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March 6, 2011

Outdoors Dispatches

GREENVILLE Snowmobile races to fill weekend at Moosehead United States Cross Country snowmobile racing will return to Maine with the Victory Motorsports Maine 100 on March 19. The event, presented by Polaris and the Indian Hill Trading Post Maine Amateur Championship races, continues on March 20 with the King of the Lake Radar Run. There […]
Published
March 6, 2011

Skiing in Maine: Better technology and good sense make skiing and boarding safer

I hit a tree while skiing a couple of weeks ago. It’s a moment every skier dreads. You lose an edge, get thrown off balance or misjudge a slope. All of a sudden, you’re no longer skiing — you’re falling. Time slows down. Is this going to be one you can shake off? A season […]
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March 6, 2011

Snowmobiling: Canadian race tests teams and their machines

Six of the 27 teams taking part in Cain’s Quest — a 1,500-mile race across the Canadian wilderness, are from Maine. The race takes place March 12-19, taking teams from Labrador City, Labrador, to Kuujjuaq, Quebec, to Churchill Falls, Labrador, and back to Labrador City. The race course was altered to avoid coastal areas where […]
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March 6, 2011

Birding: Pictures in new guide worth millions of words

Over the past 25 years, an embarrassment of riches has become available for the education of birders. Dick Walton’s and Bob Lawson’s Birding by Ear tapes and now CDs allowed birders to make huge leaps in the ability to identify birds by sound. David Sibley’s 2000 book, The Sibley Guide to Birds, took the field […]
Published
March 6, 2011

SKI and SLED

Maine snowmobile and ski centers develop a symbiotic relationship as visitors look for chances to try more than one winter sport.

Published
March 6, 2011

Outdoors Calendar

The Stanton Bird Club will host “Tracking the Stonewalls of the Forest” at the Thorncrag Nature Sanctuary on Montello Street in Lewiston from 1:30-3:30 p.m. today. Naturalist Susan Hayward will lead the event, which provides the opportunity to snowshoe through the sanctuary along the stonewalls and find and identify the tracks left in the snow […]
Published
February 27, 2011

Even in winter, hydration is key

When it's cold out, you may not feel thirsty, but exertion and dry air make dehydration a danger.
Published
February 27, 2011

Mark Latti: How are deer faring this winter? Too soon to tell

With two severe winters over the past three years and what seems to be a harsh first half of winter here in southern Maine, many people who hunt or enjoy watching deer are already wondering: How is the deer herd faring this winter? The deer herd is an economic engine for all of Maine. The […]
Published
February 27, 2011

Deirdre Fleming: Taking action on deer issue

For the past five years, task forces, focus groups and sportsmen’s clubs have been formed solely to address the problem of Maine’s shrinking deer herd. It’s nothing new. But there is a movement afoot that many say has fresh energy and enough momentum to help the struggling deer herd up north. They say this widespread […]
Published
February 27, 2011

What’s Up in March: Vernal equinox nears as days get longer

March always marks the beginning of spring for the northern hemisphere. That will happen on March 20 at 7:21 p.m. That is also called the vernal equinox, when the sun on the ecliptic crosses over the celestial equator on an upward path. There are only two days each year when the sun rises due east […]

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