"Autumn Moosehead Lake Maine"
By Scott Loring Davis, Fine Art Photography
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"Maine's Moosehead Lake in Black and White"
By Scott Loring Davis, Fine Art Photography
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This beautiful print offers a calming, serene, relaxing feel to any room or public location where a calming effect is beneficial. FULL DESCRPTION - https://pixels.com/featured/maines-moosehead-lake-in-black-and-white-scott-loring-davis.html

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Does Facebook’s #MarkZuckerberg Really Own a #Maine Mountain?

by Cooper Fox
Published: November 16, 2025

"For over a century, Maine has been a playground for the rich and famous.

"The trend started back in the 1800s when wealthy businessmen from Boston and New York would send their families to the Maine wilderness in order to escape the heat and nastiness of the cities.

"More recently, we have seen famous musicians and actors vacation in Maine. Kenny Chesney, Gwen Stefani, Blake Shelton, and Jimmy Fallon, for example. Some notable celebrities have even bought homes in Maine. #MarthaStewart and #JohnTravolta, we're looking at you.

"Even Mark Zuckerberg, the man behind the most successful social media platform of all time, has vacationed in Maine.

"Actually, it now appears that he may own a piece of property in Maine.

Who Owns Maine's Burnt Jacket Mountain?

"According to a recent article in the New York Times, there is some evidence pointing to the land being purchased by Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla.

"The article explains that the 1,400 acre property, located near #MooseheadLake, had been purchased for $8 million in 2022. The purchase was done through an LLC in order to keep the buyer's identity a secret.

"However, as Maine is just one big small town, people began to talk. The article explains that one person, who reportedly used to work for the town of #GreenvilleME, posted on Facebook that it definitely was Mark Zuckerberg

"As far as we know, the Zuckerberg's have not been spotted near the property since it was purchased. However, the article does explain that notices have been sent to local tourism organizations asking that Burnt Jacket Mountain be removed from their list of places where it is acceptable to #hike.

"Additionally, there have been permits filed for the construction of a massive new house on the property. The home is described as encompassing 3,750 square foot home with garages, patios, decks, parking lots and a driveway that would stretch for nearly a mile."

Read More: Does Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg Really Own a Maine Mountain? | https://b985.fm/burnt-jacket-mountain-maine-owner/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral

#BeaverCove #BurntMountain #Zuck #MarkZuckerberg #TaxTheBillionaires
#ZuckSucks #Maine #MaineTrails #TaxTheRich #PenobscotLand #Landback

Well, if #Zuck is living here, then we should tax the shit out of him!

Locals outraged over developer's shocking act at popular hiking trail: 'We don't know why or for what purpose'

"There was some chatter."

by Alexis McDonell, July 3, 2025

"For generations, #BurntJacketMountain was a quiet sanctuary in the #MaineWoods. It was a place where locals hiked after work, kids scrambled up trails with their dogs, and tourists stumbled upon postcard views of #MooseheadLake. Then, one day last fall, the trail was closed without explanation, reported Bangor Daily News.

"Now, residents of #BeaverCove and nearby #Greenville are learning just how vulnerable even longtime public-use lands can be when money and greedy #developers enter the picture.

"In 2022, more than 1,400 acres surrounding Burnt Jacket Mountain were quietly sold for $8.1 million to an anonymous buyer operating through two holding companies. The deal included over two miles of lakefront and the entire trail system. The buyer has since filed plans to build a 3,750-square-foot lakefront home and closed the trails to the public, leaving residents with more questions than answers.

" 'It's what everyone is wondering,' Joe Babbitt, the select board chair in Beaver Cove, said, per Bangor Daily News. 'There's all kinds of gossip out there, saying it's everyone from the sultan of Egypt to 'insert your billionaire of choice here.''

"While private ownership of forests is common in Maine — about 95% of forest is privately owned — public access has often been granted out of custom and cooperation. Burnt Jacket Mountain was historically owned by #PaperCompanies and then timber firms like #McPhersonTimberlands, which allowed #PublicUse.

"However, that informal understanding is rapidly vanishing, replaced by high-end marketing, out-of-state buyers, and closed gates.

"The loss has hit the community hard.

"Burnt Jacket was a [close-to-town] locals' gem, this loss definitely stings to hiking enthusiasts that have used the trails time and time again over the years," Steve Yocom, executive director of Destination Moosehead Lake, said, per Bangor Daily News."

Read more:
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/burnt-jacket-mountain-maine-trails-closed/

#MarkZuckerberg #TaxTheBillionaires #ZuckSucks #Maine #MaineTrails #TaxTheRich #PenobscotLand #Landback

I'd rather see the #PenobscotNation obtain more land near #MooseheadLake than #MarkZuckerberg !

#LandBack #BillionairesOut #TaxTheRich #BillionaireTax #GoToMars! #StayOutOfMaine #Wabanakik #Dawnland #NotaxHavens #MaineIsNotABillionairesPlayground

#MarkZuckerberg has bought #BurntJacketMountain near #MooseheadLake and has cordoned it off (folks have been able to hike on it since forever).

Mystery Fuels Unease in #Maine Woods: Who Bought Burnt Jacket Mountain

An anonymous new owner fenced off beloved trails and put up surveillance cameras in a region with a long tradition of allowing public access on private land.

By Jenna Russell and Heather Knight
Visuals by Sophie Park
Jenna Russell reported from Beaver Cove, Maine, and Heather Knight from San Francisco.

Nov. 15, 2025

Excerpt: "Soon enough, though, a woman who used to work in Greenville’s town office said she had the answer and posted it on Facebook: The new owner of the mountain was Mark Zuckerberg.
The billionaire founder of Facebook had spent time in the Maine woods before. In 2017, for their fifth wedding anniversary, Mr. Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, had traveled not to Aspen or Cabo, but to #BangorME and #MillinocketME, where they hiked on the Appalachian Trail and met with workers who had lost their jobs when local paper mills shut down."

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/us/mystery-maine-burnt-jacket-mountain.html

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/VWJNn

#Billionaires #TaxTheRich #EatTheRich #Maine #MaineWoods

"Sunset Over Moosehead Lake"
By Scott Loring Davis, Fine Art Photography https://pixels.com/profiles/scottloringdavis
This beautiful print offers a calming, serene and relaxing feel to any room or public location
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Trekking through tribal lands as the #PenobscotNation plans to reacquire 30,000 acres

[Many] see the land return as an opportunity to reconsider what conservation looks like. Studies have found that #Indigenous-managed lands have #biodiversity levels equal to or greater than protected lands, and conservationists have become increasingly interested in what is known as #TraditionalEcologicalKnowledge.
Story by Nate Hathaway
3/17/2024

"The Trust for Public Land [#TPL] is working with the Penobscot Nation to return 30,000 acres near #MountKatahdin to the tribe, which would solidify #Wabanaki #sovereignty over land their ancestors have stewarded for generations.

"The parcel would create a contiguous stretch of conserved land from existing Penobscot Nation holdings near the East Branch of the #PenobscotRiver all the way to #Jackman and #MooseheadLake, combining to form 1.2 million acres.

"The land — which is being called #Wasehtek, a Penobscot word that corresponds to the #EastBranch of the Penobscot River — was owned by Conservation Resources, a #timber investment management organization. In December 2022, the Trust for Public Land announced it had purchased the property for approximately $29 million.

"The land is currently accessed by a limited network of logging roads, which vary in quality. With over 53 miles of rivers and streams, and a diverse population of game species, the land offers substantial fishing and hunting opportunities.

"This move in northern #Maine fits into a nationwide effort to return ancestral lands to #Native tribes. The federal Land Buy-Back Program for #TribalNations, a decade-long initiative that concluded in December [2023], restored nearly 3 million acres to tribal ownership and paid over $1.69 billion to individuals."

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/trekking-through-tribal-lands-as-the-penobscot-nation-plans-to-reacquire-30000-acres/ar-BB1k2aqd

#LandBack #Stewardship #TraditionalKnowledge #TraditionalOwners #WabanakiConfederacy #IndigenousPeoplesDay

'First Impressions' (2023) -- I Took Several Images at This Unbelievable Spot, Several Minutes Apart. Here's My Initial Image..., Lazy Tom's Bog, Kokadjo, ME

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