It’s a long way from happening and certainly no guarantee, but after six years of uncertainty, lawsuits and questions, Maine may become the first state to be given an incidental take permit for trapping by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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UPDATE: Father of missing toddler speaks for first time
The father of missing toddler Ayla Reynolds said Tuesday night he has no idea what happened to his daughter. In a statement released through the Waterville Police Department, Justin DiPietro said, “I will not make accusations or insinuations towards anyone until the police have been able to prove who is responsible for this.”
Trout Run: ‘The Other Camp David’
The 453-acre compound has been visited by several presidents, and “The West Wing” filmed there when it wanted to replicate the real Camp David.
Zellweger lists Connecticut farmhouse for sale
The actress extensively updated the 1770s-era farmhouse in the seven years she owned it.
Waterville: Police still searching for a missing toddler
Ayla Reynolds last seen sleeping in her bed Friday night
OUTDOORS: : Trappers hold out hope permit will be granted
GORHAM — A lightly attended meeting Thursday on Maine’s request for a federal permit for a trapping program was an anticlimactic chapter in the long effort.
OUTDOORS: Proposed regulations needed to help wild brook trout thrive
Ice fishermen might not like it, and anglers in general may roll their eyes at another set of regulations, but if Maine grows more wild brook trout waters with the proposed fishing regulations, how can this be bad?
BOB HUMPHREY: Snowshoe hare not a bad meal
I sometimes joke that I’ll be the first to admit when I’m wrong, if that should ever happen. It finally did, and I must humbly disclose that I owe the snowshoe hare an apology.
OUTDOORS: Putting it on film
It’s just plain cold at dawn near the Canadian border as two filmmakers haul their high-tech cameras out on a frozen pond to capture an ice fisherman landing whatever bites.
KEN ALLEN: Ancient, honorable tradition
All my life, Maine’s varying-hare season has run from Oct. 1 to Mar. 31, one of the few hunting-season constants when some reaches my age.