The latest Allagash controversy all began with money
"Money, especially large amounts of it, has a way of imposing change."
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"Money, especially large amounts of it, has a way of imposing change."
The Maine Bureau of Public Lands has plans to build storage buildings and ADA-compliant stations, but an opposition group says planned construction does not comply with the spirit of the mandate to keep the waterway wild.
By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff The state has backed off on plans to build three administrative offices and as many storage barns in the restricted zone of the Allagash Wilderness Waterway after public opposition made it reconsider. The buildings were proposed for Chamberlain, Churchill Dam, and Michaud Farm ranger stations, Mark DeRoche, the waterway’s superintendent, said in March.
The state had planned to use roughly $1.2 million in American Rescue Plan Act money to build offices and equipment storage within the 500-foot restricted zone.
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