Carrabassett Valley board takes no action on potential High Peaks National Wildlife Refuge

CARRABASSETT VALLEY – The select board declined to take action on a letter opposing the proposal for a National Wildlife Refuge in Maine’s High Peaks during their meeting Monday night. Bob Carlton presented a letter opposing the refuge, which has been presented to several other communities in Franklin County in the last few weeks. The select board heard from Carlton, Eustis selectperson Steve St. Jean, from Paul Casey with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and from Nancy Perlson, a local conservation advocate who is working with the USFWS on the refuge proposal. In addition, the board heard brief statementsRead More