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August 3, 2013

North Cairn: Two bees or not two bees, they add up

Simple counting can make a big difference in how you see the world. On Aug. 17, all across the country people will be counting bees. Under an effort known as the Great Sunflower Project, San Francisco State University is compiling the largest database on bees in North America. Here in Maine, all the way across […]
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August 3, 2013

Canoeing: For late-summer beauty, it’s a hard spot to beat

As we paddled along the circuitous channel of Branns Mill Pond’s eastern marsh, we got out our binoculars to scan the landscape near a tall stand of cedars. The binocular scene suddenly filled with two black and white birds coming right at us, quite impressive in the magnified image we were seeing. We ducked out […]
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August 3, 2013

Hunting: Deer hunters may profit from experiences elsewhere

The face of deer hunting is changing, not just in Maine but nationwide. Our deer population and hunting opportunities seem to be going in the opposite direction from the rest of the country, but what’s happening elsewhere could provide some solutions for how to turn around our recent declines in both. At the Quality Deer […]
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August 3, 2013

Allen Afield: Making you blue or ever so happy, those bluefish

In the 1980s, bluefishing proved world class in Johns Bay off Pemaquid. How well I recall those halcyon days of sometimes nonstop action with pugnacious fish that averaged 9 to 10 pounds. One morning, fishing with Harry Vanderweide of Augusta, I caught an 18-pound-plus bluefish. I was into Atlantic salmon then, so it didn’t impress […]
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August 3, 2013

John Christie: Harraseeket offers fine paddling, but watch the tides

A couple weeks ago I made the same mistake as many paddlers setting out to explore the Harraseeket River and the beautiful stretch of Casco Bay surrounding South Freeport for the first time by failing to consult the tide chart, and I arrived at the well-marked public launch site on the short drive down from […]

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August 3, 2013

Birding: Three bird studies offer some interesting insights

In today’s column, I’ll provide a summary of some recent scientific articles on birds that can be found in Maine. All of these articles appeared in the most recent issue of the Wilson Journal of Ornithology. Christina Masco describes research she did in Maine on Appledore Island about interactions among nesting Great-blacked Gulls. These gulls […]
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August 3, 2013

Best Bets

TUESDAY Pemaquid Paddlers 9 a.m. in Bremen The Pemaquid Paddlers are celebrating their 10th year of warm-weather Tuesday paddles. All trips are free and open to the public, last two to three hours and are easy to moderate in difficulty. Participants must provide their own canoe or kayak and wear a lifejacket. Email pemaquidpaddlers @aol.com […]
Published
July 28, 2013

Explore the data: Maine game animals killed 2000 – 2012
Published
July 27, 2013

Maine trailblazer expert puts his best foot ever forward

David Field put Maine's 281 miles of the Appalachian Trail where they belong – in the woods.
Published
July 27, 2013

Deirdre Fleming: Allagash flows with tales for an old woodsman to tell

Tim Caverly has lived the charmed life of a Maine woodsman. And in his third career, he’s sharing the stories from it. Caverly worked as a state park ranger for 32 years, with 18 spent on the Allagash Wilderness Waterway. He then went on to work in the Millinocket school system, but soon left to […]

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