Katahdin Woods And Waters National Monument

What could a 60-year-old national park on the sandy shores of Cape Cod and a newly established national monument in the remote woods of interior Maine have in common? The differences between the two are apparent, yet there are similarities linking these two jewels of the National Park System that have their roots in New England’s natural, historic, and literary heritage, as memorialized by the famed naturalist and writer, Henry David Thoreau.

Curious about Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument in Maine? This video opens a window for you on the wonders of this unit of the National Park System.

It started in mid-September; a few flakes began to flutter across the Crown of the Continent in Glacier National Park. The snow since then has slowly spread east and west, north and south. By January the white mantle likely will cover the whole northern tier of the National Park System, from Acadia west to Olympic, south through Rocky Mountain, into Shenandoah and Great Smoky Mountain national parks.

A group of venture capitalists and entrepreneurs that views public lands as a valuable quality-of-life issue for employees is urging Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to scrap his recommendations to shrink the boundaries of national monuments or allow for resource extraction in them, saying preservation of monuments is "critical" for corporate success.