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Brendan Joyce
Jeff_bemis@yahoo.com
Wiscasset, Me USA
I would hate to see any part of our state ruined by out of state intrest groups with this park. I loathe the thought of Northern Maine becomming a national park. How dare groups with no vested intrest in Maine tell us how we should live. They hate logging so much, but never complain about the 1 acre clear cut that they built their house on. They don't oppose the view they cleared to see the ocean from their seaside home, yet commercial forestry, snowmobiling and hunting must be stopped the largest sigle tract of forest east of the Mississippi River. I wish there was more I could do, but I fear that RESTORE, Roxanne Quimby and the others will ultimately win and we will be fenced in. Remember RESTORE cares nothing for the people of Maine. They only care about stopping commercial forestry in Maine.
-Wednesday, October 06, 2004 at 12:43:59 (EDT)
Courtney Benton
alasdairsgirl222002@yahoo.com
Rochester Hills, Michigan USA
I love the Maine woods! Maine is my most favorite state! And I hope & want to live there someday!:)
-Thursday, May 13, 2004 at 23:57:46 (EDT)
Warren Haines
grappler4483@yahoo.com
Boston, MA USA
I realize that you see my location and might shudder at the thought of what I have to say, but I don't know what to say anyway. I am an environmental analysis and policy student at Boston U, and I am from Virginia. However, I have many relatives in New England, including the northern parts of Maine. I came across your issue while doing a project on RESTORE, originally I felt that their objectives were sound and reasonable, but the points that the native people of Maine bring up seem equally, if not more, legitimate. I hope that both parties can come together and share their ideas, there seems to be a gap in the information provided by both sides as you both present opposing points on the same issues. I would suggest inviting your enemies at RESTORE to your meetings and allow them to present their ideas without interruption, after which you would be allowed to respond with your own data and thoughts, followed by question and answer. Good luck with everything, people and wildlife have been able to live together for quite some time, why has it become such an issue?
-Friday, April 02, 2004 at 21:23:52 (EST)
Shannan
cutieshannan@yahoo.com
Greenvile, ME USA
hey,
Greenville ME is a great place to visit or live. pretty lake views, land views.
You have a great web site for people to go on and write coments. You should come up with places people can go and watch videos of the views and people helping out.
shannan
-Friday, March 12, 2004 at 09:22:57 (EST)
Tom Ernst
Tom@ErnstTeam.Com
Chattanooga, TN USA
My friends, realitives and myself have hunted, fished and camped in the Allagash Region for approximately the past fifteen years. We love it so much that we purchased ( were fortunate to ) a camp in that area.
I am originally from northern Michigan, which is a beautiful state with a lot of similarites to Maine. There are however huge differences between Maine and Michigan. Michigan is heavily populated with a large portion of the state under federal and state control.
When the state and the especially the federal government take control the entire atmosphere of a region will change. Sleeping Bear Dunes National Park in northwestern Michigan is a classic example. It used to be a large track of wooded land with few roads. There was a two track trail road that went down to Lake Michigan. When the area became a National Park one of the first things they did was put in a paved road, concrete boat launch, parking area, picnic tables and porta toilets. In other words they totally runied the atmosphere and character of the area. Remember that with a National Park you need electricity, paved roads, bathrooms, party stores, motels, concrete boat ramps, toilets, parking areas and don't forget the litter.
-Wednesday, March 10, 2004 at 14:05:22 (EST)