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October 10, 2010

Mark Latti: Bear hunt brings economic and biological benefits

Fall in Maine brings many opportunities to hunt. Maine’s moose hunt has been called the hunt of a lifetime, and hunting the mountains of northern Maine can give you a shot at perhaps the buck of a lifetime. Yet with the exception of 2004, when a referendum focused intense scrutiny on them, bear hunters enjoy […]
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October 10, 2010

Outdoors Calendar

Hunter Safety Course, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. starting Tuesday and ending Oct. 21 at Skowhegan Area High School. Sponsored by RSU 54 Adult Ed. Students 10-12 years old are to be accompanied by a parent or guardian during the full program. Authorized instructors are donating their time to the cause of greater outdoor safety. Class […]
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October 10, 2010

Deirdre Fleming: Dempsey makes it clear: It’s all about community

This year’s Dempsey Challenge had a different feeling for its second time around, an overwhelming spirit of togetherness. It’s what people along the 50-mile bike route and those riding were saying last Sunday. And at the center of so many huddles and warm mid-cycle conversations was Patrick Dempsey, the television and movie actor who didn’t […]
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October 10, 2010

Outdoors Dispatches

FREEPORT Wolfe’s Neck park offers programs through October Guided nature programs, free with park admission, will be offered at Wolfe’s Neck Woods State Park through Oct. 31. The programs start at 2 p.m. at the benches by the second parking lot, weather permitting, and may include walks, short talks and activities in a beautiful natural […]
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October 10, 2010

Allen Afield: Layering keeps bicyclists going

Maine bicycling rocks from leaf-peeping season through November’s browns and grays — a perfect pedaling time before late fall introduces winter-like cold. A hill drops from my home to downtown Belgrade Lakes village and Route 27, which brings up Allen’s theory of cold-weather bicycling attire. In autumn, on that immediate descent, if cold doesn’t seep […]

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October 10, 2010

Loaded with bear

A new study will show whether, as evidence indicates, the state's black bear population has nearly doubled since the last count in 1990.
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October 10, 2010

Hunting: So many options, and hunters can plan to enjoy them all

It’s the middle of October and hunting seasons for many species are in full swing. Waterfowl, grouse and woodcock, turkey and deer are all fair game. It’s a great time to be an outdoorsman. But having so many options does present a certain dilemma. If you had only one day to hunt, which would you […]
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October 10, 2010

Hiking: Take a closer look at the autumnal array

As I write this column on a late September morning in the wooded country of Bowdoin, I’m distracted by the view from my kitchen window. Outside, where this hiker would rather be, walking the paths among the trees, I can clearly see the steady progress of autumn. Across the field, the leaves of the ash […]
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October 10, 2010

Kid Tracks: Youthful curiosity inspires discoveries about leaves

It’s raining leaves around the state right now and that makes it a great time of year to teach kids (and yourself) about the trees around you. When the girls were small, I knew very little about the various trees in my backyard, let alone the ones on the hiking trails we visited. My standard […]
Published
October 7, 2010

International trail gets more European backing

The International Appalachian Trail begins at Maine's Mount Katahdin, extends through eastern Canada, and will cross to Iceland and Europe.

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