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Outdoors
  • Published
    June 15, 2013
    Moose

    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 15, 2013

    SNAPSHOT: Casting for stripers

    Dan Levesque, left, of Augusta and Ron Young, of Manchester, cast for striped bass Wednesday on the banks of the Kennebec River in Augusta.

  • Published
    June 14, 2013

    ALLEN AFIELD: Youthful passions shape our life

    This year, spring weather has reminded me of April through June of my sophomore year in high school -- rain and unseasonable cold punctuated by short, infrequent warm spells. We endured storm after storm, a pattern that continued into July. As of this writing in late May 2013, we have had the same meteorological menu.

  • Published
    June 12, 2013

    OUTDOORS: These hikes will get you in shape

    I don't know about you, but I need to ease my way into summer hiking season here in Maine. Despite a winter spent in Maine's outdoors, my legs don't hit the month of June ready for miles and miles of through hikes. Before I get to the business of serious hiking, I like to spend my mornings and weekends on some shorter trails.

  • Published
    June 12, 2013

    OUTDOORS: A rare visitor touches down in Maine

    Tourist season is upon us again. On May 28, Maine hosted a visit by a Eurasian collared dove. This bird showed up at a feeder in Falmouth. It represents the first record of the species in the state of Maine.

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  • Published
    June 8, 2013

    Government moves to wrap up gray wolf recovery

    Federal officials are declaring victory in their four-decade campaign to rescue the gray wolf, a predator the government once considered a nuisance and tried to exterminate.

  • Published
    June 7, 2013

    ALLEN AFIELD: June is time for Light Cahill,Isonychia

    A large pool on the Kennebec River between Solon and North Anson produces magnificent Light-Cahill hatches each June, a large, cream mayfly tied on a size 12 or 14 hook. I lean toward the size 14 choice.

  • Published
    May 29, 2013

    HERB WILSON — FOR THE BIRDS: Difference in diet explains why grackles among 1st to show up

    The wonderful spectacle of spring migration is coming to an end with the arrival of the last warblers, thrushes and cuckoos. As usual it's been a delightful three months of arrivals and departures.

  • Published
    May 24, 2013

    ALLEN AFIELD: Black-bass fishing peaks in next few weeks

    Maine's black-bass anglers find lots of action during most months from mid-spring to fall, but fishing peaks in the next five weeks, depending on latitude and elevation, as males defend spawning beds in the shallows.

  • Published
    May 17, 2013

    ALLEN AFIELD: Some advice for buying your 1st bike

    Many predictably ask for a compromise that works on pavement as well as on light-duty forest paths -- the latter say gravel roads or trails minus big rocks, deep sand, long, steep drops, etc. That info narrows the choices.

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