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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PublishedApril 8, 2012
Flourishing festivals, with room to grow
Maine is up to five spring birding festivals, with so much to offer in the state that growth will prove inevitable.
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PublishedApril 8, 2012
It’s spring, and fishing is hot
Spring fishing in Maine is as much as two weeks to a month ahead of schedule, depending on where you’re wetting a line. And fishermen just about everywhere are taking advantage, say fisheries biologists statewide. This is our first installment of our open-water fishing report, which runs April to October in Outdoors. Every other week, […]
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PublishedApril 1, 2012
The right stuff from Lefty
One of the world’s top fishermen has a special spot for Maine, its fishing and people.
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PublishedApril 1, 2012
Maine moose-calling event extra wild
At Saturday’s moose-calling contes, contestants brought paddles, trees and other props to bolster their chances.
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PublishedMarch 25, 2012
Boys’ Track: Ladd goes the distance and leaves the others behind
Harlow Ladd of Messalonskee was the dominant boys’ distance runner in the state.
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PublishedMarch 25, 2012
Girls’ Track: The wins and the times set Gorham’s Perkins apart
Sarah Perkins won three events at the Class A state meet, with eye-opening results.
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PublishedMarch 24, 2012
Idea with staying power
Maine Huts & Trails combines the outdoors and friendship.
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PublishedMarch 10, 2012
Enjoying fruits of a storm
Local cross-country skiers finally get a chance to hit the trails after the first big snowfall in a couple months.
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PublishedMarch 3, 2012
Gone fishin’ – as homework
Sanford High let Jeff Lemay catch and tag crappie as a science project, and it’s turned into a real education.
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PublishedFebruary 26, 2012
Live video: Maine’s latest bear necessity
A wildlife group’s black bear cam allows the public to watch and learn along with biologists.
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