The park has been without a permanent park director since the spring, and columnist V. Paul Reynolds writes that whoever eventually gets the job will have a big job ahead of them.

One of columnist V. Paul Reynolds’ favorite hunting seasons is drawing near.

In an effort to end the “death spiral of suitable deer habitat,” executive director David Trahan said, the alliance has spearheaded three initiatives to restore deer wintering habitat.

A former Baxter State Park Supervisor saw to it over the years that a group of Baxter personnel, including Rangers active and retired, would gather every spring at the Sherman Mills cemetery to honor and remember one of their own. Columnist V. Paul Reynolds writes that it should stay that way.