Tribes, environmental groups celebrate rejection of proposed mine near Katahdin

MAINE MORNING STAR • February 14, 2024

A state commission on Wednesday rejected a proposed metallic mineral mine near Mount Katahdin that environmental advocates and tribal leaders argued would have serious public health repercussions. By a 5-2 vote, the Land Use Planning Commission rejected a request from Canadian company Wolfden Resources to rezone 374 acres near Pickett Mountain, not far from Baxter State Park in northern Maine, to develop and operate a mine. The effort comes after Wolfden decided to withdraw a previous rezoning application in 2021 that the LUPC said contained many errors.