Volunteers across Maine have been keeping records of when the ice clears on the state’s lakes each spring, a century-old tradition now being used to assess the impact of climate change.
Deirdre Fleming
Deirdre Fleming covers the outdoors for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram, and has been a newspaper reporter in Maine for 25 years - and an outdoor writer for the past 20. During that time, she’s seen biologists trap 500-pound bear, watched fishermen land high-jumping makos, camped on Moosehead Lake in the winter, and retraced Gov. Percival Baxter’s first trip to Mt. Katahdin. She is often asked, but still does not know her favorite wildland in Maine. A graduate of Georgetown University and the University of Missouri, she lives with her husband in Buxton near the Saco River, where they both fly fish.
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Just a concept 25 years ago, the International Appalachian Trail now crosses continents
What started as an idea by three Mainers to link their state to Canada with a hiking trail became a collaboration among more than a dozen countries in North American and across the Atlantic.
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At the start of fishing season, big trout are the talk of Sebago
Monday marks the ceremonial start of the open-water season, but it’s the ice fishing this winter that’s creating a buzz.
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Northern Maine ice-fishing season to get extension
Gov. Janet Mills is expected on Monday to sign emergency legislation to give the IFW commissioner the authority to extend the season up north, where ample ice will allow ice fishermen to continue ice fishing.
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State biologists propose more moose hunting permits for 2nd consecutive year
Biologists believe that the winter tick took less of a toll on moose calves than in past years.
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Boston investment firm offers to buy Saddleback
The Rangeley ski resort has been closed since 2015.
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Judy Camuso has an untraditional background as the new IFW commissioner
Can she unite Maine’s divided outdoor community? Many outdoors groups say yes.
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Maine lawmakers end the flap over Maine’s state bird
A legislative committee unanimously votes to kill a bill that would have required lawmakers to choose a specific species of chickadee – black-capped or boreal.
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Class A indoor track and field: Edward Little’s Jillian Richardson wins mile title
Former Red Eddies runner Ben Fletcher’s 800-meter state record falls.
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Indoor track and field: York boys, Brewer girls win Class B state titles
Leavitt’s Jonathan Schomaker wins two events.