In keeping with a recent trend, Saco River Brewing creates a signature ale to help protect Jockey Cap in Fryeburg.
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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Volleyball: Players to watch in southern Maine
Seven juniors and a sophomore are among 10 players to keep an eye on this fall.
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Volleyball: Captains determined to help Biddeford capture state title
The Tigers came up just short in the 2021 Class A championship match, but many coaches say they’re the team to beat this year.
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Volleyball: Teams to watch in southern Maine
While many predict a rematch in the Class A state final, other programs are on the rise.
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Trappers worry there are few young people to take their place
Hundreds of enthusiasts gathered in Bethel in August for the 44th edition of the New England Trappers Weekend.
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Appalachian Mountain Club purchases 27,000 acres in Moosehead Lake region
Acquiring and restoring the property will conserve one of the last remaining large, unprotected forest blocks in the region, the club says.
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As surveillance of white sharks increases, beach behavior changes
Swimmers from Popham Beach to Cape Cod are staying closer to shore as awareness grows about shark activity.
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Foraging walk teaches primitive skills in an unlikely classroom
Rewild Maine is part of a movement across the country to teach bushcraft skills in urban settings.
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Efforts grow in Maine to encourage use of bird-safe windows
The new L.L. Bean headquarters in Freeport offers the most recent example of windows retrofitted to help prevent bird strikes.
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Senate bill seeks to improve access to Katahdin Woods and Waters
Maine’s U.S. senators sponsor legislation that would halve the travel time from Millinocket to the national monument.