Tom Roth’s “A Sporting Year in Maine” is a month-by-month journey in the year of a Maine outdoorsman, who counts Sebago Lake as one of his favorite fishing spots.
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State approves $135 million deal to remake ski resort in Piscataquis County
The project in Big Moose Township is expected to create roughly 380 full- and part-time jobs.
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For Oakland man, trapping beaver a lifelong avocation
Caleb Jones, 28, sets traps in large waterways all over Kennebec County, and helps remove beavers from people’s property, where the rodents chew through trees.
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Pioneering Maine outdoorsman George Smith dies at 72
He was director of the Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine for nearly two decades and four years ago was diagnosed with ALS.
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Family-friendly outdoor skills taught by UMaine Extension, 4-H and Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine
Attendees at the Outdoor Family Adventure program Sunday afternoon in Augusta learned valuable skills. Another session is set for Feb. 28.
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Free Snowshoe Sky Tour with Northern Skies Planetarium
Rangeley, ME – John Meader, owner of The Northern Skies Planetarium will lead a night snowshoe at the Rangeley Lakes Trails Center the evening of Tuesday, January 12 at 6 pm. Since 1987 the Northern Skies Planetarium has traveled across Maine schools and libraries educating children in an inflatable star theater. The pandemic has created […]
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School outing clubs face obstacles during COVID-19 pandemic
Brunswick-based Teens to Trails has awarded trips to clubs at Cony, Gardiner Area and Maranacook Community High schools, hoping to help students explore the outdoors.
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Western Maine trails boosted by $87K in grants
Organizations in Rangeley, Bethel and Norway extending recreational access.
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Teachers go wild
Canoe rescues. Lost-in-the-woods drills. Fire-starting and knot-tying classes. Inspired by a school drowning at Range Pond two years ago, a new program has educators from around the state taking to the woods to become registered Maine Guides.
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Two Maine startups collaborate to get more Mainers outdoors
Tree Free Heat, which sells fire starters made of hemp waste, has a deal with Back40, which rents camping gear online.