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PublishedJuly 8, 2012
All’s well in Harpswell
A beautiful town on the Maine coast is showing off its attractions, from miles of water views, to its trails, restaurants, inns and stores.
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PublishedJuly 8, 2012
Deirdre Fleming: Camp making comeback
Fifty years ago, Rachel Carson’s book “Silent Spring” came out and sent a shock wave through the environmental world. This month the Friends of Hog Island will celebrate the awareness Carson brought to environmentalism with a play and panel discussion of environmental experts. In addition to having a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Preserve in Maine […]
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PublishedJuly 7, 2012
ALLEN AFIELD: Small brooks producing brookies midsummer
Typical, small Maine trout brooks see little angler traffic, even in spring, but that rule proves doubly true in July and August, when folks turn their attention striped bass in tidal water or black bass in lakes and ponds.
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PublishedJune 30, 2012
ALLEN AFIELD: Salmon tradition on July Fourth
In the 1970s, Maine's aquaculture industry began putting fresh, inexpensive salmon on the average dinner table of non-anglers and catch-and-release types, and salmon farmers accomplished this feat at an attractive price -- often less expensive than haddock.
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PublishedJune 30, 2012
FISHING: DIF&W encourages taking largemouth bass from certain waters
AUGUSTA -- The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is encouraging anglers to take largemouth bass of all sizes from certain Down East waters starting Sunday.
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PublishedJune 23, 2012
ALLEN AFIELD: Eastern hemlock faces uncertain future
An exotic insect, the hemlock wooly adelgid, is causing widespread mortality of eastern hemlocks across the eastern United States, where this important conifer grows in dense groves in the Northeast but occurs in sparser stands in the South.
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PublishedJune 21, 2012
OUTDOORS: Fort Point a spot worth seeing
At about the point where Penobscot Bay begins to narrow into the Penobscot River flowing down from the Katahdin region through Bangor and along both sides of Verona Island, Cape Jellison, a 1,600-acre peninsula, juts out into the bay. In colonial times it was known as Wasaumkeag Point, and the remains of Fort Pownall, built in 1759, still stand sentinel with the Fort Point Light Station, built in 1836 and automated in 1988.
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PublishedJune 21, 2012
FRESWATER FISHING REPORT: Heavy rain brings better fishing
It's difficult to like the nonstop rain, flood conditions and wet basements. But across the state, the high water can end with some fast fishing as the trout come out of hiding and anglers have better access to them.
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PublishedJune 21, 2012
ON HIKING: Books for hikers to dig into
The busy summer hiking season is here, but that doesn't mean we can't enjoy a few good books when we're not out tramping along the trail, whether it's around the campfire, up to camp or relaxing at home. Here are three of my current hiking favorites. Enjoy.
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PublishedJune 16, 2012
The buzz on the bees
Beekeepers are a growing breed in Maine, and with it comes a responsibility of treating diseases.
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