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  • Published
    September 29, 2012

    Worth the Trip: Schoodic Peninsula’s a scenic spot

    A less-frequented, but nonetheless spectacular section of Acadia National Park lies about an hour’s drive east of Mount Desert Island on the other side of Frenchman Bay. There the Schoodic Peninsula is home to the only portion of Acadia on the mainland of Maine, featuring granite headlands, rocky beaches and spruce-fir forests. In fact, many […]

  • Published
    September 29, 2012

    Hunting: Supplemental feeding of deer can be a benefit

    Maine’s deer herd is in trouble, a fact acknowledged last year by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife’s development of a “Game Plan for Deer.” One of the biggest issues is the lack of quality of winter habitat — both food and cover. Possible remedies exist, but only if applied properly. Winter is […]

  • Published
    September 29, 2012

    Allen Afield: Bird hunting done right conjures classic, indelible images

    Often enough each October, Maine’s upland-bird hunting offers woodland wanderers a magical experience that may include agreeable temperatures, snapping dry air and cerulean skies splotched with fleecy white clouds. Nature’s touches prove really enticing up north, where lighter development means more open land for hunting grouse and woodcock. These upland birds often live in tame […]

  • Published
    September 29, 2012

    Best Bets

    TODAY Hidden Valley walk 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Jefferson Hidden Valley Nature Center is holding an open house to show off its trails, huts and bog walk in conjunction with the Great Maine Outdoor Weekend. Hidden Valley director Gary Hayward will lead a walk through the working forest, while Maine Master Naturalists give lessons […]

  • Published
    September 22, 2012

    Deirdre Fleming: Ice fishermen up in arms over proposed live-bait ban

    Last week the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife proposed a new rule that would make 16 waters in the northern tier of the state subject to a ban on live bait. If this sounds like an issue of little importance, take notice because it’s about heritage, rural Maine and a winter economy in areas […]

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  • Published
    September 22, 2012

    Allen Afield: Hunting challenge – finding a way to get those pesky coyotes

    The Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine (SAM) hosts a coyote hunting and trapping workshop from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at SAM’s headquarters on 205 Church Hill Road off Route 3 in Augusta. For info, please call 623-4589 or check www.sportsmansallianceofMaine.org . SAM officials have asked participants to preregister, and admission is $15 – pay […]

  • Published
    September 22, 2012

    North Cairn: Soon joining the leagues of hot stoves

    Now that the cold has wrapped itself around the landscape again, I am coming alive once more, starting with keener vision, noting the ebbing, monochromatic hues of the forest at dawn and the velvet dark at midnight. I wake in the morning after the predicted first frost, not knowing what the record-keepers of the weather […]

  • Published
    September 22, 2012
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    Gun clubs worry about the future

    But a federal grant of $750,000 will help ranges to upgrade facilities and keep the operations going.

  • Published
    September 22, 2012

    Pedal On: Cyclocross event prepares for a spectator-friendly debut in Portland

    Fans of cycle racing are accustomed to seeing riders getting up off the saddle for an added push of power when climbing. Fans are far less familiar with seeing riders get off the seat, dismount the bike and lift that Bianchi or Trek or Giant onto their shoulder to make a run – literally – […]

  • Published
    September 22, 2012

    Worth the Trip: If summer’s a main dish for tourists, fall is our dessert

    Living here in Maine, we have the luxury of waiting until the tourists have left one of the country’s most-visited national parks. Right here in our own front yard we can hike, bike, kayak and explore in relative quiet the natural beauty awaiting us each fall in Acadia. I hasten to add, however, that in […]