Outdoors
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PublishedOctober 10, 2010
Kid Tracks: Youthful curiosity inspires discoveries about leaves
It’s raining leaves around the state right now and that makes it a great time of year to teach kids (and yourself) about the trees around you. When the girls were small, I knew very little about the various trees in my backyard, let alone the ones on the hiking trails we visited. My standard […]
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PublishedOctober 7, 2010
International trail gets more European backing
The International Appalachian Trail begins at Maine's Mount Katahdin, extends through eastern Canada, and will cross to Iceland and Europe.
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PublishedOctober 3, 2010
Allen Afield: Hunters use terrain to their advantage
Some folks call it a “finger” or “peninsula” when describing a highland that runs from a ridge into wetland thickets of swale, black and speckled alder and leatherleaf, ever so typical terrain in Maine. When standing water collects in lowlands, common in wet years, deer love to bed down in these natural wildlife sanctuaries. Humans […]
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PublishedOctober 3, 2010
Birding: Butterfly seeker tells stories of Big Year
The concept of the Big Year has a long history in birding. During a Big Year, a birder seeks to identify as many birds as possible in an area of interest. That area might be a county, a favorite patch of birding habitat, a state or even a continent. The first well publicized Big Year […]
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PublishedOctober 3, 2010
Outdoors Calendar
Kennebec Messalonskee Trails Hike and Mushroom Hunt, 1 p.m. today, Messalonskee Stream Trail, Kennedy Memorial Drive, Oakland. Local mushrooming experts will lead a hike and give tips on collecting edible mushrooms. Please bring a brown paper bag for gathering. People of all ages welcome; held rain or shine. No charge but donations will be accepted. […]
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PublishedOctober 3, 2010
Outdoors Dispatches
JEFFERSON Hidden Valley fills today with open house activities An open house at Hidden Valley Nature Center on Egypt Road begins at 10 a.m. today with a bird walk led by birding experts and a talk on feeding birds in winter (suggested donation $5). All-day activities include self-guided tours of the extensive trails, games for […]
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PublishedOctober 3, 2010
Deirdre Fleming: Hut and trail group adapts to concerns about wildlife
Maine Huts & Trails’ grand opening of its third hut will take place next weekend beside the chatter of Grand Falls on the Dead River. That’s fitting, because there has been a lot of chatter the past two years about this leg of the massive, 180-mile, 12-hut wilderness project. The Grand Falls Hut originally was […]
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PublishedOctober 3, 2010
Hunting: Learning the language of deer
Communication is often a key element to successful hunting. The process of turkey hunting is based largely on vocal communication. We try to call the birds by sounding like one of their own. And if you get good at it, you can be a fairly successful turkey hunter. Many folks try to do the same […]
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PublishedOctober 3, 2010
Biking: New Sebago to Sea segment perfect for fall riding
With Maine’s cycling season winding down, early October might seem like unfortunate timing to cut the ribbon on a new biking trail. But after waiting since mid-2007 to see this dream realized, the members of the Sebago to the Sea Trail Coalition weren’t willing to wait for next season. Yesterday’s ceremony at Otter Ponds in […]
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PublishedOctober 3, 2010
Stronghold for brookies
Maine is the king of wild brook trout waters in the Northeast, and the Roach River may be the most majestic of all. This fall, biologists in the Moosehead region are taking steps to keep it that way. <br /><br /> Regional biologists with the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife are catching wild brook trout in the river and affixing radio transmitters to them to track where they go in Moosehead Lake, which the Roach drains into from the east. The same was done on the Socatean Stream on the west side of Moosehead Lake last year.
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