Outdoors
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PublishedMay 18, 2013
Mark Latti: Ready for another fight
With its population stable, shad promise a challenge for anglers as they fight, run and leap like salmon.
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PublishedMay 18, 2013
North Cairn: Peace in life’s bare necessities
In the soft, lightening dawn, I make my peace with the day. Now that the light comes earlier and stays later, my animal metabolism has shifted out of the sloth of hibernation to a sort of energized, eager joy. Without thought, I awaken before the sun has come up fully over the horizon, in advance […]
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PublishedMay 18, 2013
Allen Afield: Hybrid bicycle can be a novice cyclist’s best choice
In spring, folks wanting to get into bicycling seek advice from me about what model to buy, and my answer begins with a question. Does the novice wants to ride paved roads, forest trails or both? Many predictably ask for a compromise that works on pavement as well as on light-duty forest paths — the […]
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PublishedMay 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, […]
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PublishedMay 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 […]
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PublishedMay 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.
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PublishedMay 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.
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PublishedMay 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 […]
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PublishedMay 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 […]
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PublishedMay 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 […]
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