WLBZ-TV reports that a local non-profit, Lubec Landmarks, was ready to salvage the damaged shed, but ran into legal setbacks with Canadian authorities. They refuse to let the contractors hired by Lubec Landmarks onto the site to begin salvaging the remains of the shed. They say that scavengers have claimed the shed as their own.

While authorities wrangle over who has rights to the shed, those scavengers have already started dismantling the building. That worries Lubec Landmarks president Rachel Rubeor:

The bureaucratic nonsense is hampering us big time. Let’s face it. It’s not like we’re terrorists or anything

Local authorities have been unable to do much, so Rubeor reached out to Senator Angus King, writing a letter asking for assistance:

It seems everyone is eager to help but can’t move because of these rules. It is only exacerbated now by the influx of vandals who with chainsaws want to cannibalize our building.

Rubeor hopes to see the issue resolved quickly, so Lubec Landmarks can salvage as much as possible and work to rebuild the historic shed.