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May 18, 2013

Carey Kish: Before hikers love the trail, the trails will need some love

At long last the woods are leafing out, with the reddish tinges of the red maples and the lime greens of the birch, aspen, and beech trees adding some welcome color to the monotonous gray tones of early spring. It won’t be very long at all before the entire forest will be cloaked in full, […]
Published
May 18, 2013

Hunting: Perhaps gobblers are ignoring what would be last call

The birds just aren’t cooperating. It’s a common lament among turkey hunters when things don’t go according to plan, which seems to be a fairly widespread and common occurrence this season based on what I’m hearing from other hunters and guides. When that is the case you can give up and go fishing, modify your […]
Published
May 17, 2013

Acadia’s Park Loop Road opens to vehicles today

The park's hiking trails are all open except for where peregrine falcons are exhibiting nesting behavior.
Published
May 11, 2013

New trails for bikes to blaze

If the New England Mountain Bike Association's newest chapter gets its way, there'll be new paths from Millinocket to Searsport.
Published
May 11, 2013

North Cairn: Pulse of life rekindled, renewed

Last week I picked up what I expect will be my last load of kindling for the cold season slipping away. I loaded up at the local finish carpentry shop, where they let the unused, clean white strips of wood go for free, took the 8- to 10-foot lengths that could have served as barrel […]

Published
May 11, 2013

Hunting: Spending turkey season cooped up at home won’t be therapeutic

My heart raced as two longbeards trotted up the valley toward my blind. There was so much at stake. This hunt was more significant than any I could recall and everything would have to fall perfectly into place in order for this to work, something that seldom happens in turkey hunting. I couldn’t see them […]
Published
May 11, 2013

Kid Tracks: Keeping fun as the climb’s bottom line

The kids and I, along with our friend Shannon, hiked two mountains this past month but we never reached either summit. We are tracking our “numbers” — elevation gain and mileage — in our attempt to get into shape for bigger mountains to climb this summer, but we have learned to keep our adventures fun […]
Published
May 11, 2013

John Christie: Before the tourists arrive, get a hop on summer via your motorcycle

The summer season doesn’t really start for us until we spend a day in May on the motorcycle taking our traditional, and favorite, kickoff trip along some of our favorite coastal highways and byways, well before the summer crowds arrive. That’s not to say it’s not just as delightful and beautiful from your car, and […]
Published
May 11, 2013

Birding: Osprey numbers taking off again in wake of DDT

This column continues the discussion of osprey biology from my last column. I wrote about the dependence of osprey on live fish for food. Ospreys are not picky about the fish they prey upon in either salt- or freshwater environments. As long as the fish are in shallow water or within three feet of the […]
Published
May 11, 2013

Allen Afield: When no fish rise, fly rodders open their creel of tricks

Eight years ago on a Maine fly-fishing bulletin board, a young fly-fishing guide posted a comment that has stuck in my mind. He claimed that aquatic-insect hatches were so sporadic that he wondered why the events seemed important to people. “Yee-haw,” I thought and felt embarrassed for him. Folks who have fly-fished for as long […]

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