Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument Archives - Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel

Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument

Published
June 17, 2021

Our View: National monument aids growth of North Woods region

Visits to Katahdin Woods and Waters increased by 10% last year, generating $3.3 million in economic activity.
Published
March 3, 2021

Sen. King to chair Senate panels on national parks and nuclear forces

Maine's junior U.S. senator was tapped to chair the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, and a subcommittee that oversees U.S. nuclear and strategic forces.
Published
December 13, 2020

Potential expansion opportunity for Katahdin Woods and Waters

The National Park Service recently received $380,000 to purchase two parcels whose owner had suggested as a possible addition to the 87,500-acre national monument.
Published
December 29, 2019

In search of Thoreau’s Mount Katahdin map

A retired University of Maine at Farmington administrator has been trying to track down an elusive 'diagram' Henry David Thoreau may have drawn more than 160 years ago.
Published
October 25, 2019

Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument finally getting signs

Signs directing drivers to the 87,500-acre national monument first were delayed by former Gov. Paul LePage and then by the slow-moving federal approval and contracting process.

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