Many people hike, bike, run or kayak to raise money for a cause, but not all create a Web site as an educational platform to further environmental issues on top of a 30-mile-a-day, four-month trek. That’s what former Hampden Academy track star Oriana Farley did with her boyfriend, David Madeira, in preparation for their thru-hike […]
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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Webcam watching bald eagle egg
The egg was laid in a central Maine nest during the late afternoon on Monday.
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Learn to be a track star
Upcoming workshops can help you spot clues that identify the critters sharing your world.
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‘Crazy’ in a good way: Skiing on vintage gear
Portland ski instructor Theo Johnsen was one of the first Maine advocates for Alpine fun. And it’s interesting to note that in 1905, Johnsen called the skis made a century and a half before him “clumsy and awkward.” “Tradition tells us that the skee or sliding snowshoe … proved a heavy load to fasten to […]
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Fly Fishing Film Tour coming to Maine
The collection of short films is chosen to represent the pinnacle of fly fishing adventures.
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Patchy ice wipes out fishing derby
Erratic conditions on Maine’s lakes and ponds prompt the second cancellation in the 10-year history of the derby.
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Statewide ice fishing derby canceled
The Sebago DerbyFest statewide derby has been canceled, director Tom Noonan said Tuesday. The board of directors of the 10th Maine Chevrolet Derby decided Tuesday there was not sufficient ice statewide to hold the derby. The first part of DerbyFest, the ice fishing derby on Sebago Lake, was held on Feb. 20 but canceled after […]
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Hill country
Author Joe Hill is back with a new tale that treads the happily familiar territory of black humor, horror and page-turning suspense.
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Wescott’s Olympic gold will give ‘Loaf a lift, but not a gondola . . . yet
How many gold medals does it take to buy a gondola? That’s a question Sugarloafers may be asking after their ski area’s ambassador, Seth Wescott, returns home this week to Carrabassett Valley from the Vancouver Olympics, where he won his second gold medal in snowboardcross. Wescott, who lives at the base of Sugarloaf and has […]
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It’s a win-win situation
First the Sachs family of Freeport snags a free day on the slopes. Then they have a great time.