The busy summer hiking season is here, but that doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy a few good books when we’re not out tramping along the trail, whether it’s around the campfire, up to camp or relaxing at home. Here are three of my current hiking favorites. Enjoy.

Wendy Clark Wescott grew up in the New York suburbs, not a child who had an interest in the outdoors. But Junior Maine Guide camp changed that, so much so that Wescott, now 61, is meeting her former camp mates this summer up near Rangeley on the edge of the north Maine woods, where more […]

Bill Woodward, a retired fisheries biologist from Monmouth, lives off the land like a 21st century pioneer — hunting, fishing, gardening and gathering wild foods.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — It took eight years, but Jon Smithers’ obsession with photographing a banded eagle finally paid off.

The summer bat survey that has begun in Maine to gauge the health of the state’s bat population shows signs of a depleted population.

The overworn expression that there is no accounting for taste certainly applies to music. At this time of year, I thrill to the music of the birds whose concerts start well before the crack of dawn. As a reader of this column, I’m sure you share my joy of the morning chorus. On the other […]