Roxanne Quimby transfers 87,000 acres planned for national monument to US government
Source: Bangor Daily News
BANGOR, Maine The company owned by the family of Roxanne Quimby transferred more than 87,000 acres to the federal government on Tuesday, strongly indicating a North Woods national monument will soon be designated by President Barack Obama.
Susan F. Bulay of the Penobscot County Registry of Deeds confirmed the 13 deeds passing the 87,563 acres from Elliotsville Plantation, Inc. to what was listed simply as The United States of America came in at 10:10 a.m.
Copies of the deeds indicate the land is situated east of Baxter State Park. The deeds for the individual parcels were signed by Quimby as the grantor and by Rachel McManus, deputy realty officer of the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, as the grantee. The total acreage is nearly twice the size of Maines Acadia National Park.
Jeffrey Olson, spokesman for National Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis, said the documents that were filed speak for themselves.
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Read more: http://bangordailynews.com/2016/08/23/news/state/quimby-transfers-87000-acres-planned-for-national-monument-to-us-government/?zone=blowout
Conservative heads explode in ME's 2nd District.
Will have impact on Election 2016.
yup
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,257 posts)the bombast from this should be severe
jpak
(41,758 posts)LOL!
GreenPartyVoter
(72,381 posts)the state of the local economy is very visible. Many rundown homes on the way up to the North Gate.
Calista241
(5,586 posts)Currently it's private property. A landowner should be able to do whatever they want with the land (within reason and within the law), including transfer ownership to anyone they so choose.
I just spent several weeks in North Georgia, Eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina, and there are national parks and state parks all over the place. And surprise surprise, people go to them and do all kinds of stuff. Camping, fishing, hiking, hunting, birdwatching, photography, all kinds of stuff.
I even saw some kids playing Pokemon Go, the national park station there was a Pokemon hotspot of all things.
jpak
(41,758 posts)and they want to use the land for free and not pay taxes on it.
OnDoutside
(19,968 posts)jpak
(41,758 posts)near Baxter State Park to create a national park.
A lot of the locals resented her for it - even though the local paper industry jobs have disappeared forever and the forestry industry is in decline.
It will now become a national monument - rather than a park.
Maybe later become a park.
Either way, it becomes a new international destination and will create a lot of jobs.
OnDoutside
(19,968 posts)TygrBright
(20,763 posts)allan01
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bluedigger
(17,087 posts)The best pines went for the King's navy 350 years ago.
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GreenPartyVoter
(72,381 posts)excited when I see a big tree while out hiking, but I know the really big ones are all out West.
jpak
(41,758 posts)Virgin Old Growth - pwned by the Nature Conservancy.
Big Reed Pond has its own unique variety of Arctic Char - AKA Blueback Trout.
http://www.nytimes.com/1986/02/25/us/pact-to-preserve-area-of-old-forest-in-maine.html
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jpak
(41,758 posts)Our 1st District Congreswoman is a Pingree heir.
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mainer
(12,023 posts)too bad so many of the locals are so short-sighted as to not see it. All they have to look at is booming Acadia to see that national parks bring in tourists.
It's Quimby's land. She has a right to do what she wants with it. Yet the Tea Party is suddenly disputing a property owner's right to give it to the government if she wants to. Aren't they all about property owner's rights?
maxsolomon
(33,378 posts)Baxter SP is 327 square miles. So, 40% of that size. It's not a very big National Monument (even if the SP is folded in), but it can't hurt.
For comparison, the proposed Bear's Ears NM in Utah is >4,000 square miles. 30 times as big.
By the way, locals hate every expansion of National Parks, National Monuments, Wilderness Areas, etc. Out here, they were up in arms over expanding Olympic National Park - and they killed a purchase program. They like ORVs, chopping down trees, and shooting things.
http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/olympic-national-park-expansion-felled-by-politics-of-misinformation/
jpak
(41,758 posts)now, people camp out in January to get reservations.
This will be a boon to northern Maine.
yup
ancianita
(36,130 posts)librarylu
(503 posts)I used to sell Burt's Bees (the original) in a gift shop. The owner told me Roxanne was selling the land back to the loggers. I contacted the company and found out that wasn't true. Needlass to say my job didn't last long after that.
I love Roxanne!
Old and In the Way
(37,540 posts)Sad that the people in No Maine don't embrace the opportunity. This will only help create jobs and infuse mid-Maine's economy with a better future.
Do you have any insight on how this might impact LePage's plans for an East/West pipeline with Ir ing Oil. That plan benefits Maine taxpayers hardly at all, but will be a big deal for getting oil from NB to Quebec. I'll bet there is some quid pro quo cash available to certain Republican officials in ME.
BTW, I knew Burt back in the 80's when he was selling his honey out of his yellow/black Toyota pick-up in the Fayscott parking lot in Dexter. Tipped more than a few beers with Burt at the Dexter Motorlodge. He was a character.
jpak
(41,758 posts)But Cianbro still has $350,000 to "study" it - thanks to LePew an the GOP.