BANGOR DAILY NEWS • November 18, 2021
With the “yes” vote passing to ban the Central Maine Power Co. corridor, the residents of Maine have spoken about the importance of protecting Maine’s great North Woods. Maine residents and all Americans have the opportunity to rally together to create a 3.2 million acre Maine Woods National Park. The proposed park would protect the greatest undeveloped, unprotected and delicate ecosystem east of the Rocky Mountains. Protecting this area protects, in part, expanses of northern hardwood and evergreen forest, headwaters of five Maine rivers, Moosehead Lake, the greatest concentration of remote ponds in the Northeast, wildlife habitat for moose, black bear, brook trout, and a number of endangered and sensitive species such as the Canada lynx, the Appalachian Trail Hundred Mile Wilderness section, and significant cultural features. ~ Lee Ann Szelog, Whitefield, co-founder of the Maine Woods National Park Photo-Documentation Project