Constantly evolving ski equipment adds ease and fun to the trip down the mountain.
Deirdre Fleming
Deirdre Fleming covers the outdoors for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram, and has been a newspaper reporter in Maine for 25 years - and an outdoor writer for the past 20. During that time, she’s seen biologists trap 500-pound bear, watched fishermen land high-jumping makos, camped on Moosehead Lake in the winter, and retraced Gov. Percival Baxter’s first trip to Mt. Katahdin. She is often asked, but still does not know her favorite wildland in Maine. A graduate of Georgetown University and the University of Missouri, she lives with her husband in Buxton near the Saco River, where they both fly fish.
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Deer herd will get closer look
State biologists hope for more accurate estimates using an aerial survey successful in Canada.
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A leader on the trail
John Andrews is the motivating force behind southern Maine’s expanding off-road trail system.
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As hunting season nears end, deer harvest depressed again
The state is headed for another down season despite a mild winter benefiting the state’s deer herd.
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TRUE NATURE
A nature writing class at the University of New England channels the likes of Thoreau as it encourages students to look, listen and be in touch with the outdoors.
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Happy Hikers
BATCHELDERS GRANT – Judy Higgins has watched her golden retriever, Abby, hike up mountains carrying rocks, sticks, even logs.
As if hiking a 4,000-footer is not enough, the ever-busy golden has to turn it into a job of “retrieving.”
Two weeks ago, Higgins enjoyed hiking through a canopy of color along with her three golden retrievers.
Higgins started by asking the dogs at the trail head to East Royce Mountain if they were ready to “hike,” and a series of howls ensued.
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Boys’ Class B SoccerClippers leave no doubt
Five players score for Yarmouth as the Clippers overwhelm Ellsworth in the Class B boys’ final.
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It’s not like the deer old days
The decreasing deer herd up north has forced a break from the past as sporting camps go for new breeds.
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Scarborough surges past Cheverus, 2-1
The Red Storm take over in the second half and next face Thornton Academy in the Western Class A final.
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Trojans shut down Greely
Girls’ soccer: Thornton Academy advances to the Western Class A semifinals with a 2-1 win.