She hopes a new Maine Alewife Trail Map will encourage Mainers to support free-flowing waterways.
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.
Posted inSports, Track & Field, Varsity Maine
Class A track: Cheverus girls retain crown, Scarborough boys regain title
Victoria Bossong of Cheverus and Jarett Flaker of Scarborough lead their teams to victory as several state records fall.
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More millennials are birding, around the country and in Maine
Young Maine birders say they like the connection to nature – and the sheer joy of watching birds.
Posted inFood
Hungry in Belfast? Have a happy-hour feast at Darby’s
BELFAST — Everything in moderation is an adage I’ve long tried to subscribe to when dining. Since I turned 50 this year, my eating motto got more restrictive: small plates, small portions. But when I stopped at Darby’s Restaurant and Pub in the heart of Belfast on a spring day, I didn’t adhere to either […]
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Moose permit increase approved, but any-deer hunting permits may be reduced
Maine will issue 11 percent more moose permits for next fall’s hunt, but because a large number of does were taken last year biologists propose cutting the number of any-deer permits by 20 percent.
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A Blue Hill land trust raises awareness of Maine’s horseshoe crabs
They’ve been here since before the dinosaurs, but the population is small and under threat.
Posted inBusiness, Outdoors
Electric bike sales grow, as new models become lighter
Today, e-bikes weigh half as much as they did five years ago and come in a range of models, including hybrids, road bikes and mountain bikes.
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Wildlife thrives on candid camera along the Eastern Trail
UNE professor Noah Perlut will use the data to assess the impact of a planned 1.6-mile trail extension.
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A family tradition for some, taking ice-out records grows in importance in warming climate
Volunteers across Maine have been keeping records of when the ice clears on the state’s lakes each spring, a century-old tradition now being used to assess the impact of climate change.
Posted inLocal & State, Outdoors, Sports
Just a concept 25 years ago, the International Appalachian Trail now crosses continents
What started as an idea by three Mainers to link their state to Canada with a hiking trail became a collaboration among more than a dozen countries in North American and across the Atlantic.