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Published
February 2, 2013

North Cairn: Voluntary solitary in season

The other morning, for a moment, it was so warm and the snow so scant, I almost felt I was lost somewhere in West Virginia. The feeling didn’t last long though, because the gusts were so strong that roof shingles were blowing off, pitching like meat-carving knives into the last lumps of snow on the […]
Published
February 2, 2013

Getting back up to speed

A Camden teen has her sights set on ski racing again after surviving a frightening crash last winter.
Published
January 26, 2013

No sight, but lots of heart

Blindness hasn't stopped a New Hampshire sled dog from staying on the trail, with his brother's help.
Published
January 26, 2013

Best Bets

SATURDAY Doggone Fun all day in Greenville The Plum Creek Wilderness sled dog race will draw mushers, canine athletes and spectators to the trails of the Moosehead Lake region for two sled dog competitions. In addition to the races, activities for spectators and families are scheduled throughout the day, including child and adult snowshoe races, […]
Published
January 26, 2013

What’s Up in February: The asteroid that won’t remind of what could be

February is named after februa, which are rites of purification. We will be halfway through winter on the second of the month – Groundhog Day. Like most months, this month will have its share of good conjunctions. But something much more unusual also will happen. On the 15th, a little asteroid will make big news. […]

Published
January 26, 2013

Carey Kish: Always an active season with the AMC

When the AMC Outdoors, the bimonthly magazine of the Appalachian Mountain Club, shows up in my mailbox, it’s always a treat. Chock full of good stories, information and photos, it’s easy to while away a few hours lost in the great outdoors from the comfort of the couch. Although when you thumb through the 35 […]
Published
January 26, 2013

North Cairn: Soul search among the snowdrifts

With the blistering cold, the skeletons of weed shatter and what remains of the soft tissue bursts apart. If the landscape were not a shroud of gray and white, the widowed oaks, their tattered veils clattering in the mourn-shocked cold, I would almost think these exploded flares of cattails had been spent some distant time […]
Published
January 26, 2013

Skiing in Maine: Gonna ski around the clock that night

Thanks to years spent following my champion skier father around the slopes, I’m used to putting in long days on the hill. I hardly spend a day skiing that doesn’t start with the first chair and end with the last. It can be exhausting – eight hours straight is a long time to ski, after […]
Published
January 26, 2013

Allen Afield: It’ll be declining stripers forever without conservation

Stripers Forever (SF), a conservation organization that monitors our striped-bass resources, recently pointed out that the recreational catch of wild stripers along the Eastern Seaboard has dropped from nearly 29 million in 2006 to 8 million in 2011, thanks to poor spawning in Chesapeake Bay as well as over-harvesting by recreational and commercial anglers. Each […]
Published
January 26, 2013

Deirdre Fleming: Maine snowmobile industry humming along as strong as ever

Snowmobiling in Maine is one of the biggest eco-tourism engines in Vacationland. But it’s even bigger than that. The culture behind the $325 million industry that provides 2,300 full-time jobs goes beyond what’s spent in corner stores and gas stations. A look across the country, across the continent, heck, across the planet, shows that the […]

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