The group is closing in on a financial target to construct a difficult portion of an envisioned 64-mile path.
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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Want to travel the country cheaply? Try a teardrop trailer
This Maine couple’s tiny trailer became their ticket to adventure.
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More women are hunting … for the right apparel, too
Lamenting the lack of clothing designed sensibly for them, women who take to the woods say pretty doesn’t matter – it just needs to be as practical and durable as the gear made for men.
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Eastport gets its special deer hunt, but for one year only
Some members of the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife’s Advisory Council say the island’s deer problem is the fault of department policies.
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Birders hail Westbrook dam removal plan
But fishermen want to know more about the final outcome of the Sappi dam removal before applauding.
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New path connects Kennebunkport Trust’s long-distance trails
The 1.4-mile woods path, finished this fall, is named for the land trust’s executive director, Tom Bradbury.
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Brewery bird talks draw eclectic audience
The seminars at Rising Tide Brewing draw bird and beer enthusiasts both young and old.
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Nature walk in Windham to celebrate new land trust
When their conservation groups merged in September, it assured more conservation work getting done in Greater Portland.
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MPA proposal would expand high school volleyball to 3 classes
The changes would make travel easier in a sport that is growing in southern and Down East Maine.
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Down East Maine offers a camping jewel
Cobscook Bay State Park is as good as it gets – if you like campsites with lots of privacy along a rocky shoreline with fantastic ocean views.