BANGOR DAILY NEWS • November 23, 2021
A recent column by Lee Ann Szelog about creating a Maine Woods National Park is like beating a dead horse. Instead of letting the federal government take control of 3.2 million acres of the Maine woods, let us take a more local approach and protect land using conservation easements. Areas of particular natural value can be purchased outright by the state of Maine to protect. I agree the Maine woods need to be protected, but let us find a more local approach. ~ William Barker, Fort Fairfield