BANGOR DAILY NEWS • March 22, 2024
As a Master Maine Guide for over 45 years, at the Allagash Council meeting, great disappointment washed over me. The people with the power to direct $1.2 million in federal windfall to the Allagash Wilderness Waterway made it clear their focus is adding infrastructure over wilderness enhancement. How would the managers of this famous wilderness river with the clear statute that management should at all times “preserve, protect, and enhance the wilderness character of the waterway” spend this kind of money? For six new buildings inside the restricted zone and a large landing craft with twin 115 horse power motors. I ask the Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands, Allagash Wilderness Waterway Advisory Board, AWW Foundation and the AWW Supervisor to reconsider their decision to un-wild the Allagash. Times have changed. It’s time for rewilding. ~ Alexandra Conover Bennett, Elliotsville Township