NOLS Grad Advocates for Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument

February 21, 2020

Ryan Zinke and Lucas St. Claire look out at the Maine scenery during Zinke's visit to Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument

Lucas St. Clair, NOLS semester grad and son of the Burt’s Bees founder, is a staunch advocate for public land, playing a key role in preserving Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument status. Currently the Democratic candidate for Maine’s 2nd Congressional District, he’s rallying fellow Mainers around the idea that outdoor recreation is an economic driver.

“When Lucas St. Clair woke up at Lunksoos Camp, on the East Branch of the Penobscot, and discovered that Ryan Zinke’s staff had TPed his tent, he knew his plan was working. It was a chilly June morning in 2017, the end of the Secretary of the Interior’s visit to Maine’s Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument, one of 27 that President Trump was considering dismantling. Zinke had been met with vociferous protests at monuments like Utah’s Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante in May 2017. St. Clair decided to take a different approach to protect the 87,500-acre monument…”

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Brooke Ortel

Brooke is a runner and writer who enjoys finding adventure in the everyday. True to her island roots, she loves sunshine, that salty ocean smell, and the sound of waves against the shore.