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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PublishedJune 6, 2017
Two Maine athletes head to NCAA track and field championships
Kate Hall of Casco is coming off a school-record long jump for Georgia, and Isaiah Harris of Lewiston and Penn State is the Big Ten 800-meter champ.
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PublishedJune 4, 2017
In From the Outdoors: Q&A with Mike Brown
Brown is a scientist studying striped bass for the Maine Department of Marine Resources.
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PublishedJune 4, 2017
Even at 87, John Neff is one of the Maine Appalachian Trail Club’s most dedicated volunteers
The club prepares the trail for the busy hiking season each spring.
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PublishedJune 3, 2017
Class A track: Cheverus girls, Scarborough boys prevail
Cheverus wins its first state championship, while Scarborough successfully defends its title.
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PublishedJune 2, 2017
The bar has been raised in the girls’ pole vault in Maine
In the past several years, the number of athletes soaring over 10 feet has grown.
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PublishedJune 1, 2017
State proposes issuing 66,050 deer permits, the most in a decade
The 44 percent jump would affect mostly southern and central Maine, where two mild winters have allowed the herd to rebound.
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PublishedMay 28, 2017
Homans Path brings Acadia fans home
The little-known trail celebrates the national park’s first donor.
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PublishedMay 27, 2017
SMAA track: Scarborough boys, Thornton girls win league titles
Numerous conference records fall, including a 38-year-old mark in the boys’ shot put.
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PublishedMay 21, 2017
The Fab Freshman: Emma Gallant, Cheverus
After just one track season, Emma Gallant already leads the state with the fastest times and two state titles.
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PublishedMay 14, 2017
Islesboro’s deer problem puts residents ‘in limbo’
The island’s three-year hunt did little to cull the deer herd or decrease incidents of Lyme disease.
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