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April 21, 2013

Hunting: Turkey talk – to set the record straight

Last year’s early warm-up was greeted eagerly by almost everyone, turkey hunters being the possible exception. “It was all over before the season even began,” some lamented; “it” being peak turkey breeding activity. Those same folks were much more encouraged by this year’s delayed spring, and would probably be surprised to learn their assumptions regarding […]
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April 14, 2013

Volunteers sought for watershed study

The Androscoggin County Soil and Water Conservation District is conducting a stream crossing and dam inventory in the Little Androscoggin River watershed to identify potential barriers preventing fish from reaching upstream resting, feeding and spawning habitat. Located within Auburn, Minot, Poland, Mechanic Falls, Oxford, Otisfield, Norway, South Paris, Hebron, West Paris, Greenwood and Woodstock, the waterway […]
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April 13, 2013

Deirdre Fleming: The taste of the wild satisfies a good cause at Unity College

UNITY – A menu full of Ugandan venison meatballs, axis deer pies and beaver sausage prepared by a chef from the Culinary Institute of America. Must be Unity College’s annual wild game dinner. Friday night’s meal at the environmental college, a sellout every year, is more of an elegant and eclectic banquet. Indeed, those who […]
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April 13, 2013

North Cairn: Frog’s arrival has winter croaking

Winter, in my neck of the woods, is boiling and cooling and dampening into spring. I got the tangible signs of the season first from my next-door neighbor, who, early in the week, decided to finish off this year’s store of maple syrup. A voicemail on my smartphone over the weekend announced simply, “I’m boiling […]
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April 13, 2013

This won’t float your boat

With property values soaring and open land at a premium, freshwater fishermen are left high and dry, especially in southern Maine.

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April 13, 2013

Allen Afield: Above all, prize fish are for what the angler trolls

Anglers troll worldwide, but in Maine this technique dominates at ice-out and continues in high gear for at least the next six weeks. Lots of trophy fish come to hand now, too, as evidenced by records in The One That Didn’t Get Away Club — far more big fish than anglers catch in fall. Serious […]
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April 13, 2013

Kid Tracks: Burnt Meadow Mountain just right for a spring hike

Trying to plan a hike in the spring in Maine, particularly this year, is a real guessing game. Will there be snow? Or mud? Or will we get lucky with some dry conditions? My safest bet has to assume we’ll be finding a combination of all three. Because of the unpredictability of spring hiking conditions, […]
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April 13, 2013

Skiing in Maine: New ski boots aren’t a purchase – they’re an investment

With several seasons of wear on my Rossignol Race II’s, and a modicum of duct tape holding the liners together, I recently found myself asking a couple of questions about my boots that I thought might benefit from a far more professional opinion than my own. How do I know if I should try to […]
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April 13, 2013

Best Bets

SUNDAY Hike in the Park 2 p.m. in Freeport Wolfe’s Neck Woods State Park offers nature programs year-round every weekend. Sunday’s program focuses on the osprey at Googins Island, across from the park. Meet at the benches at the end of the second parking lot. No reservations needed. Free with park admission, which is $1 […]
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April 13, 2013

Birding: Now for a good read on raptors and the rarest birds

I want to alert you to a couple of recently published bird books from Princeton University Press. The first is “The Crossley ID Guide to Raptors.” This book follows the format of Richard Crossley’s well-received “ID Guide to Eastern Birds.” The Crossley guides use photographs rather than paintings or drawings to illustrate the birds. For […]

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