If I know anything about RESTORE THE NORTH WOODS Executives Michael Kellett and Jym St. Pierre, it is that in their minds, the newly designated KATAHDIN WOODS AND WATERS NATIONAL MONUMENT is only the beginning of their quest to cobble together enough willing sellers of land to create a contiguous 3.2 Million acre National Park that would touch Canada and be the anchor of an Eastern network of"wildlands and woodlands" that would connect down the entire Appalachian Spine and weave back into Florida...........A chain of open space that would put our entire AD1500 suite of predator and prey animals back on the ground fulfilling their ecological function-----In my mind, something that would truly begin the process of MAKING AMERICA GREAT AGAIN

From: Michael Kellett [mailto:restore@restore.org]
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2016 1:55 PM
To: Meril, Rick
Subject: RESTORE applauds creation of new National Monument in Maine Woods

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photo by George Wuerthner For immediate release August 24, 2016 RESTORE applauds  creation  of new National Monument in the Maine Woods RESTORE: The North Woods cheered President Barack  Obama's designation today of a Katahdin Woods and  Waters National Monument in the Maine Woods as an  historic gift for the people of Maine and America. 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. A donation to RESTORE will help us to  continue our work to create new national parks!   RESTORE: THE NORTH WOODS 9 Union Street Hallowell, Maine 04347 (207) 626-5635 ·  mainewoods@restore.org

RESTORE: The North Woods, 9 Union Street,  Hallowell, ME 04347