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April 21, 2013

Canoeing: Medomak, and a beautiful ride

Medomak is an Abenaki word for place of many Alewives. It is also a place of many wildlife sightings and much beauty. We had paddled our canoe only a few yards from the launch site and already spied a giant beaver lodge near the opening into the pond, and a mature bald eagle sitting atop […]
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April 21, 2013

Carey Kish: A guide for hiking, and enjoying the after-hiking

Spring signals road trip time for a lot of us hiker types. Time to gas up the car, pack a picnic lunch and a rucksack of trail gear, grab the guide book and DeLorme atlas, and go. Hit the open road, roll down the windows, enjoy the fresh air and sunshine, take a healthy hike, […]
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April 21, 2013

Hike to a different bleat

Enjoy a tour of the Gray woodlands led by a small herd of these frisky and intelligent critters.
Published
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.
Published
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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