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Published
May 22, 2011

Deirdre Fleming: Lobster boat races a uniquely Maine spectacle

Maine Lobster Boat Races did not originate for tourists. It’s a celebration of the fun and friendly spirit in the lobstering community. But Jim LeClair of Belfast thinks Maine’s lobstermen are missing the boat. LeClair works at the Maine Coast Welcome Center and served as a judge in the Searsport race last year. He had […]
Published
May 22, 2011

Maine menagerie

After being laid off from BIW, taxidermist Dick Galgovitch turned his hobby into his job.
Published
May 22, 2011

Allen Afield: When choosing flies, take cue from natural insects

In the past 25 years, most of my fly-fishing occurs in riverine habitat, often timed to coincide with hatches that start feeding sprees. This passion for rivers, streams and brooks strikes me as odd, too. In my 20s, Maine brook trout ponds owned me after an Ivy League biology professor taught me the finer points […]
Published
May 15, 2011

Biking: Biddeford program focuses on kids

Here’s a strange confession from a veteran cyclist: I’ve never changed my own bike tire. It’s not something I’m proud of. And I have no excuse for not mastering this skill. I’ve been shown how to change a tire several times, by a few different people. But watching someone else do it hasn’t given me […]
Published
May 15, 2011

John Christie: Camden offers some of the finest vistas on the East Coast

CAMDEN – I feel especially blessed that my backyard, my playground during my earliest years, was only a few steps away from my home at the top end of Megunticook Street in Camden, next to the head of the trail leading up Mount Battie. On the side of that small mountain, with its commanding view […]

Published
May 15, 2011

Allen Afield: Evidence points to rise in Belgrade water snakes

Route 135 from the South Church in Belgrade descends fairly fast on rough pavement that eventually crosses Belgrade Stream, a speedy run on a bicycle. In late April, while sailing across the bridge and looking straight down at the water, I said, “Holy cow!” and came to a screeching halt. The largest northern water snake […]
Published
May 15, 2011

Deirdre Fleming: Sebago’s salmon get helping hand

The story of landlocked salmon in Sebago Lake has as many bumps as a Maine mountain road after winter. And since Sebago is one of the original four drainages within the landlocked salmon’s range in Maine, that’s pretty sad. Now a study completed last fall by the Casco Bay Estuary Partnership at the University of […]
Published
May 15, 2011

Freshwater Fishing: Biologists aim to rejuvenate Shawmut Dam browns

The Shawmut Dam section of the Kennebec River was once a destination brown trout fishery until the fishery collapsed slowly over the past five years. Now biologists are working on changing that. Work is ongoing to develop a more robust strain of browns that can survive in this sketchy section of river where water levels […]
Published
May 15, 2011

Not just for the birds

Lewiston's Stanton Bird Club shows off more than winged friends in Thorncrag Sanctuary.
Published
May 15, 2011

My name is … MUD

Students at the University of Southern Maine organized some good clean fun with a mud run last weekend in Gorham … and they did it up right.

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