With a $1 million budget and a full-time staff, its program allows people with disabilities to sail, paddle, hike, bike, golf, ski and skate on state lands.
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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Saddleback sits idle for 3rd straight year as ski season begins
The Majella Group, which agreed in June to buy the resort, said the sale is progressing but offers no timetable for a possible opening.
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Hunters who also bird say one activity helps the other
When some deer hunters take to the woods this month, they’ll also be working on their birding lists.
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Maine hoping hunters harvest at least 7,000 does this fall to cull deer herd
The white-tail population has grown nearly 20 percent over the past decade, leading the state to allot 66,050 permits for the season that opens Saturday – the most since 2007 and a 130 percent increase from 2015.
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Forest bathing catching on around coastal Maine
The therapy that began in Japan is spreading around the globe – including here.
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As mountain bike trails in Greater Portland grow, favorites abound
Riders favor many of the same in our Top 5 list.
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Bowmaking proves as much a philosophy as an art
At the Maine Primitive Skills Schools students embrace the ethic of connecting more closely with nature.
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Maine Young Birders Club draws passionate naturalists
The state finally joins a long list of birding destinations with youth clubs.
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As trail races grow, more Mainers take to the woods
Runners give many reasons for loving the dirt paths, including stronger legs and better looks at wildlife.
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Birders flock from far and wide to catch a glimpse of this rare visitor
A fork-tailed flycatcher, a bird usually found in South America and last seen in the state 5 years ago, has spent several days at Maine Audubon in Falmouth.