Outdoors
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PublishedAugust 8, 2010
Deirdre Fleming: New summer event appeals to tough guys and gals
What’s the best way to get visitors and tourists to come to your mountain resort in the summer when most are down around the coast? Hold an event that requires they crawl through mud, over a water barrier on ropes, and across a “trench of terror.” That’s the reasoning at Sunday River, where Maine’s inaugural […]
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PublishedAugust 8, 2010
Allen Afield: Rail trail a dream walk for amateur botanists
Folks keep asking me if I have walked or bicycled the 6.5-mile Kennebec Rail Trail that parallels the rail bed from Augusta’s Waterfront Park through Hallowell and Farmingdale to its conclusion in downtown Gardiner. Until recently, my answer was no. I’m more of a big-woods wanderer who tramps over ridges and through bottomlands while avoiding […]
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PublishedAugust 8, 2010
Canoeing: River holds riches for paddlers
A bald eagle sat in a pine, its white head brilliant in the early morning sun. Canada geese poked about the tidal flats. The cries of ospreys echoed from shore to shore. Every hundred yards a blue heron stood still as a statue staring down into the water. Common terns swooped down to pluck delicacies […]
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PublishedAugust 8, 2010
Freshwater Fishing: Stock walleye here? No thanks, if you ask Maine anglers
Wild salmon in the Moosehead region and wild togue in eastern Maine look in great health based on recent studies. That information puts into perspective the comments made by one regional biologist when an out-of-state fisherman suggested stocking walleye here. Summer fishing may be slow, but fishing chatter is not. REGION A: SOUTHERN MAINE Salmon […]
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PublishedAugust 1, 2010
Allen Afield: Coyotes adept at living in the shadow of humans
Documented evidence nationwide shows that wild critters can and do live in heavily developed areas, even species with furtive reputations such as coyotes and foxes, so back in mid-July an odd sighting surprised me little. Seeing the behavior firsthand, though, did impress me. Early one morning, I was walking West Road on the outskirts of […]
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PublishedAugust 1, 2010
Freshwater Fishing: Deirdre Fleming
Dog days upon us, but still offering a few bites
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PublishedAugust 1, 2010
Mark Latti: Electrofishing gives biologists important tool to gather data
So what is your ideal bass fishing boat? I had one in mind, but after “fishing” one night earlier this summer with three fisheries biologists from the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, I am thinking about changing that. This fishing trip netted more than 30 bass, including two that weighed more than 5 pounds, […]
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PublishedAugust 1, 2010
Got Gear?
The Mahoosuc Mountains are a spectacular wilderness region of rugged alpine peaks, boulder-filled notches, crystal clear rivers and streams, ponds and lakes, and a mix of northern forests teeming with flora and fauna that straddles the Maine-New Hampshire border just north of the White Mountains. Recreational opportunities abound here year-round and include many miles of […]
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PublishedAugust 1, 2010
Fleming: Maine may get a shot at exclusive competition
For many of the 13 years that Cooper Firearms has held the One-Shot Competition in Montana, Gary Hamilton of Farmingdale has been something of a legend. Hamilton started going in 2004 only because he was going to carry Cooper rifles at his store, Neilson Sporting Goods. And it seemed like good business. Today the Maine […]
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PublishedAugust 1, 2010
Zip line parks openingat Sugarloaf, Sunday River
Sunday River and Sugarloaf will soon open their forest canopies to high riders – through the air, that is, via zip lines.
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