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PublishedFebruary 21, 2013
Lab tests turn up lungworms in Maine moose
Officials are recommending care in dealing with dead animals, including wearing rubber or latex gloves when field dressing game.
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PublishedFebruary 8, 2013
ALLEN AFIELD: Snowmobiling spurs Maine’s winter economy
Most residents of this state have at least an inkling that snowmobiling spurs the winter economy, particularly folks in rural hamlets in northern and eastern Maine. They really get a firsthand view of this sport's importance, as sledding crowds flock to local businesses.
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PublishedJanuary 25, 2013
ALLEN AFIELD: Striper catches have plummeted
Stripers Forever (SF), a conservation organization that monitors our striped-bass resources, recently pointed out that the recreational catch of wild stripers along the Eastern Seaboard has dropped from nearly 29 million in 2006 to 8 million in 2011, thanks to poor spawning success in Chesapeake Bay and also to over-harvesting by recreational and commercial anglers.
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PublishedJanuary 18, 2013
ALLEN AFIELD: Fly-tying creates lifelong memories
Fly-tying booms across Maine each winter, a wonderfully pleasant pastime that requires no license to participate -- just good eyes, nimble fingers and sedulous nature.
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PublishedJanuary 11, 2013
ALLEN AFIELD: In end, we are reminded why we hunt these speedsters
In my preteens, rabbit hunting meant a short walk east from my home, taking me through a stately grove of white pines and then to a tumbling brook that rushed downhill, enough of a drop for a kid to sled the bank.
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PublishedJanuary 4, 2013
ALLEN AFIELD: Winter daydreams keep us going
This past Christmas afternoon, I visited the Freeport store to buy the finishing gifts for a late holiday celebration three days later and found many discounted items, including a collection of 40 Northeastern saltwater flies in an unbreakable fly box. This proved a perfect gift for my oldest daughter, Heather, who fishes in the Atlantic off Long Island in New York.
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PublishedJanuary 3, 2013
OUTDOORS: A skier’s/snowboarder’s wish list for 2013
As skiers and snowboarders in Maine, we have it pretty darn good. We have resorts lauded by the national press, with Sugarloaf, Sunday River and Saddleback noted as three of the Northeast's best. Skiing is easy to get to, with community slopes less than an hour from each of Maine's urban centers. This fall, as it does every year, the Ski Maine Association sent a press release detailing the dozens of improvements to snowmaking, terrain and facilities.
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PublishedJanuary 3, 2013
OUTDOORS: In the face of a winter sky, a lengthening day
The month of January is named after the Roman god Janus, who faces both forward and backward at the same time. Janus is also known as the god of gates, doors, bridges, beginnings and endings, transitions, movement and even time itself. That is especially fitting now that we have survived the often forecasted end of the world and are ready to create new beginnings and transitions and an age of greater cooperation on Earth.
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PublishedDecember 15, 2012
ALLEN AFIELD: Checking out new habitats
This coming week, a bog with its surrounding ring of black spruce, tamarack and occasional white cedar strikes me as the perfect destination for a hike, a surprising conclusion when considering so many critters in this habitat have migrated away or lie concealed in trees, shrubs and forest debris or beneath the ground and water surface.
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PublishedDecember 8, 2012
ALLEN AFIELD: Tracking is just plain fun
Before winter arrives with a white vengeance, outdoor folks of all skill levels and ages enjoy December hiking and tracking. With a light cover of fresh snow for a canvas, veteran and amateur trackers alike can easily spot and read critter signs.
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