Outdoors
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PublishedDecember 1, 2013
Carey Kish: A leg up for going the distance
Author/hiker Dan Feldman writes the book on long-distance hiking.
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PublishedDecember 1, 2013
Hunting: Call of the wild heard in any season
There are still deer and birds to be bagged and tagged.
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PublishedDecember 1, 2013
Deirdre Fleming: The way life should be begins outdoors
The way life should be. What exactly does it mean? It’s a relevant question this time of year for me because every time I visit family outside the state, I’m reminded when driving by that sign near the New Hampshire border of what the way life should be means to me. Each time I pass […]
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PublishedNovember 24, 2013
North Cairn: So many thanks worth the giving
For cool days and mackerel skies, for brittle nights singed with cold and a thousand stars, I am grateful. For hillsides mottled with wool-thickened sheep and the clerical-collared flocks of Canada geese resting in mown fields, I give thanks. For coastal waters, rising and falling with the rhythms of Earth’s breath, spreading the sunlight like […]
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PublishedNovember 24, 2013
Warden honored with lasting memorial
Almost 6,000 acres of prime habitat is renamed for a late steward of Maine's great outdoors.
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PublishedNovember 24, 2013
Allen Afield: There is richness in eating a poor man’s meal
A simple receipe for satisfying any taste.
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PublishedNovember 24, 2013
What’s Up in December: No keeping the sun down
After the solstice, the days will grow longer.
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PublishedNovember 24, 2013
Hunting: A good hunter is foremost a good sport
A recent comment I received questioning whether hunting is a sport prompted me to do a little research. The results were enlightening. The origin of the word “sport” is late Middle English, “an abbreviation of the word “disport,” which means “a pastime, entertainment, a diversion from work or serious matters.” I’d say that offers a […]
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PublishedNovember 24, 2013
Birding: That Thanksgiving bird is a complex creature
White meat or dark? This question will be asked thousands of times as families and friends gather around the Thanksgiving turkey. But why are there two kinds of muscles? We’ll need to explore some muscle physiology to answer the question. Muscles are made of many elongate cells called muscle fibers. Each fiber is capable of […]
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PublishedNovember 24, 2013
Deirdre Fleming: Most prevalent wetland bird goes missing in Maine
But biologist hopes citizen scientists can answer a call to duty.
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