Deirdre Fleming

Press Herald

Deirdre Fleming covers the outdoors for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram, and has been a newspaper reporter in Maine for 25 years - and an outdoor writer for the past 20. During that time, she’s seen biologists trap 500-pound bear, watched fishermen land high-jumping makos, camped on Moosehead Lake in the winter, and retraced Gov. Percival Baxter’s first trip to Mt. Katahdin. She is often asked, but still does not know her favorite wildland in Maine. A graduate of Georgetown University and the University of Missouri, she lives with her husband in Buxton near the Saco River, where they both fly fish.

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Published
September 9, 2013

Large tract near Baxter State Park opening to hunters

Groups praise the change but still have deep concerns over Roxanne Quimby’s vision for a national park.
Published
August 25, 2013

Maine’s bear hunting practices back in the crosshairs

Almost 10 years after failing to abolish baiting and other methods, animal-welfare activists want to revisit the debate: Are these cruel or are they viable wildlife management tools?
Published
August 2, 2013

OUTDOORS: Putting his best foot forward

MADRID TOWNSHIP — Maine hikers know the name Myron Avery, if not from the Lubec native’s work establishing the Appalachian Trail in the 1930s, then from the 4,088-foot peak in the Bigelow Preserve named after him.
Published
July 27, 2013

Which Maine towns have the lion’s share of big-game kills?

The top 10 answers, gleaned from the Telegram’s analysis of 12 years’ worth of tagging station data, might surprise you.
Published
June 22, 2013

Young mountain bikers get up, down and dirty at Camden camp

Quite simply, these boys, all of them mountain bikers for most of their short lives, can flippin’ ride.
Published
June 15, 2013

Record number of Maine moose permits allocated

In Greenville, more than 4,000 hunters win a chance to try to bag Maine’s signature beast.
Published
June 1, 2013

State records set in Class A track & field championships

Records are set in the girls’ 400-meter run and the discus.
Published
February 11, 2013

Maine says farewell to Maj. Gregg Sanborn

Sanborn, second-in-command of the Maine Game Wardens, surprises attendees of the service with a goodbye video made during last year of life.
Published
February 6, 2013

Pirates game in R.I. rescheduled over weather worries

Fans holding tickets for Friday’s rescheduled game can use the same ticket for the game Monday.
Published
January 19, 2013

Subjective speed limits contribute to dangers of snowmobiling

OQUOSSOC — On a mild winter weekend with the classic January thaw in full swing last week, Maine snowmobile riders were not discouraged. They headed north to where the snow is ample and big riding takes place. And they were out in full force.