Apr 19, 2011 | Environmental, National Park, News
OLD TOWN, Maine — Conservationist Roxanne Quimby has purchased Lunksoos Camps, a wilderness sporting facility on the East Branch of the Penobscot River, according to a Tuesday news release. Originally built in 1881, the camps have changed hands several times. Today,...
Apr 18, 2011 | Industry News, National Park
(AP) PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Judging by the reaction of Maine’s congressional delegation, a wealthy conservationist has some convincing to do if she’s to sell her idea of another national park in Maine. While no one rejected Roxanne Quimby’s idea...
Mar 28, 2011 | Business Impact, Business News, Environmental, National Park
By DAVID SHARP, The Associated Press TOWNSHIP 3, RANGE 8 — Maine sportsmen were outraged when Roxanne Quimby, the conservation-minded founder of Burt’s Bees cosmetics, bought up tens of thousands of acres of Maine’s fabled North Woods – and had the...
Dec 6, 2010 | Environmental, National Park
by Michelle Anderson Last week, I sat down with Eugene Conlogue who is, among other things, the Vice President of the Maine Woods Coalition. We spoke about the online petition which purports to be sponsored by the National Park Service, the push for a national park...
Sep 15, 2010 | General, National Park, News
AUGUSTA — The Maine Conservation Department says Aroostook State Park is growing by 25 percent thanks to a purchase with state and federal funds and a private donation Source: PPH