Outdoors

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April 18, 2010

Allen Afield: Outdoors enthusiasts lead clothing innovations

Clothing manufacturers catering to outdoor sports such as hunting, fishing, bicycling and jogging often lead the way in new technology and also in reintroducing old ideas. Eventually, attire aimed at sports folks attracts the general buying public. Clothing-industry innovators know that as a general rule, the sporting crowd adopts to new inventions more readily than […]
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April 18, 2010

Shout Out

Meet the beetles at Chewonki
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April 18, 2010

Gilpatrick honored with Guide award

“Gil” Gilpatrick of Skowhegan received the 2010 Wilmot Wiggie Robinson Legendary Maine Guide Award at the Maine Professional Guides Association banquet on April 10. The award honors Maine Master Guide Wilmot “Wiggie” Robinson, who died in 2007. The first legendary Maine Guide award was presented posthumously to Robinson and accepted by his family. Robinson was […]
Published
April 11, 2010

Fishing Report: Fishermen finding early-season success

Fishermen across southern, central and eastern Maine are out on the water and catching fish. Even bass fishermen are bypassing the trout and salmon fishing that normally kicks off the spring season and going right for their favorite game fish. And as ice continues to go out everywhere around western Maine and southern Aroostook County, […]
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April 11, 2010

An Outdoorsman You Should Know: Shannon Leroy, happy helping campers

Shannon LeRoy is an accomplished woodswoman who has spent most of her life living and working in the outdoors, from her youth in Wyoming to her years as the owner and operator of a traditional sporting camp near Greenville, Maine. Shannon is the programs manager for the Appalachian Mountain Club’s Maine Woods Property in the […]

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April 11, 2010

Shout Out: Got a science kid? Experiment with this

BRUNSWICK — Cornerstones of Science will host “Science Sleuths: Bird Watching 101” from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Curtis Memorial Library, 23 Pleasant St. The program is for 7- to 12-year-olds and caregivers. Admission is free. Suggested reading for this session includes “Bird Watching with Margaret Morse Nice,” by Michael Elsohn, or “How Do […]
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April 11, 2010

Allen Afield: Brook fishing promising to be strong, early or later

By this time of year, high water can slow down fishing, even in an unseasonably warm year like this one. Time will tell if my forecast hits the mark. If fishing remains sluggish until later in the month as it does in many years, we need not despair. Every trout or salmon that comes to […]
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April 11, 2010

Fleming: Lyme disease is on the rise and it’s nothing to take lightly

Lyme disease is easy to avoid and when caught easy to treat, according to medical experts. That’s what Dr. Dora Mills at the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention says. However, Mainers who have had long-term problems as a result of having Lyme disease describe it as life-altering. They are outdoors people, folks who […]
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April 11, 2010

Get Out!

That’s the message of Teens To Trails, which seeks to inspire youths to see for themselves what’s great about the outdoors.
Published
April 11, 2010

Kid Tracks: Bradbury offers ideal spring hike

Bradbury Mountain State Park’s Summit Trail is a short, enjoyable hike for families to explore in spring. With less than a quarter-mile to the summit and a manageable elevation gain for little ones, the rocky trail makes for a not-so-muddy hike after a spring rainstorm. And the view from the top of the mountain shows […]

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