Endangered Spaces--Katahdin Woods and Waters

The Dirtbag Diaries

Duct Tape Then Beer

Wilderness, Sports

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🗓️ 7 July 2017

⏱️ 37 minutes

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"The reason that I was able to do it is because I was incredibly naive," says Lucas St. Clair. "I had no idea how much work it was going to be, when I started. Not a clue." The thing Lucas did: work to establish Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument in the North Woods of Maine. We started this "Endangered Spaces" series for two reasons. First, we want to take a deeper look at a handful of important, active land battles. Second, and every bit as important, we want to follow the stories of a handful of people who, in their own, quirky ways, have stepped up to protect the threatened spaces they hold dear. For Lucas, the endangered space wasn't the land he was working to protect, but the communities that surround it. The comment period for the 27 monuments on Zinke's list ends July 10th. Outdoor Alliance makes it easy to speak out for the places that are important to you. To plan your trip to Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument, visit Friends of Katahdin Woods and Waters.

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0:00.0	I was talking to my mom and she was like, would you be interested in working on this project?
0:05.1	It's a big one and it's complicated.
0:07.5	And I say that the reason I was able to do it is because I was incredibly naive.
0:13.0	If I had no idea which work it was going to be, when I started I had not a clue.
0:18.8	This is Lucas Saint Claire.
0:20.5	Lucas is the son of Roxanne Quimmy, one of the co-founders of Burt's Bees.
0:25.3	He was the fall of 2011 and for the last decade Roxanne had been slowly purchasing a bunch
0:31.5	of land, a Jason Tomaut Katata in the north woods of Maine.
0:35.4	In all these parcels they ended up creating a huge swath of land.
0:39.7	The project she asked Lucas to work on, she wanted him to turn it into a national park.
0:46.0	When you started working on this project, it sounds like you started getting involved
0:50.0	in the politics of it pretty fast.
0:52.6	Can you ever done anything like that before?
0:55.8	No, I've always been interested in politics, but I had never talked to a member of Congress.
1:02.9	I didn't know how the system worked.
1:05.4	Okay, let's be honest.
1:07.2	Right now there are a lot of things that are competing for your attention.
1:11.0	There's a lot of issues out there that are saying, me, me, me, me, this is super important
1:15.8	and it's pretty overwhelming.
1:18.2	I realize that.
1:19.5	I feel that too.
1:21.6	We started this series in endangered spaces as a way to offer a deeper look in some of
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