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MONUMENTAL AMERICA MAINE
AMERICAN COPPER BUTTERFLY/CELIE SOURIE/USFWS
MOOSE © LEE CORDNER
President Trump wants to rescind, resize or reduce protections for 27 of our 157 national monuments, places of cultural, historical and natural significance set aside by presidents of both parties. Here’s some of what’s at risk in Maine.
• An exceptional example of the wild north Maine woods landscape with spectacular views of Mount Katahdin • Numerous high-quality habitats, including hilltops and barrens, floodplain forests, bogs, brooks, streams and rivers • Key habitat for a declining moose population and critical habitat for threatened Canada lynx, both of which need large ranges to survive • Corridors for wildlife movement and connectivity with adjacent protected public lands • Spawning and rearing habitat for endangered Atlantic salmon that will become available with the continued removal of downstream dams and reconnection of the Penobscot River with the sea • Rare plants and insects, including copper butterflies, pygmy snaketails and Roaring Brook mayflies
CANADA LYNX © ALANNA SCHMIDT
Katahdin Woods and Waters
DEFEND OUR MONUMENTS www.defenders.org/monuments
AMERICAN COPPER BUTTERFLY/CELIE SOURIE/USFWS
MOOSE © LEE CORDNER
President Trump wants to rescind, resize or reduce protections for 27 of our 157 national monuments, places of cultural, historical and natural significance set aside by presidents of both parties. Here’s some of what’s at risk in Maine.
• An exceptional example of the wild north Maine woods landscape with spectacular views of Mount Katahdin • Numerous high-quality habitats, including hilltops and barrens, floodplain forests, bogs, brooks, streams and rivers • Key habitat for a declining moose population and critical habitat for threatened Canada lynx, both of which need large ranges to survive • Corridors for wildlife movement and connectivity with adjacent protected public lands • Spawning and rearing habitat for endangered Atlantic salmon that will become available with the continued removal of downstream dams and reconnection of the Penobscot River with the sea • Rare plants and insects, including copper butterflies, pygmy snaketails and Roaring Brook mayflies
CANADA LYNX © ALANNA SCHMIDT
Katahdin Woods and Waters
DEFEND OUR MONUMENTS www.defenders.org/monuments
