Outdoors — Bangor Daily News

ACT OUT WITH AISLINN (blog)

1-minute hike: Gorham Mountain on Mount Desert Island

Difficulty: Moderate. The 4-mile loop hike of Gorham Mountain includes a long stretch of even terrain (Ocean Path), a gradual ascent up the south side ...

A red fox and her five kits have been exploring the area around their den near the north branch of the Dead River in Eustis recently. Photos courtesy of Dave Small

Fox and kits entertain in Eustis

ROBIN'S OUTDOORS (blog)

Paddling Tomah Stream with friends

The weather forecast looked good. Partly sunny, 60 degrees, a breeze. Steve loaded the kayaks-an Otter, a tandem Otter and a Vapor 10XT (10 for ...

ACT OUT WITH AISLINN (blog)

Where in the woods am I?

Derek and I visited the Bangor Humane Society about 10 days ago in search for a young dog to join our home and become “hiking ...

Identification decal to place inside paddle craft.

From the community

U.S. Coast Guard advises paddle craft owners to ‘mark it’

PORTLAND, Maine — In addition to other important boating and paddle safety messages going into the summer season, such as always wear a life jacket ...

Little brown bats that are free of white-nose syndrome hibernate while clinging to a cave wall in a tight-packed group in 2011 near Allagash Lake in Maine.

VIDEO

Feds use Maine nuclear weapons bunkers to try to save dying bats

Researchers are attempting to understand white-nose syndrome, a disease that is killing huge numbers of bats across North America.

Early morning sun on West Quoddy Head Lighthouse

From the community

Views from Quoddy Head State Park

The snow and cold of winter are a fading memory and spring has arrived. It’s already mid May and the the days are getting longer ...

A fyke net sits high and dry on the Brewer shore of the Penobscot River with Eastern Maine Medical Center in the background on May 17, 2013.

Elver fishermen flocking to the Penobscot River

BREWER, Maine — At first glance, the scene at the Penobscot Salmon Club on Friday seemed like old times: Trucks packed the small parking lot. ...

GOOD BIRDING

Birding by ear is a learnable skill

I do much of my birding by ear. It is such an ingrained habit that I can’t shut it off. I automatically identify birds I ...

Ron Davis, founder of the Orono Bog Boardwalk, walks along the boardwalk he planned and built with more than 100 volunteers in 2002 and 2003 on May 14, 2013.

Volunteers race to replace decaying Orono Bog Boardwalk

Walking along the Orono Bog Boardwalk this spring, you’ll view a sea of unfurling fiddleheads and bright green skunk cabbage that smells just as you’d ...

GEORGE'S OUTDOOR NEWS (blog)

SAM’s two longest serving board members resign

SAM’s two longest serving board members have resigned. Jim Gorman and Jim Hilly served together for 22 years, longer than any SAM board members in ...