Deirdre Fleming

Staff Writer

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.

Outdoors, Sports

Good Will-Hinckley trail turns 100

by Deirdre Fleming September 20, 2015September 21, 2015

Unique monuments along the Dartmouth Trail tell the founder’s philosophy.

Sports, Varsity Maine, Volleyball

Preview: Volleyball keeps growing in Maine

by Deirdre Fleming September 15, 2015September 15, 2015

Coaches and administrators see no end in sight to expansion, especially in the southern part of the state.

Outdoors

Bear-hunting guides wary of another referendum challenge

by Deirdre Fleming September 13, 2015September 14, 2015

Maine’s guides suspect their opponents are only hibernating rather than surrendering.

Outdoors

In From the Outdoors: Q&A with John Cullen, certified logging professional

by Deirdre Fleming September 6, 2015September 8, 2015

TOPSHAM — John Cullen logged his land for 20 years before realizing he was doing it wrong. A demonstration at the Common Ground Fair in 1998 shed light on the path to better logging. Several years later, Cullen started teaching classes around the state for the Jackman-based Certified Logging Professionals. But then, Cullen, 63, had […]