When my friend, Norm Olsen, announced a Penobscot Paddle & Chowder Society sea kayak trip from Surry to Ellsworth in Hancock County, I immediately signed on. An experienced trip organizer, Norm always plans interesting outdoor adventures and scrupulously researches the itinerary and potential conditions. Further, this was a sector of the Maine coast I had […]
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How Maine’s environment is being reshaped by longer, hotter summers
The Portland Press Herald spoke to two dozen experts this summer about the ways increasing heat is affecting Maine’s natural world.
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Fall migration can lead to some rare sightings in Maine
Some species will make long trips with stops nearby, even if they don’t always appear here.
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Kayakers explore historic Swan Island on the Kennebec River
Swan Island on the Kennebec River in Richmond has a long and rich past. Human activity on the island can be traced back thousands of years. Native Americans known as Abenakis, some likely my ancestors, inhabited the island for centuries before the first Europeans arrived in 1607. Relations between the Native Americans and early European […]
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Fly fishing on Maine waters creates thrilling memories
With help from a friend, who is also a Maine Registered Guide, a day on the water provides lasting memories.
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Cheaper ways to see Bar Harbor, one of the priciest U.S. travel spots | Column
The town landed fourth on a list of the country’s most expensive destinations, but you can visit on a budget.
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Enjoying Baxter State Park’s beautiful wilderness, miles from nowhere
Camping in the Martin Ponds Lean-to gives a wonderful view of Katahdin in the early morning light.
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Look closer at those flowers to be entertained by ‘flower flies’
It can be fun to watch bees, wasps and other flower flies work a patch of flowers.
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Driver in fatal Flagstaff Lake pontoon accident had just sold Eustis market to victim’s relative
Wonderland Holdings LLC, whose president is Nasir Hakeem, purchased Pines Market in February from John Morris of Eustis.
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A partial kayak circumnavigation of Deer Island in Passamaquoddy Bay
A group of friends and I were on the third day of a weeklong vacation on Deer Island in New Brunswick. Located in Passamaquoddy Bay just east of Eastport and northwest of another, more well-known Canadian island, Campobello, we were camping on Deer Island Point Campground at the southern end of the island. On the […]