PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • May 5, 2020
May 5, 2017: The newly designated Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument, in northern Penobscot County, is added to a national list of 22 sites that President Trump’s administration is considering for possible reduction in size. Maine Gov. Paul LePage lobbied hard to get the site added to the list, having opposed the 87,000-acre monument’s establishment in 2016. The federal government first said it would consider alterations only to monuments of 100,000 acres or more, but it made an exception in Katahdin’s case. Even so, nothing changes. U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke visits Katahdin Woods and Waters in June 2017. Months later, he recommends leaving its boundaries as they are.