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    James holden
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    http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/10/us/a-national-park-for-maine-proves-a-hard-gift-to-give.html

    Lucas St. Clair pulled up to an overlook in Maine’s North Woods to a stunning vista of Mount Katahdin, the state’s highest peak and the endpoint of the Appalachian Trail. Stretched out below was a vast green carpet of pine and spruce flecked with golden aspens and blazing red maples; Millinocket Lake glistened in the distance.

    “I think it’s national-park worthy,” he said.

    This was not an idle observation. Mr. St. Clair and his mother, Roxanne Quimby, who owns the land, have been trying for years to turn these woods into a national park. But ferocious opposition has stalled their plan, partly out of antipathy toward Ms. Quimby, who, against Maine tradition, closed off her lands to hunters and snowmobilers, and partly because many in this fiercely independent region loathe the idea of giving Washington a toehold.

    Besides, it is actually hard to create a national park.

    more at link

    ;)

    #2062328
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    @drusilla

    Locale: Wild Wild West

    "partly because many in this fiercely independent region loathe the idea of giving Washington a toehold."

    Actually………can't blame them with the way the government is handling things now a days……..;-P

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