October hurricane in the Bahamas might have hurt the population, but 101 chicks were counted in southern Maine, about the same as last year – with a record 26 in Ogunquit alone.
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Former Portland state Rep. Diane Russell joins governor’s race
An outspoken progressive, she is the 8th Democrat to declare her candidacy for the 2018 race.
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Upset by override on tobacco, LePage again proposes raising age to 21 to vote, join military
The Maine governor vents in a letter to lawmakers and in a radio interview, but the U.S. Constitution and military would stand in his way.
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Maine State Police seek money for training to fight black market marijuana
They are not seeking a cannabis blood-level threshold to gauge impaired driving, or a change to Maine’s OUI law.