Over the past decades, Mainers who come across injured or ill birds have come to know the name “Avian Haven” as a rehabilitation facility that can offer the best care possible. Read More
Here’s the classified part of this fishing report. This place? This stretch of the Penobscot River up around Greenbush, or Costigan, or something like that? It’s not too shabby. Read More
Researchers for the Atlantic Salmon Federation have captured and removed 53 Atlantic salmon from a New Brunswick river after an estimated 1,000 of the farm-raised fish escaped from a Cooke Aquaculture facility near Deer Island in the Bay of Fundy. Read More
Those opportunities are coming right up, as Youth Turkey Day for the fall season will be observed on Saturday. Adult hunters can begin hunting on Monday, two weeks earlier than the previous fall season. Read More
“There's guys that are having a hard time finding a place to clean up." Read More
Here are a few of your responses. And in the interest of continuing what can be a productive dialogue on the issue, outdoors writer John Holyoke has offered some responses. Read More
Dealers say Walmart handgun ammunition policy will help their own businesses. Read More
Sixteen years ago, the last time a governor-initiated group attempted to better understand a growing ATV community in the state, the machines that riders were taking into the woods were small, light and mobile. Read More
Today, let’s take a deep breath, appreciate what we have, and reflect on how quickly everything could change. Read More
Jeremy Wrentzel, Karen Wrentzel’s brother, told the judge that even though the plea deal called for dismissing a charge of failure to render aid, he could not forget what reportedly happened in the woods that day. Read More
Atlantic salmon are listed as endangered under the federal Endangered Species Act in all Maine rivers. Fishing for them has not been allowed since 2009. Read More
“Steve’s responsible for bringing the puffins back after they were gone for over 100 years." Read More
The state isn’t out to take your smelts and shiners away from you. Not even close. Read More
Members of the Penobscot County Conservation Association are making final preparations for the 42nd annual Bangor Gun Show, which will be held Saturday, Sept. 7, and Sunday, Sept. 8. Read More
The reason: There’s plenty of natural bear food out there, and those bears won’t be nearly as tempted to visit bait sites as they might be in other, less productive, food years. Read More
While I don’t turn up my nose at a fellow angler keeping a fish or two for a wonderful meal at home, I’ve been a catch-and-release practitioner for several years now for two key reasons. Read More
“I found a lot of very good boaters that knew about all the nice rivers to paddle in Maine and who were very welcoming of a new guy." Read More
Not all loon stories have happy endings. Read More
“When you listen to the birds, they can tell you a lot." Read More
Last week, a great white shark (or a basking shark, or some such big-and-toothy critter) was spotted off the coast of southern Maine. Read More
