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“Every winter, I read about hikers who died on snowy mountains not far from my home,” Aislinn Sarnacki writes.
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This decades-old method still works for spring fishing
“What is even more important — and exciting — is the best time to put them to use is right around the corner.”
This Orono forest has a pine tree so big it has its own name
Big Old Tree is located at Jeremiah Colburn Natural Area, on land that was the catalyst for the formation of the Orono Land Trust.
How to find sea anemones along Maine’s coast
The Gulf of Maine is home to several anemone species, each with a slightly different appearance. Finding them in tidepools can be tricky.
9 oceanside trails to try in Maine this spring
It’s a great time to get outside and enjoy nature as it springs to life once again.
Woodcocks have returned to Maine. Here’s why they look so strange.
“The long bill is designed specifically to pull earthworms from the soil, as if the birds were using chopsticks. But think about that for a moment.”
So you sank your car in a Maine lake. Now what?
“Every salvage is unique,” Tim McDonald, owner of Contracting Services Company in Laconia, New Hampshire said. “It’s a giant puzzle.”
We are in an ice shack revolution
“As a young ice fisherman, I cut my teeth on a tiny home-built 4-foot by 6-foot plywood ‘hut,’ with one small plexiglass window, a door and Teflon-coated skis.”
Tremont might become 1st MDI town to hold deer hunt in nearly 100 years
All other animals that can be legally hunted in Maine can also currently be hunted on MDI.
The fisherman’s view of breaking the brook trout record on Moosehead
“Greenville native and ardent angler Eric Ward is accustomed to hog-wrestling impressive brook trout out of his ice hole.”
Suppressors and short-barreled rifles just got cheaper after tax change
“The National Firearms Act of 1934 was enacted to curb gangland crime during the height of the mob era. The idea was to create a tax barrier to limit the manufacture, transfer or sale of certain weapons commonly used in criminal activity.”
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