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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PublishedFebruary 16, 2019
Indoor track: York boys, Brewer girls win Class B titles
Three York seniors earn upset wins to spark the Wildcats to the boys’ title, while the Witches edge York to win the girls’ championship.
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PublishedFebruary 15, 2019
Sebago ice-fishing derby could reduce trout overpopulation
A new regulation means entrants will be able to keep togue in the 23- to 25-inch range, a change that could be a boon to the lake’s struggling salmon fishery.
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PublishedFebruary 11, 2019
As youth hunting numbers steadily drop in Maine, lawmakers and state officials grapple with the problem
Two young hunters hope their bill helps to reverse the decline.
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PublishedFebruary 10, 2019
Maine fat bike series adds more races – and gains more riders at Bethel race
First-time racers and first-time winners believe more riders will try racing in the winter sport.
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PublishedFebruary 6, 2019
Social media posts about bird sightings may lead to harm for Maine wildlife
Suspicious that the information is being misused by hunters and others, a Facebook birding group asks members to stop posting locations of rare species.
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PublishedFebruary 3, 2019
Maine’s only commercial ice-boat builder has a passion for his craft
In the fringe sport, Bill Buchholz enjoys making boats.
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PublishedJanuary 30, 2019
Maine hunting groups take aim at bill to drop crossbow restriction
Some hunters say allowing crossbows during archery season would entice more people to hunt deer.
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PublishedJanuary 29, 2019
State hopes to limit live fish as bait in northern Maine
The state fisheries director announces that a proposed rule will be drafted in the next few weeks.
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PublishedJanuary 27, 2019
As pop-up shacks become more popular, more ice fishermen migrate to the movable shanties
But the tradition of the more permanent ice shack remains.
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PublishedJanuary 21, 2019
Rare raptor’s health improving after its rescue from snowstorm
A great black hawk found in the snow in Deering Oaks is being treated at a wildlife rehabilitation center thanks to a Portland woman and volunteer drivers who relayed the bird through Sunday’s storm.
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