There’s plenty to see in the February night sky.
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Hunting: New bill would allow crossbows during archery season
Here are some things to think about.
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As pop-up shacks become more popular, more ice fishermen migrate to the movable shanties
But the tradition of the more permanent ice shack remains.
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Hunting: Can bear resource bear more hunting?
With ever more bears, and ever more human-bear encounters, the answer is yes.
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Birding: No partridges in pear trees, but plenty of other birds in Maine’s annual Christmas Count
The coastal area counts range from grackles to goldeneyes, from wrens to warblers
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Dorchester Day helps inner-city youth get close to nature
Once a year, 150 Boston kids learn to learn to ski and snowboard at Shawnee Peak. For many, the great outdoors is its own adventure.
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Mount Washington snow rangers working unpaid through shutdown
The four employees of the U.S. Forest Service monitor avalanche danger and post reports that backcountry skiers rely on to stay safe.
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Andover man dies in Roxbury snowmobile crash
Local fire departments and snowmobile groups were called on to aid the Maine Warden Service for a wreck on a trail in Roxbury.
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Ski trail grooming by volunteers to resume at Acadia despite government shutdown
Friends of Acadia reaches an agreement with the National Park Service to allow volunteers to groom some carriage trails, which they had been barred from doing during the shutdown.