In the fringe sport, Bill Buchholz enjoys making boats.
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.
Posted inLocal & State, Outdoors
Maine hunting groups take aim at bill to drop crossbow restriction
Some hunters say allowing crossbows during archery season would entice more people to hunt deer.
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Posted inNews, Outdoors
State hopes to limit live fish as bait in northern Maine
The state fisheries director announces that a proposed rule will be drafted in the next few weeks.
Posted inOutdoors, Sports
As pop-up shacks become more popular, more ice fishermen migrate to the movable shanties
But the tradition of the more permanent ice shack remains.
Posted inAnimals, Local & State
Rare raptor’s health improving after its rescue from snowstorm
A great black hawk found in the snow in Deering Oaks is being treated at a wildlife rehabilitation center thanks to a Portland woman and volunteer drivers who relayed the bird through Sunday’s storm.
Posted inCookbook Reviews, Food & Dining
‘Leon: Happy One-Pot Cooking’ scores on first try
This cook has both beef bourguinon and a little more confidence now.
Posted inOutdoors, Sports
Dorchester Day helps inner-city youth get close to nature
Once a year, 150 Boston kids learn to learn to ski and snowboard at Shawnee Peak. For many, the great outdoors is its own adventure.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Outdoors
Mount Washington snow rangers working unpaid through shutdown
The four employees of the U.S. Forest Service monitor avalanche danger and post reports that backcountry skiers rely on to stay safe.
Posted inOutdoors, Sports
Do most Mainers love or hate winter? The verdict is in.
After years of speculation, we needed to know, so we spent a cold afternoon in Portland interviewing Mainers on the street.
Posted inNews, Outdoors, That Moment
That Moment: With a husky as their witness, a couple makes a commitment
A dog-sledding adventure in New Hampshire turns into the start of a new chapter in their lives.