The Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine has started a youth shooting course that will travel around the state.
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.
Bald eagles feast on Sabattus Pond’s northern pike
Ice fishermen know that the central Maine lake is a hot spot in winter to watch bald eagles forage for discarded fish.
There’s hope on the slopes for reborn World Pro Ski Tour
The relaunched made-for-television format began this weekend with an event at Sunday River.
Bill to allow deer-baiting shot down in committee
Opponents see several reasons to retain Maine’s prohibition on using bait to hunt deer, among them that there is no resource management benefit to allowing it.
Maine land trusts experiment with crowdfunding for preservation
The trend is not widespread nationally, and in Maine only a few land trusts have tried crowdfunding.
Range Pond State Park becomes ice-fishing haven
The annual Kids’ Derby is just one of the fishing gatherings that takes place at the park.
Class B Nordic skiing: Maranacook sweeps team titles
Yarmouth skiers claim individual state titles in freestyle races.
Maine proposes 3% reduction in moose hunting permits for 2017
The number of permits issued was cut almost in half over the previous three years.
Sebago Lake portion of ice fishing derby canceled
However, the annual derby will go on this weekend at smaller lakes and ponds in Cumberland County.
Pond Hockey Classic highlights growth of sport among Maine adults
In the past four years the number of Maine adults playing organized hockey has doubled.