Groups praise the change but still have deep concerns over Roxanne Quimby’s vision for a national park.
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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Maine’s bear hunting practices back in the crosshairs
Almost 10 years after failing to abolish baiting and other methods, animal-welfare activists want to revisit the debate: Are these cruel or are they viable wildlife management tools?
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OUTDOORS: Putting his best foot forward
MADRID TOWNSHIP — Maine hikers know the name Myron Avery, if not from the Lubec native’s work establishing the Appalachian Trail in the 1930s, then from the 4,088-foot peak in the Bigelow Preserve named after him.
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Which Maine towns have the lion’s share of big-game kills?
The top 10 answers, gleaned from the Telegram’s analysis of 12 years’ worth of tagging station data, might surprise you.
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Young mountain bikers get up, down and dirty at Camden camp
Quite simply, these boys, all of them mountain bikers for most of their short lives, can flippin’ ride.
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Record number of Maine moose permits allocated
In Greenville, more than 4,000 hunters win a chance to try to bag Maine’s signature beast.
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State records set in Class A track & field championships
Records are set in the girls’ 400-meter run and the discus.
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Maine says farewell to Maj. Gregg Sanborn
Sanborn, second-in-command of the Maine Game Wardens, surprises attendees of the service with a goodbye video made during last year of life.
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Pirates game in R.I. rescheduled over weather worries
Fans holding tickets for Friday’s rescheduled game can use the same ticket for the game Monday.
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Subjective speed limits contribute to dangers of snowmobiling
OQUOSSOC — On a mild winter weekend with the classic January thaw in full swing last week, Maine snowmobile riders were not discouraged. They headed north to where the snow is ample and big riding takes place. And they were out in full force.