The group said this year is especially appropriate
because it marks not only the centennial of the
National Park Service, but also the founding of
Maine's only other national monument, which
subsequently became Acadia National Park.
The new national monument contains features
of geological, botanical, archaeological, historic,
and recreational importance:
* The Penobscot River East Branch has qualified
as a National Wild and Scenic River.
* The area contains exemplary natural
communities and rare plant and animal species.
* The East Branch Penobscot River has been
a travelway for Native Americans for millennia,
and more recently for explorers, artists,
photographers, and writers. This offers
superlative opportunities to tell the stories
of prehistoric and historic activities in the area.
* This landscape has inspired important early
conservationists, including Henry David Thoreau,
Theodore Roosevelt and Percival Baxter.
* Sportsmen and recreationists have been coming
to the region for more than a century and a half,
drawn by the world-class recreation opportunities.
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