North Woods

The Land Use Planning Commission, or LUPC, oversees zoning and development in the state’s unorganized territories—a huge swath encompassing millions of…

For more than 40 years, development proposals in Maine's unorganized townships have been handled in a fairly straightforward way: new construction had to…

At his town meeting in North Berwick Wednesday night, Gov. Paul LePage blasted President Barack Obama for using his executive power to create the Katahdin…

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

While the monument designation has prompted a mixed reaction from Democratic lawmakers, Republicans in the Maine Legislature remain largely opposed to the…

Supporters of what’s now known as the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument are celebrating the addition of 87,500 acres to the National Park System…

By Nick Sambides Jr., Bangor Daily NewsBANGOR, Maine — The company owned by the family of Roxanne Quimby transferred more than 87,000 acres of land to the…

Whether or not to designatethe North Woods as a national monument is the subject of heated debate. Some support the designation for the preservation of…

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - A congressional field hearing this week on a proposal to create a national monument underscores how the lines have been drawn. As…

The Republican chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources announced Wednesday that he will hold a congressional field hearing on the…