Outdoors

Published
July 1, 2012

Allen Afield: A vote for fresh salmon, peas, boiled potatoes on 4th

In the 1970s, Maine’s aquaculture industry began putting fresh, inexpensive salmon on the dinner table of non-anglers and catch-and-release types, and salmon farmers accomplished this feat at an attractive price – often less expensive than haddock. Folks like me would catch a big salmon or trout, release it, and reward ourselves with a farm-raised Atlantic-salmon […]
Published
July 1, 2012

Freshwater Fishing Report

Summer is a fun time for the fishing report as regional state fisheries biologists offer advice on how to beat the summer heat and lure trout out of spring holes. But if you’re not up for the challenge, get out now. From central Maine to the Downeast region and up around Moosehead Lake, there is […]
Published
July 1, 2012

Deirdre Fleming: Tough Mountain Challenge, with accent on tough

The company behind the world’s leading obstacle race pitches its Tough Mudder competition as a life-changing experience that tests a mudder’s “strength, stamina and mental grit.” By comparison, the Tough Mountain Challenge at Sunday River is more about a reason to gather atop the Newry mountain range and party. One new addition to the Sunday […]
Published
July 1, 2012

Canoeing: An escape that will make you want to go back

July is a great month to escape the crowds on the coast and take a vacation in the North Maine Woods. One of our favorite areas to explore is the region north of Moosehead Lake and east of the headwaters of the St. John River. The rustic Maine Forest Service campsite at the northwestern end […]
Published
July 1, 2012

Carey Kish: You’ll like the hike on Big Moose

Big Moose Mountain in Big Moose Township a few miles west of Greenville is best known for the ski trails of the now defunct Big Squaw Mountain Resort on its north slope, and the popular hiking trail on its south slope that leads to the old fire tower atop the 3,150-foot summit. There’s another spot […]

Published
June 23, 2012

It’s time to enter any deer lottery

AUGUSTA – Applications for the 2012 any-deer (antlerless) permit lottery are available online from the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. A total of 34,160 any-deer permits will be issued in 13 of the state’s 29 wildlife management districts for this year’s whitetail deer huting season, which beings in late October. It is bucks […]
Published
June 23, 2012

Flying fish into the wild

New Hampshire's fish-stocking program rewards anglers willing to trek to remote waters.
Published
June 23, 2012

Deirdre Fleming: Fournier shares tales of outdoors

There are many Maine woodsmen who have stories to tell of backwoods adventures, but few have been telling their stories in articles, movies and books for 60 years. Paul Fournier, the former spokesperson for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, will share his varied and rugged adventures at a presentation on his book […]
Published
June 23, 2012

What’s Up in July: Planet pairs and meteors follow exciting transit

The first full month of summer will bring some interesting celestial sights with it, but nothing as dramatic as the transit of Venus we experienced last month. Most of Maine got extremely lucky as the skies finally cleared after a solid week of rain just minutes before the great event was due to start. I […]
Published
June 23, 2012

Not out of the woods

A recently acquired prized 143-acre parcel of land leaves Baxter State Park officials debating how it should be handled.