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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.

Outdoors

Norway’s outdoor skating rink christened

by Deirdre Fleming February 28, 2015

The late Bruce Fox was a symbol of the community and the town’s rink keeper.

Animals, Lifestyle, Outdoors

This winter, some Maine animals fitter than others

by Deirdre Fleming February 28, 2015February 13, 2018

The state’s wildlife is coping with a deep snowpack and extreme cold, with mixed results.

Outdoors

Maine Winter Sports Center shares the health statewide

by Deirdre Fleming February 14, 2015February 18, 2015

It continues making healthy outdoors lifestyles accessible to all Mainers.

Local & State, News, Outdoors, Sports

Maine Winter Sports Center gets ‘transformative’ gift

by Deirdre Fleming February 9, 2015February 10, 2015

The nonprofit, which lost its main funding source last year, could gain as much as $8 million through a gift from Presque Isle native Mary Barton Smith.

Outdoors

To Maine ice fishermen, derbies are only about the fish

by Deirdre Fleming February 7, 2015February 18, 2015

The focus of the Sebago Lake and Cumberland County derbies will strictly be on togue.

Outdoors

Snowshoe maker has a foothold in Native American culture

by Deirdre Fleming January 31, 2015February 3, 2015

Among Bill Mackowski’s personal quests is preserving the dying art of making snowshoes.

Outdoors, Sports

Number of moose hunting permits may fall by 9 percent

by Deirdre Fleming January 22, 2015

A final vote is expected in March, although the number could change if high winter mortality occurs.

Business, Local & State, News, Outdoors

Going against the flow, Maine fishermen favor reduced striper catch

by Deirdre Fleming January 12, 2015

Charter guides are ‘thrilled’ that regulators are tightening bag limits to protect the dwindling recreational fish, but other Northeast coastal states are not on board.