Monday marks the ceremonial start of the open-water season, but it’s the ice fishing this winter that’s creating a buzz.
Deirdre Fleming
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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York lighthouse a beacon for full-moon photographers
If the moon is full, the sun is setting and it’s wintertime, you can count on finding photographers at Nubble Light.
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Northern Maine ice-fishing season to get extension
Gov. Janet Mills is expected on Monday to sign emergency legislation to give the IFW commissioner the authority to extend the season up north, where ample ice will allow ice fishermen to continue ice fishing.
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Northern Maine ice-fishing season to get extension
Gov. Janet Mills is expected on Monday to sign emergency legislation to give the IFW commissioner the authority to extend the season up north, where ample ice will allow ice fishermen to continue ice fishing.
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Five spots where you can watch them like a hawk!
Bradbury Mountain has the only spring migrating hawk count in Maine – and one of the few in the nation.
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State biologists propose increasing moose permits 11 percent to 2,820
The final number of permits will be determined in May.
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‘Axe Women’ logging show makes a pitch for Maine’s forestry heritage
On a weekend that celebrates Maine’s maple syrup producers, the band of skilled loggers stands out.
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New prospective buyer takes another run at getting Saddleback ski area back in business
A purchase price for the Rangeley-area resort, which has been closed since 2015, was not disclosed.
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Rare hawk that succumbed to Maine winter will go on display at state museum
State raptor biologists said it will help tell the story of ‘migrant’ birds.
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Judy Camuso has an untraditional background as the new IFW commissioner
Can she unite Maine’s divided outdoor community? Many outdoors groups say yes.