On Monday I posted some photographs depicting gates, rocks, water bars and signs indicating lands owned by Roxanne Quimby are now closed. As most of you know, Roxanne Quimby, founder of Burt’s Bees and recently finished selling off the remainder of her interest in Burt’s Bees to Clorox, has used much of her wealth to buy up large tracts of land and locking out hunters, trappers, etc.
Those pictures with a brief description, were sent to me by reader Steve Lane of Millinocket, Maine. Yesterday, he sent the below photograph to better show how, contrary to what some have said that these lands aren’t hunted and contain poor deer and moose habitat, this land closure will affect him in the future.
This bull moose was taken by permittee and sub-permittee, Barbara and Frank Stratton. According to Lane, the moose was shot about 4 miles inside the gate shown in a previous photo and shown again below. Lane describes the moose habitat in that area this way.
The growth up in that area is about chest high now…..prime moose habitat for the next few years.
Below, shows the gate Lane is referring to that blocks access to Quimby’s land on the Kellogg Mountain Road.
Tom Remington
