hike_me t1_jd7j5hm wrote
Yeah, this isn’t a real thing anymore.
A group of people were pushing for this decades ago and it never gained traction. A small group still wants it, but it has next to no support.
Eventually Roxanne Quimby (one of the backers of this) gave up and put her money and effort behind a much more modest and realistic goal that became Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument.
PatsFreak101 t1_jd7t6w9 wrote
And honestly it seems like a better middle way. The recreational stuff including hunting and fishing are still protected with minimal Fed intrusion. It also keeps the land protected from development.
There’s a Dark Sky event there I’d like to get up these for one of these times when my schedule and the weather cooperate.
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