Only 5 trails on the entire East Coast have been given the federal designation to date.
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Hiking: Tackling the High Sierra on the Pacific Crest Trail
Monochromatic and seriously challenging, this section of the trail rewards the hiker with million-dollar views.
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Hunting: Opening day of duck season has arrived
You never know how things might turn out, but for one hunter the day is always special.
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What’s Up in October?
In sum: six planets you can see (four of them with the naked eye), the return of Venus and Mars, several conjunctions (and we don’t mean “and” or “but”), and meteor showers.
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Birding: For over 100 years, ordinary people have contributed to the field of ornithology
The web-based iNaturalist, with its social networking component, continues that tradition, in a 21st-century way.
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Acadia National Park to allow e-bikes on carriage trails
Park visitors will be allowed to ride motorized electric bikes, as long as they don’t go faster than 20 mph, on carriage paths beginning this weekend.
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Acadia’s Hawk Watch program turns 25
Scientists are interested in whether the timing of raptor migration is being influenced by climate change.
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Maine Huts and Trails won’t open for winter without raising $500,000
The nonprofit will need another $500,000 by early next year to restructure in order to be viable in the long term, the board chairman says.
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Hunting: Fall turkey hunt offers a change of pace
Scatter the birds in many directions, and then call them back in. It seems counterintuitive, but it works.
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History of hunting deaths invites question of reform
Since 1988, three women were fatally shot on their own properties by hunters who didn’t require permission to be there. Does Maine law need to change?