Lower Kennebec River a secret jewel for paddlers

Outdoors

Published
July 6, 2013

Lower Kennebec River a secret jewel for paddlers

Paddlers in the capital area looking for a canoe or kayak excursion during this recent stretch of warm weather don't have to travel far for a trip with plenty of wildlife and areas to practice their open-water skills.
Published
July 3, 2013

OUTDOORS: A month of watching and observing

Summer started in late June, so this will be the first full month in the northern hemisphere. Even though the days will be long and the nights will be short, this will be a great month to get out under the warm skies and continue to learn more about where we really are and to better appreciate the great celestial motions always going on all around us.
Published
July 3, 2013

OUTDOORS: Maine has plenty of outdoors activities for everyone

In the years that my father and I have been writing "Worth the Trip" columns for the Maine Sunday Telegram, Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel, we've largely focused on a handful of outdoor activities. John and I are both avid hikers and bikers -- and he an accomplished kayaker -- and we've written about these sports in most of our pieces.
Published
June 29, 2013

Alewives spawn optimism

Supporters expect noticeable benefits from the return of the species to the St. Croix River above Grand Falls Dam.
Published
June 28, 2013

ALLEN AFIELD: Classic river teaches plenty

Thomas McGuane, an acclaimed American novelist, wrote a superb collection of fishing essays collected into a book entitled The Longest Silence, published in 1999 and reprinted since. In the beginning essay, a line reminded me -- emphatically I might add -- of my home river.

Published
June 28, 2013

OUTDOORS: MaCKRO offers a place to race canoes, kayaks

BOWDOINHAM -- Dwight Blease inspects the two-person kayak, which stretches more than 18 feet long, along the banks of the Cathance River on Thursday night.
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 22, 2013

Crane’s protectors fighting against speeding boats on North, East ponds

Speeding boaters and Jet Skiers along the Serpentine waterway may be threatening the sandhill crane, a species that recently returned to Maine after being pushed to the brink of extinction.
Published
June 22, 2013

ALLEN AFIELD: Mackerel just plain fun

Most Maine children growing up within an hour's driving distance of saltwater have caught Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus), a ubiquitous and extremely cooperative species that swims along our coast and tidal rivers from late spring through early fall.
Published
June 16, 2013

Volunteer anglers sought for Maine trout project

Volunteer anglers are being sought to survey remote ponds and lakes around Maine in search of brook trout.