MAINE PUBLIC • August 10, 2022
Maine's two U.S. senators are backing legislation that would expand the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument. Sen. Angus King has introduced a bill that could add nearly 43,000 acres south of the national monument, close to Millinocket. The land would be acquired only from landowners who are willing to sell, King said in a release announcing the proposed legislation. And he said the measure would protect traditional hunting, fishing and snowmobile usage on any newly acquired land.