Jym St. Pierre, Maine Director of RESTORE: The North Woods, responds below to Maine lawmakers resolve to oppose the creation of a national park. Maine Lawmakers Resolve to Oppose Creation of a National Park 06/17/2011   Reported By: Susan Sharon With … Continue reading →

Maine’s next national park? Roxanne Quimby is changing minds about her vision for 70,000 acres of northern Maine By Douglas Rooks, Special to the Sun Journal Jun 05, 2011 12:00 am   Roxanne Quimby talks about her plans for the … Continue reading →

Target: U.S. Congress Sponsored by: National Parks Conservation Association Yellowstone, Gettysburg, the Statue of Liberty and Everglades are among the many national parks that we — as Americans — fund to celebrate our natural wonders and commemorate history for all … Continue reading →

Editorial The Bangor Daily News May 27, 2011 For lawmakers considering a state purchase of a landfill in hopes of spurring the purchase of paper mills in the Katahdin region, there are no easy answers. Will a state takeover of … Continue reading →

Bangor Daily News May 10, 2011, at 9:04 p.m. Mainers believe deeply in the rights of individual property owners. Unless the property owner is Roxanne Quimby. Quimby has become as important a player in the Maine North Woods as any paper company … Continue reading →

Submitted by George Smith on Tue, 05/10/2011 – 8:15am. Five years ago Roxanne Quimby reached out to her major critics – including me – to talk about the future of her Maine lands. At that time I could never have … Continue reading →

Portland Press Herald May 7, 2011 A recent letter (“North Woods park would deprive Maine of revenues,” Maine Sunday Telegram, May 1) suggested that if philanthropist Roxanne Quimby’s lands in the Maine woods are donated as a national park, it … Continue reading →

Bangor Daily News By Diana Bowley, BDN Staff Posted May 05, 2011, at 9:52 p.m. Last modified May 06, 2011, at 7:49 p.m. MILLINOCKET, Maine — Roxanne Quimby, a conservation philanthropist who wants to donate more than 70,000 acres she … Continue reading →

05/06/2011   Reported By: Jay Field Roxanne Quimby held a rare public meeting in Millinocket last night on her plans for her growing land holdings in Maine’s north woods. The Burt’s Bees founder has been working with community leaders in … Continue reading →