Deirdre Fleming covers the outdoors for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram, and has been a newspaper reporter in Maine for 25 years - and an outdoor writer for the past 20. During that time, she’s seen biologists trap 500-pound bear, watched fishermen land high-jumping makos, camped on Moosehead Lake in the winter, and retraced Gov. Percival Baxter’s first trip to Mt. Katahdin. She is often asked, but still does not know her favorite wildland in Maine. A graduate of Georgetown University and the University of Missouri, she lives with her husband in Buxton near the Saco River, where they both fly fish.
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PublishedApril 28, 2010
Maine pursues environmental literacy
Four meetings will give the public a chance to weigh in on a plan to use federal dollars to help students recognize and identify healthy ecosystems.
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PublishedApril 28, 2010
Skiing’s still on at Sugarloaf
Sugarloaf, the last remaining ski area open in New England this season, got 8 to 10 inches of fresh snow this week.
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PublishedApril 26, 2010
Meet the flyboys of eastern Maine
When it comes to fly-fishing, Tait and Jax McKay — at just 10 and 7 years old — are the reel deal.
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PublishedApril 18, 2010
Fleming: To stop spread of ‘rock snot,’ spread the word
How could anyone enjoy wading into a wild trout river full of slimy stuff called “rock snot”? And how pristine and peaceful will Maine seem if this disgusting alien algae gets here? Or, as some say, when it gets here? Active anglers are working to stop the migration of the algae didymo to Maine. But […]
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PublishedApril 18, 2010
Fishing Report: Salmon, Sebago synonymous; walleye watch elsewhere
Fishermen are taking full advantage of Maine’s early spring this year, catching salmon, bass and trout in waters from southern Maine all the way up to Rangeley. And it looks like this weekend, ice should be out everywhere but Aroostook County, according to state biologists. REGION A: SOUTHERN MAINE While the fishing continues to be […]
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PublishedApril 17, 2010
Portland offers lots of encouragement to get there from here … on a bicycle
Portland Velocipede is the city’s fifth bicycle shop, and its owners are optimistic in a bike-friendly town.
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PublishedApril 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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PublishedApril 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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PublishedApril 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.
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PublishedApril 4, 2010
Fishing Report: Despite an early start, it’s not too early to fish
Fishermen last week took advantage of the early start to the season, proclaimed by Gov. John Baldacci to open March 25. Water levels are still high from rain, but the fish are biting. State biologists confirm fish being caught from Sebago Lake to the western mountains. REGION A: SOUTHERN MAINE Biologist Francis Brautigam said anglers […]
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