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  • Published
    November 2, 2011

    HERB WILSON — FOR THE BIRDS: eBird makes it easy to share sightings

    With the passing of Steve Jobs last month, we have all been thinking about the way that computers and the Internet have transformed our lives. The information highway has had profound effects on the ease and speed with which birders can communicate.

  • Published
    November 1, 2011

    Groups oppose second national park in Maine

    The groups say they want to preserve a working forest that's open to the public.

  • Published
    October 29, 2011

    OUTDOORS: Managing the herd

    Hunter Alex Wall had a name for an apple tree on his 100-acre property in Belgrade.

  • Published
    October 20, 2011

    OUTDOORS — JOHN CHRISTIE: Mountain Memories

    Although I climbed Bigelow Mountain dozens of times when I lived in the western mountains of Maine and explored most of the terrain on the northern side of the mountain when I was involved with the group that had notions of building a mega-ski area on the broad flank above Flagstaff Lake, Columbus Day in 1984 marked a very special occasion

  • Published
    October 20, 2011

    BIKING: Two rides that are sure to thrill, even if the colors don’t

    Bikers, hikers, tourists and nature lovers anxiously await the middle days of October, when their outdoor adventures are highlighted by the colors produced by the trees of Maine and New England.

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  • Published
    October 13, 2011

    HIKING — JOHN CHRISTIE: 2 mountain hikes in 1 fine day

    A day hike I always save for the fall, after the traffic has thinned out on coastal Route 1, involves not one, but two special mountains, easy enough to climb and close enough together that they're great fun to knock off in the same day.