Outdoors
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PublishedMay 19, 2012
Carey Kish: Time to give back, lend a hand on your favorite trail
Trails don’t just happen. Rather, it takes an enormous amount of time, energy and money to plan, build and maintain the trails we use and enjoy so much, on the part of a whole host of committed public and private organizations, and with an army of dedicated volunteers. Every hiker should try to make some […]
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PublishedMay 19, 2012
Boating: Women from all walks of life can get their sea legs
Some guys claim it’s difficult to find a woman who shares their passion for boating. Maybe they’re just looking in all the wrong places. Lots of women love boating. Some are power boaters; others sail. Some sailors race, while others cruise. Women sailors come from all walks of life, and they get into the sport […]
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PublishedMay 19, 2012
Allen Afield: How bottom-dredging skills lure salmonids
In 1950, “Streamer Fly Tying and Fishing” by Joseph D. Bates Jr. (The Stackpole Co.) hit the market. For that time, it ranked as one of the finest fly-fishing books ever. Bates included more than 200 meticulously researched streamer and bucktail patterns for imitating baitfish, and more than 50 of them came from Maine. In […]
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PublishedMay 19, 2012
Hunting: Turkeys go early, but then the shuffle
The arrival of a new season always comes with a certain amount of anticipation on the part of turkey hunters. This year’s early spring green-up seemed to increase the anxiety as hunters pondered how it might affect their success. A number of novice hunters were concerned that opening day would arrive too late and all […]
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PublishedMay 19, 2012
Mark Latti: Seek streamer success with reprinted classic
Springtime is trout time. But when is it time to go trout fishing in the spring? Many fisherman swear by the old adage that when alder leaves are the size of a mouse’s ears, it’s time to go trout fishing. Alder buds seem to pop into leaves just after the black flies start to swarm. […]
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PublishedMay 19, 2012
Freshwater Fishing Report
As we head into the best of spring and onward toward summer, the fishing is transitioning, too. Around the state it’s picking up or slowing down or dropping off with one species, while it gets crazy fast with another. Makes us want to tie a fly. SOUTHERN MAINE This is the time of year when […]
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PublishedMay 19, 2012
Best Bets
TUESDAY Fore River Sanctuary Walk / 7 to 9 a.m. in Portland Maine Audubon is hosting a walk around the sanctuary to search for and identify migrating birds and flowering plants. Meet in the Maine Orthopedics lot at 1601 Congress St. Cost is $8. Call 781-2330. Pemaquid Paddlers / 9 a.m. in Wiscasset The Pemaquid […]
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PublishedMay 15, 2012
Moosehead land easement to protect 363,000 acres
The easement is considered one of the largest in the history of conservation in the United States.
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PublishedMay 12, 2012
Monson: More than a stop on the trail
Monson needs hikers from the Appalachian Trail, and the hikers need a town that cares about them.
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PublishedMay 12, 2012
Deirdre Fleming: Baxter, in stories and pictures
The photograph of an old man in a coat, fishing from a lakeshore would not give most people pause. But in the context of the story of Baxter State Park, and certainly to fans of the wilderness park, the image of Percival Baxter casting below the mountain he protected is a portrait of a steadfast […]
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