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PublishedJanuary 5, 2012
OUTDOORS: Learn new ways to enjoy winter
Every winter, bigger and better winter festivals are rolled out somewhere in Maine. Outdoor gatherings are more in vogue today than ever, with state parks, land trusts and cities promoting frozen family fun and snow carnivals.
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PublishedJanuary 5, 2012
ON SKIING: Resolutions for the skier in all of us
Saturday at midnight, we bid adieu to 2011. Toasts were made, champagne quaffed, and decisions regretted. And we reached the ever-popular Jan. 1 tradition -- New Year's Resolution. What better promises to make for 2012 than resolve to take on some skiing-related tasks?
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PublishedDecember 31, 2011
BOB HUMPHREY: Nonresidents not hunting in Maine
The problem is significant enough that the Legislature passed a resolve establishing a "Task Force To Examine the Decline in the Number of Nonresident Hunters," charged with reviewing the numbers of nonresident hunters over the last five years, comparing that with national trends and developing recommendations to increase the number of nonresident hunters.
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PublishedDecember 31, 2011
ALLEN AFIELD: Thoughts turn south in cold of winter
When winter dreams begin feeling like a nightmare, many Mainers start thinking of warmer climates where salty fishing, sunbathing and beach bumming turn into a high art form.
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PublishedDecember 31, 2011
Noonan hopes to develop the statewide derbyinto the nation’s largest ice fishing event
Most of the roughly 6,000 ice fishermen who descend on Sebago Lake each February for the annual ice fishing derby don't know Tom Noonan.
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PublishedDecember 30, 2011
DEIRDRE FLEMING: Funding for projects may be headed to Maine
Professor Richard Barringer likes to start at the beginning when he begins the tale of the outdoor funding windfall heading for Maine. But really, the good timing and hope in this story is in what could happen in 2012.
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PublishedDecember 29, 2011
FOR THE BIRDS: Latest NGS Guide a user friendly tool for birders
The battle of the bird field guides is picking up again. The sixth edition of the National Geographic Society (hereafter, NGS) Field Guide to the Birds of North America was published recently. This new edition is much improved. It will offer some serious competition to other field guides.
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PublishedDecember 29, 2011
WHAT’S UP IN JANUARY: Meteor shower, death-defying comet start new year
January is named after the Roman god Janus, who faces forward and backward at the same time. There are several interesting highlights that will be well worth seeing during this first month of the new year.
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PublishedDecember 27, 2011
Maine offers Jan. 1 hikes at state parks
The Maine Bureau of Parks is offering four guided "First Day Hikes" on Jan. 1, joining an initiative among all 50 states to get families outdoors for the holiday.
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PublishedDecember 24, 2011
KEN ALLEN: Thinking about the trees we decorate for Christmas
This month, the topic of Christmas-tree preferences has bounced around in my mind, mostly because Jolie, my intrepid companion, talked me into settling for an artificial tree instead of our usual aromatic balsam fir.
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