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Published
April 24, 2011

A semester abroad … on the Appalachian Trail

Students at a Virginia college can earn credits for hiking the entire Appalachian Trail.
Published
April 24, 2011

Deirdre Fleming: At Gorham’s inaugural mud run, playing dirty is a good thing

Sunday River and Shawnee Peak rolled out two of the first large-scale public challenge-course mud run races in Maine last year. Now the town of Gorham and its local university are going to try to grab a few honors. A class of students at the University of Southern Maine will host a mud run on […]
Published
April 24, 2011

Outdoors Calendar

Kennebec Messalonskee Trails Annual Meeting and Social Hour, 5:30 to 7p.m. Tuesday, REM’s Forum at The Center, 93 Main St., Waterville. Peter Garrett, KMTrails president, will give an update on the many KMTrails projects under way and review plans for trails in Waterville and surrounding communities. Light refreshments will be served. FMI: www.kmtrails.org. Introductory horsemanship […]
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April 24, 2011

Allen Afield: Contest entries highlight common photo mistakes

Producers of the State of Maine Sportsman’s Show asked David Footer of Lewiston and me to judge the outdoors art contest, the largest of its kind in the state, and later, we ended up doing the photography contest, too. In the most respectful manner, let me say that the photography exhibit included 10 of the […]
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April 24, 2011

Mark Latti: Peepers a sign that smelt are set to spawn

On the way home one night last week, the early evening sunshine spoke of warmer days to come. Almost on cue, even with the car windows closed, I could hear spring coming alive outside. I rolled down the window, and the chorus of peepers came flowing in, filling the car with sound. The peepers faded […]

Published
April 24, 2011

Schoodic’s future still unsettled

Plans to build a resort on the quiet peninsula have stalled, but locals remain worried.
Published
April 17, 2011

Freshwater Fishing: Early success comes mostly in netting of invasive species

There is little actual casting going on as the freshwater fishing report resumes this week — but plenty of big fish stories. Take for instance the monster walleyes taken out of Great and Long ponds in the Belgrades, and the huge numbers of northern pike getting hauled out of Pushaw Lake in Penobscot County. But […]
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April 17, 2011

Allen Afield: Finding fame as a fly tier

Fly tiers ask me how they can receive credit for originating a new pattern, an excellent question best answered by a tale of two flies. My part in the story began in 1992, when an Atlantic salmon fly in a glass-covered frame stopped me in my tracks at the Port-Menier airport on Anticosti Island in […]
Published
April 17, 2011

Hunting: Turkey hunters get southern spring training too

For fans, baseball season is under way, but for the players, it began weeks ago when they dusted off their gear and started getting into shape for another year. Turkey hunters, at least the more fanatical among us, follow a somewhat similar pattern, heading south for some spring training before the home games of the […]
Published
April 17, 2011

Outdoors Calendar

From Cosmos to the Backyard, 7 p.m. Tuesday. Free presentation by photographer Kirk Rogers at the Mather Auditorium of the Wells Reserve at Laudholm Farm. Rogers will talk about birding with lenses and observing the heavens with cameras and telescopes. Visit his website at kiroastro.com. Handgun safety class, Gardiner Sportsmen’s Club, 6 to 9 p.m. […]

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