The bird’s death marks the first case of the disease in northern New England.
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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Chewonki continues outdoor elementary school
A pilot program for grades 3 through 6 launched last year will expand to eighth grade in the next two years.
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Deirdre Fleming: The word is hope, and Maine’s outdoors can supply plenty of it
The woods and waterways can give answers to many of life’s problems.
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Maine’s biggest mountains still making snow
Sunday River and Sugarloaf take advantage of the unseasonable cold.
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Hoping for spring skiing? Better hurry to Tuckerman Ravine
The snow cover at Mount Washington is well below normal this year – as is the volume of skiers.
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Boatbuilding class at Maine Maritime Museum has staying power
For 20 years, South Bristol Elementary School students have applied skills in building rowboats.
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Prime brook trout habitat protected in northwestern Maine
The 8,159-acre parcel in the Cold Stream forest has been transferred to the state.
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Maine boasts rich history of women skiers
A program will be hosted by the Ski Museum of Maine and the Bethel Historical Society on Saturday in honor of Women’s History Month.
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Some Mainers not so wild about turkey population
A survey of residents is helping IFW to shape its big-game management plans.
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Several U.S. presidents have embraced Maine’s outdoors
For three of them – George H.W. Bush, Dwight Eisenhower and Teddy Roosevelt – the state’s rugged coastline and remote forestland left an indelible impression.