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Comment on A Maine Park:Real Facts Real Fears by Preserve Maine Traditions The Fight for Saddleback - Preserve Maine Traditions

Preserve Maine Traditions The Fight for Saddleback - Preserve Maine Traditions — Tue, 01 May 2012 23:00:22 +0000

[...] And I’ll end with a question – we have shown that National Parks always grow in size here – if you truly believe as proponents say, that this proposed 70,000 acre Park is not an [...]

Comment on Press Release by Preserve Maine Traditions Medway Group Quits - Preserve Maine Traditions

Preserve Maine Traditions Medway Group Quits - Preserve Maine Traditions — Tue, 01 May 2012 22:57:11 +0000

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Comment on Maine Park and Unfettered Access by Preserve Maine Traditions Feasibility Study; What's the Big Deal? - Preserve Maine Traditions

Tue, 01 May 2012 17:37:28 +0000

[...] I find it amusing that proponents think this message is anti-government in nature, nothing can be further from the truth, it is a pro-Maine message. We have been such good stewards of the land in the first place, which is why it’s there for preservationists to want to protect. The land was open and accessible for ALL to use, not just a select few, until Roxanne bought it and put up gates. You can read more about issues surrounding access here and here. [...]

Comment on Maine Legislature’s Resolution opposing a new National Park by Preserve Maine Traditions Medway Group Quits - Preserve Maine Traditions

Preserve Maine Traditions Medway Group Quits - Preserve Maine Traditions — Tue, 01 May 2012 17:36:35 +0000

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Comment on Maine’s National Park “gift” needs regifting by Preserve Maine Traditions Medway Group Quits - Preserve Maine Traditions

Preserve Maine Traditions Medway Group Quits - Preserve Maine Traditions — Tue, 01 May 2012 17:36:19 +0000

[...] Apparently at the heart of this is yet another promise in a long trail of promises that have been broken. Broken promises that have perhaps led to a suicide, firings, vitriol, infighting, and a general anxiety within the Katahdin region. Two studies were promised, one assessing the economic impact of the proposed park on the forest products industry, and one assessing the economic effects on the Katahdin region. The last I remember reading on this was that the University of Maine was going to be involved in at least one of those studies. We have already shown what effect it would have on the forest products industry here. [...]

Comment on Stop Selling Maine’s Land to Roxanne by Charles P. Pray

Charles P. Pray — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 16:46:39 +0000

Well done.

Secretary Salsar had sent State elected officials letters months ago stating they would not be doing the study. In the FOI filing you should find that communication. It show’s while they placated millionairess Quimby they had no intention to do the study because it never met the criteria for inclusion into the national park system in the first place.

Comment on PMT Needs Your Help by Niki Fortier

Niki Fortier — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 11:27:34 +0000

No new state park for the State of Maine.

Comment on SIGN PETITION by Preserve Maine Traditions Gene Conlogue Maine Woods Coalition speech at UMM - Preserve Maine Traditions

Sat, 25 Feb 2012 03:11:53 +0000

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Comment on Contact Maine’s Elected Officials by Preserve Maine Traditions PMT Needs Your Help - Preserve Maine Traditions

Preserve Maine Traditions PMT Needs Your Help - Preserve Maine Traditions — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 02:08:20 +0000

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Comment on Maine Park Misconceptions by Paul Del Gaudio

Paul Del Gaudio — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 13:31:14 +0000

I’m fairly new to the state of Maine and the North Woods. It was only four years ago when I was invited by a friend to drive up and try my hand at grouse hunting. On our 11hr. trip from long island he tried explaining what it’s like up there in the north woods but said that I would have to experience it myself to really know how incredible it really is. Well let me just say the area and the north woods are everything he said they were and much more. To imagine that the area could someday change and those changes would restrict peoples ability to enjoy the freedom that the area now offers is unthinkable. This is from someone who only gets away 6 days out of the yr. to escape to the beauty known as the Maine North Woods. For people who live and work in the beautiful state of Maine know that you aren’t alone in your fight to preserve this great area. We all must do whatever we can to stop this attempt to change what is now one of the last true wilderness areas on the east coast……I think you’d like this excerpt from comments of Wallace Stegner, born in Iowa in1909, and a novelist from the American West: ” … We need wilderness preserved — as much of it as is still left, and as many kinds — because it was the challenge against which our character as a people was formed … We simply need that wild country available to us, even if we never do more than drive to its edge and look in. For it can be a means of reassuring ourselves of our sanity as creatures, a part of the geography of hope.”….. In my opinion an excerpt that should be written in stone.
Paul

Comment on Millinocket Town Council’s Resolution against a National Park by Preserve Maine Traditions Medway Group Quits - Preserve Maine Traditions

Preserve Maine Traditions Medway Group Quits - Preserve Maine Traditions — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:45:54 +0000

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Comment on Maine’s Proposed Park Size Debacle by Chris

Chris — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 19:10:07 +0000

I would venture to say the park will grow from the proposed 70,000 acres. Here is a good question for you…. Have any shrunk in size?? Seeing as there are proposals and web pages all over the place promoting a 3.2 million acre park I would assume that that is the immediate goal. I just read on one website that they would like to see 26 million acres of Northern Maine become part of this park. It says and I quote “Be unreasonable and demand this 26 million acres become a national park” The article goes on to explain that the goal is to take it all. Ruin the economy of Northern Maine and depopulate it so it can be taken over by the National Park. All the land should be preserved North of Bangor. They are willing to take the steps to make this happen and are actively working towards it. This is a form of enviro terrorism. The tide is turning against groups like this but they continue to make some headway around the world. Here in Northern Maine, and dare I say Maine as a whole we can put a stop to this type of activity. A working forest for almost 400 years it is still one of the most beautiful places on the planet because of the stewardship of great Maine Natives. Today we have access to this tremendous natural resource by car, truck, ATV, Snowsled, etc… we can hunt it, fish it, Hike it, cross country ski it, photograph it, canoe it, kayak it, or use it virtually any way we want to. A National Park brings with it restrictions that would end many of those recreations, and render it completely unuseable by anyone with a handicap. The only way to stop this from happening is to stop any National Park from getting a foothold in the Great North Maine Woods. Preserve our Maine Traditions. We are like no other place on this blue planet. Sign the petition on this website, and support the efforts of anyone fighting this National Park. Vote against it whenever you can, donate money to any group fighting it, give what you can… Whether it be time, money, voice, or whatever you can. No donation of any kind is too little or to great. Don’t let any one, or any group take this away from all of us.

Comment on Evolution of a Farce by Preserve Maine Traditions Maine's Proposed Park Size Debacle - Preserve Maine Traditions

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 14:43:32 +0000

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Comment on SIGN PETITION by Preserve Maine Traditions Maine Park: I Am Only One, But I Am One - Preserve Maine Traditions

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 23:09:18 +0000

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Comment on Maine’s Park and Welfare Facts by Feasibility Study; What's the Big Deal? - offthegridingreenbush | offthegridingreenbush

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:55:29 +0000

[...] have claimed that a National Park will take people off welfare and yet we’ve seen what the Welfare statistics are surrounding Acadia National Park, and that most National Parks do not hire the local [...]

Comment on Maine Park Misconceptions by Chris

Chris — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:39:12 +0000

In Many parks there is also no fishing allowed, or it is regulated to the point it is not worth it to go. For the past 50 years of my life I have recreated in these North Maine Woods. Snowmobiling, 4 wheeling, hunting, fishing, hiking, No fees, no regulations, full access. A National Park would take that all away!! Fees and regulations and lack of access, or no access in some cases. No motorized vehicles would exclude my Handicapped friends too. A National Park would change Maine traditions completely. Limit access, deny traditional uses of the land, and if you do some research a lot more. It is no secret that the 70,000 acre donation is a seed for a 3.2 million acre park. Some groups even are touting a 16 million acre park. A wolf in sheeps clothing folks. We cannot let this happen under any circumstances. The firs step is a reconaisance study, followed by a feasibility study and then a park appears. Sign the petition!!! Vote against this every time!! Be active in saving our Maine Traditions in the North Maine Woods!!

Chris

Comment on Feasibility Study; What’s the Big Deal? by steve Torrey

steve Torrey — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:03:16 +0000

the national park system is the countrys worst land stewards , overgrown fire hazard woods, no fire acsess roads, a few seasonal jobs, a handfull of managment jobs, and a handfull of heavily armed rangers ( and they claim the parks are safe ) my lands are managed selectively cut for firewood, has open and cleared areas trees are spaced, has roads and trails, fire lines and roads are named and marked , dead wood is cleared, it could be truthly called a park, drive thru the scoodic section and admire the fire hazard, and armed rangers.

Comment on What a National Park might do by pres4920

pres4920 — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:00:45 +0000

There are alternatives to National Parks that do all the things that you just listed without limiting the users of the property or the restrictions and need to grow that come with Federal ownership. Alternatives that allow you to have a say – The Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust, and the Downeast Lakes Land Trust https://www.downeastlakes.org/ are two shining examples of ways that can make everyone happy. Park proponents owe it to the people of the State of Maine to explore these options before handing over the land that we, as Mainers, have been such good stewards of. Which is the reason that it is there for people to want to protect in the first place. These options allow everyone access, not just a select few. Thanks for visiting our page, I hope that you look around and read some of our posts, and really think about your opinion. Millinocket can do better, and we need to give them a chance to do so.

Comment on What a National Park might do by lawrence green

lawrence green — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:16:31 +0000

Nothing wrong with clean air. I believe clean air is important to all people and wildlife. Verso and all the other companies that have owned the Bucksport mill have done just fine abiding by the Clean Air Act. No threat there. Presently the people of Maine have no say regarding her land, and how she may restrict its usage to the general public. If owned by the federal government, the north woods will be owned by all the people, not just one, and you can voice your opinion via the political process.
You may be correct that all national parks have grown in size. However a political process takes place during an acquisition, and the people have the right to express their views.
I believe a national park is a win win for all the people, employers, loggers, wildlife preservationist, paper companies, and businesses in that region. It protects wildlife, timber resources, and provides excellent, clean, economic development for everyone.

Comment on What a National Park might do by pres4920

pres4920 — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:27:00 +0000

Do you have source you can cite or is this your opinion? – The air quality in Acadia is of concern to a lot of people on a yearly basis – do some google searches on the subject of clean air in Acadia – there is a petition here http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/maine_regional_haze/?rc=tw1 of folks urging even more to be done. As far as Parks growing I challenge you to find a National Park that has not grown in size since inception – Acadia itself had its own land grab controversy which you can read about here -http://preservemainetraditions.com/maine-and-eminent-domain/ You do have a say now – if the land becomes owned by the Government you will no longer have a say. National Parks will ALWAYS get bigger. The land in question has been continuously described in the media as a “seed”. One that will grow into the planned 3.2 million acre Park. There are alternatives that can make everybody happy, but the time to speak is now. The NPS will not start the process of a Park will vocal local opposition.