Three York seniors earn upset wins to spark the Wildcats to the boys’ title, while the Witches edge York to win the girls’ championship.
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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Sebago ice-fishing derby could reduce trout overpopulation
A new regulation means entrants will be able to keep togue in the 23- to 25-inch range, a change that could be a boon to the lake’s struggling salmon fishery.
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As youth hunting numbers steadily drop in Maine, lawmakers and state officials grapple with the problem
Two young hunters hope their bill helps to reverse the decline.
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Maine fat bike series adds more races – and gains more riders at Bethel race
First-time racers and first-time winners believe more riders will try racing in the winter sport.
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Social media posts about bird sightings may lead to harm for Maine wildlife
Suspicious that the information is being misused by hunters and others, a Facebook birding group asks members to stop posting locations of rare species.
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Maine’s only commercial ice-boat builder has a passion for his craft
In the fringe sport, Bill Buchholz enjoys making boats.
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Maine hunting groups take aim at bill to drop crossbow restriction
Some hunters say allowing crossbows during archery season would entice more people to hunt deer.
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State hopes to limit live fish as bait in northern Maine
The state fisheries director announces that a proposed rule will be drafted in the next few weeks.
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As pop-up shacks become more popular, more ice fishermen migrate to the movable shanties
But the tradition of the more permanent ice shack remains.
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Rare raptor’s health improving after its rescue from snowstorm
A great black hawk found in the snow in Deering Oaks is being treated at a wildlife rehabilitation center thanks to a Portland woman and volunteer drivers who relayed the bird through Sunday’s storm.