[at-l] Adding Katahdin Lake to Baxter Park

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Deal Would Realize Percival Baxter's Dream of Adding  Katahdin Lake to Park

By Phyllis Austin, Maine Environmental News (_www.meepi.org)_ 
(http://www.meepi.org)/) . 1/24/06

Katahdin Lake is the  sole remaining parcel outside Baxter State Park 
that Gov. Percival P. Baxter  intended for inclusion in his breathtaking 
wilderness preserve. By July 1,  this "crown jewel" of the lands along 
the East Branch of the Penobscot River  is expected to become part of the 
park, removing the threat of development  and further logging. Thus, a 
new generation will have fulfilled the dream of  Maine?s greatest 
philanthropist.

To accomplish the ambitious goal,  the.........

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