Roxanne Quimby

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Audience members examine maps of the northrn Maine region as Roxanne Quimby of Elliotsville Plantation Inc. presents "Economic Benefits of National Parks on Gateay Communities" on Monday at Stearns High School in Millinocket. Quimby hopes to develop a Maine Woods National Park in the region and cites the economic success of communities in Colorado and Alaska as incentive for Millinocket residents to embrace the idea of reinventing itself as a national park gateway community. (BDN PHOTO BY KATE COLLINS)

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Roxanne Quimby presents "Economic Benefits of National Parks on Gateway Communities" on Monday, July 18, 2011, at Stearns High School in Millinocket. Quimby, a conservationist and founder of Burt's Bees, is hoping to develop a Maine Woods National Park in the region and cites the economic success of communities in Colorado and Alaska as incentive for Millinocket residents to embrace the idea of reinventing itself as a national park gateway communitiy. (BDN Photo by Kate Collins)