National monument

Maine Calling broadcasts from the North Light Gallery in Millinocket for an update on the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument. New trails are…

Interior Secretary Sally Jewell capped off a week-long celebration of the National Park Service with a visit to the nation’s newest national monument:…

Predictably, reactions have been mixed in Millinocket and neighboring East Millinocket, the towns involved in the monument debate over the past several…

It began as a day for invited speakers to denounce a proposed national monument in the Katahdin region and closed with a decisive show of support from…

MILLINOCKET, Maine - The director of the National Park Service is in Maine today to listen to concerns about the possible designation of 90,000 acres of…

BANGOR, Maine - Republican Congressman Bruce Poliquin is calling for a congressional field hearing to be held in Maine's Katahdin region, as the debate…

By Nick Sambides Jr., Bangor Daily NewsAUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. Paul LePage reiterated his opposition to a proposed North Woods national monument Thursday…

The director of the National Park Service will come to Maine later this month to gauge support for possible presidential designation of privately owned…

PATTEN, Maine - Residents of a small town in northern Maine say they are opposed to the creation of a national monument or national park in the Katahdin…

BOSTON - Environmental conservationists dealt a blow by President Barack Obama's decision not to create a national monument in the Atlantic Ocean say they…