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AUGUSTA — Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (DACF) Commissioner Amanda Beal and the Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands (BPL) announced an 8% increase in final attendance for Maine State Parks in 2021 compared to the previous all-time...

That surpassed the all-time high recorded the year before by 8%.

Maine's state parks saw a boom in visitation, with attendance jumping 8% to more than 3.3 million.

AUGUSTA — Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (DACF) Commissioner Amanda Beal and the Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands (BPL) announced an 8% increase in final attendance for Maine State Parks in 2021 compared to the previous all-time...

Less than two weeks from election day, leaders from the Yes on 1, and No on 1 campaigns debated the ballot question surrounding the controversial CMP Corridor

Letter to the Editor: Park rangers should be allowed to enforce laws Share In 2020, over three million people visited Maine state parks. By statute, Maine Bureau of Parks can train and designate rangers to enforce state laws. Yet, the bureau does not allow them to detain, summons or arrest. Of the 41 who attended last year’s Ranger Academy, none have received the power to enforce laws. Respected Rep. Thomas Skolfield has introduced L.D. 657, “An Act to Clarify the Law Enforcement Powers of ...

opinion: targets for protected lands could help slow climate and extinction crises, support local food production Conserving land to save our future: A goal to protect 30 percent of lands from development by 2030 Marina Schauffler, Maine Monitor Sat, 04/17/2021 - 12:00pm A view of Mount Katahdin from Abol Stream at the edge of Baxter State Park. (Photo by Wendy Almeida/Maine Monitor) Extinctions since 1500. Courtesy of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and ...

Groups say Maine lawmakers should approve leases of public lands As controversy swirls around the proposed CMP corridor, bills are being considered that would require legislative approval for projects on public lands. Share Maine lawmakers should have a greater say in the uses of leased public land, speakers told a legislative committee Thursday during a public hearing on a bill to establish how that would happen. The Maine Constitution was amended in 1993 to require that the sale of public la...

Tips for Spring Visits to Maine State Parks Tuesday, March 16, 2021 8:38 PM The Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry’s Bureau of Parks and Lands expects the popularity of its outdoor destinations to continue this spring and urges visitors to anticipate crowded parking areas and trailhead bottlenecks. “A typical spring weekday includes plenty of parking and easy-to-navigate trailheads and trails,” said BPL Director Andy Cutko in a news release. �...