MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM • August 9, 2020
The new tower put up by The Nature Conservancy, which replaces one that had been there from 1931 to 1977, is the latest chapter of an ongoing narrative about development on the edge of Baxter State Park “and other sacred places,” said Jym St. Pierre. “How do we protect the places that are just outside the borders of the places we have preserved,” he asked. That question takes on a different dimension when longstanding views of iconic places are threatened by development, including development intended to help people appreciate nature in different ways.