The use of crossbows, for instance, provides ample examples of head-scratching regulations.
Outdoors
Ask Maine Audubon: Where are the birds? Probably not at your feeder
Your wildlife questions are answered by Maine Audubon Staff Naturalist Doug Hitchcox.
Extreme winter sport to debut in Maine at Lost Valley ski area
Ice cross – a sport in which skaters compete head-to-head down a steep track while navigating twists, banked turns and jumps – comes to Auburn in February.
Maine state park campgrounds set attendance record in 2022
It marks the third consecutive year of record-breaking attendance by campers at state parks.
Hiking: Farmington woman one year into historic cross-country journey
Briana DeSanctis is 3,000 miles into her quest to become the first woman to complete a solo thru-hike of the 6,800-mile American Discovery Trail.
Hunting: Steps under way to help deer herd rebound in northern Maine
Multiple efforts are aimed at creating more deer wintering areas to boost the herd’s population in the northern half of the state.
Hunting: Many reasons for owners not opening land to hunting
People who hunt or fish most often do so on property belonging to someone else. Much land is still open to the public, though huntable land falls off the rolls every year.
Ask Maine Audubon: Juncos will come out once snow covers the ground
Your wildlife questions are answered by Maine Audubon Staff Naturalist Doug Hitchcox.
Important strides made in land conservation across Maine in 2022
From the coast and the mountains to Aroostook County, unusual conservation projects defined the past year.
Trust For Public Land purchases 31,000 acres next to national monument
The nonprofit hopes the land might serve as a southern entrance to Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument.