Outdoors Oh, Lord, Just Give Me 10 More Years On This Bike!
Tomorrow I explore Lake Cahuilla. Who knows? I may even attempt Joshua Tree National Park. Despite long hours on the bike, the lower back seems to be holding up okay, as long as I get plenty of rest.
Jun 11, 2009 - 5:10:15 AM
Outdoors Salvation Army Camp Sebago Has Openings for Summer Camp Program - Sign Up Now
PORTLAND, MAINE -- This summer, send children from your community for a week’s stay at The Salvation Army's Camp Sebago. Our Christian camp in Standish, Maine provides a rich camping experience for boys and girls, ages 7-12 from Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.
Apr 3, 2009 - 11:35:46 AM
Outdoors Funding Announced for Katahdin Forest Expansion Project
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Land conservation project provides "protection" for wildlife habitat, public access, and working forests on nearly 7,300 acres of Maine’s woods.
Mar 18, 2009 - 5:52:24 PM
Outdoors Maine Snowmobile Association Presents Annual Awards
BANGOR -- The Maine Snowmobile Association (MSA) recognized a number of snowmobile club volunteers and friends of Maine snowmobiling during the association's 40th Anniversary Annual Banquet held April 12, 2008 at the Spectacular Event Center in Bangor.
May 15, 2008 - 10:02:02 AM
Outdoors Public Workshops on LURC Comprehensive Land Use Plan
The Maine Land Use Regulation Commission (LURC) is rewriting its Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP). There will be Public Workshops throughout Maine so that people can give their input and ask questions of LURC staff about the new draft of the CLUP.
Apr 23, 2008 - 10:40:45 AM
Outdoors The Daffodil Principle
The Daffodil Principle was sent in an Email and it is a beautiful principle with a beautiful background, as the photos will attest.
Apr 22, 2008 - 1:14:51 AM
Outdoors Public Hearing on Plum Creek Plan Saturday, January 19th
Do you have questions about the nation's largest landowning company, Plum Creek, and its plans to build the largest development in Maine history? Do you have experiences, photos, or documents you want to share?
Jan 10, 2008 - 7:51:48 AM
Outdoors Wood Boiler Company Responds to Attacks on Industry
A wood boiler company, headquartered in Michigan, responds to Maine's proposal to ban, or severely limit, the use of outdoor wood boilers, citing facts rather than rhetoric.
Aug 13, 2007 - 8:01:09 AM
Outdoors Maine Appalachian Trail Club to Honor UMO Volunteers
ORONO -- The Maine Appalachian Trail Club will hold its annual meeting April 14 at the University of Maine at Orono to honor a UMO student volunteer group that has aided MATC for over a half century.
Apr 9, 2007 - 7:17:56 AM
Outdoors Maine Audubon Seeks Volunteers to Monitor Owls
FALMOUTH -- Maine Audubon seeks volunteers around the state to conduct early morning owl surveys for the Maine Owl Monitoring Project. Volunteers are needed on routes in Gorham, Limerick, Raymond, Freeport, Pownal, Boothbay, Livermore, Mount Vernon, Farmington, Mercer, Sidney, Jefferson, Camden, Waldo, Franklin, Deblois, Eustis and near Chamberlain Lake northwest of Baxter State Park.
Mar 12, 2007 - 5:25:13 PM
Outdoors Summary Judgment: Bush Administration Plans Huge Land Grab, Includes Maine
Days ago, in a proposal unnoticed by the media, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announced the largest land grab since President Clinton designated massive national monuments across the West. When Clinton decreed 1.9 million acres of federal land in Utah as the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument to kill a vast underground coal mine that would have employed 1,000 locals in the most economically depressed region of southern Utah, generated $20 million in annual revenue, and produced environmentally - compliant coal for generating electricity, there were protests across the West. When the Bush Administration published its plans, there was barely a ripple of protest. [Townhall.com]
Nov 15, 2006 - 11:49:00 PM
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Outdoors Maine Woods Coalition Meets in Greenville
GREENVILLE -- The 2006 Annual Meeting of the Maine Woods Coalition was held at DKB Catering in Greenville on November 2. Members and guests enjoyed a buffet luncheon, which was followed by the business meeting.
Nov 9, 2006 - 9:32:00 AM
Outdoors Feud Erupts Over Wilderness Designation
MONTPELIER, VT -- A political feud erupted Thursday over the designation of 47,700 acres in the Green Mountain National Forest as wilderness area. Vermont Governor Jim Douglas set off a firestorm by writing to Republican House leaders expressing concern with the New England Wilderness Act, passed by the Senate a day earlier. The Senate bill, he said, went farther than a U.S. Forest Service forest management plan. Maine's GOP Senators Snowe and Collins voted in favor of wilderness designation.
Oct 7, 2006 - 1:04:00 PM
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Outdoors Environmental Elitists Threaten Maine’s Historic Backcountry
One of the unique cultural and historic features of the Maine outdoors has been the diverse selection of recreational activities. Fishing, hunting, hiking, kayaking – you name it and we take it for granted we can do it in the Pine Tree State. But heed this warning: times are changing – fast. As the nation’s city dwellers seek a simpler, more rustic break from their concrete canyons, they look longingly at places still unspoiled. They crave inspiring views, solitude and a connection to the natural environment. That place is quickly becoming the Maine backcountry.
Oct 7, 2006 - 12:01:00 AM
Outdoors Maine’s Backcountry: Squeezing Out Traditional Users
It was with great dismay that sportsmen and traditional outdoor enthusiasts learned recently that Roxanne Quimby, the founder of Burt’s Bees, had purchased another 25,000 acres to add to her vast land holdings around Baxter State Park. The purchase price was reported as $10 million.
Oct 6, 2006 - 8:00:00 AM
Outdoors Secretive ‘Backcountry Project’ Threatens Access to Wilderness
For years, a bloodless but passionate battle has raged between land-use advocates inside the walls of the State House. The fighting pits two opposing camps. There are those of us who value our wild lands for such “traditional” uses as hunting, fishing and snowmobiling. On the other side those who desire that Maine’s backcountry be conserved and free from all human activity.
Oct 5, 2006 - 8:41:00 PM
Outdoors Park Attendance Down, But People Are Happy While national parks, including Acadia in Maine, have seen a drop in attendance, the state parks in Maine are holding their own - but barely. [Kennebec Journal]
Aug 27, 2006 - 9:35:00 AM
Outdoors Maine Woods Coalition Supports Reopening old Michaud Farm Road to Allagash
GREENVILLE -- The Maine Woods Coalition, with members located in Maine’s four northern counties, has spoken out in support of Senator John Martin and Representative Troy Jackson's re-opening of the old Michaud Farm Road to the Allagash River.
Jul 15, 2006 - 12:41:00 PM
Outdoors Bald Eagle-DDT Myth Still Flying High
Pennsylvania officials just announced success with their program to re-establish the state’s bald eagle population. But it’s a shame that such welcome news is being tainted by oft-repeated myths about the great bird’s near extinction. [Fox News]
Jul 6, 2006 - 10:35:00 PM
Outdoors Another Nature Conservancy Fraud Debunked
Last year’s reported sighting in eastern Arkansas of an Ivory-billed Woodpecker, long thought to be extinct, raised the hopes of bird-watchers everywhere. But it has been found to be a lie, one from which the Nature Conservancy has profited greatly. [Fox News]
Feb 4, 2006 - 1:12:00 AM
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Outdoors C&R Carving
AUGUSTA -- In early summer 2005 Dud Dean Angling Society (DDAS) approached the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife (MDIF&W) with an idea to include a piece in the 2006 Open Water Regulations book that provides tips on how to properly document a trophy fish in preparation for a carving replica that will allow the fish to be released unharmed.
Jan 30, 2006 - 8:47:00 AM
Outdoors MDIFW, Rangeley Guides to Receive Grant Money
PORTLAND -- FlyFishingInMaine.com (FFIM) is pleased to announce the winners of the 2006 grant applications. The board of directors unanimously approved allocation of funds for two very special projects. The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIFW) has been selected to received $2,355.00 to aid studying fish movements in Chamberlain Lake. The Rangeley Region Guides and Sportsmen's Association (RRGSA) also was selected to receive $2,645.00 which will enable the RRGSA to establish an angling education experience for youths in the Rangeley region.
Jan 17, 2006 - 12:25:00 AM
Outdoors Quimby/Gardner Land Swap Will "Protect" Wassataquoik Stream and Land East of Baxter Park
Conservation philanthropist Roxanne Quimby and landowner/logger William T. Gardner signed papers October 25th exchanging forestlands – a deal that will stop the proposed bridge over pristine Wassataquoik Stream and protect another significant portion of Baxter State Park’s eastern boundary.
Oct 26, 2005 - 3:21:00 PM
Outdoors Maine Women: Living on the Land
To all my friends and family: My Mother was chosen as one of the ten women in Maine to be honored by Lauren Shaw in her publication Maine Women: Living on the Land. I am honored to share this w/all of you. The exhibit will be featured at The Farnsworth Museum in Rockport, Maine on August 6th.
Jun 26, 2005 - 7:08:00 PM
Outdoors Maine Team Finishes in Top 10 of World Series of Birding
HALLOWELL -- Maine’s first-ever team in the 24-hour birding frenzy known as the World Series of Birding (WSB) landed an impressive seventh-place finish in the May 14 event. The Boreal Birders, sponsored by the nonprofit Boreal Songbird Initiative, identified 197 bird species by sight and sound to meet their goal of being among the prestigious top 10 finishers, out of 95 teams from all over the world.
May 18, 2005 - 1:06:00 PM
Outdoors Green Groups Celebrate River Drivers Agreement, Plan More
ORONO -- From 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 30, 2005, at the Buchanan Alumni House of the University of Maine, Citizens to Protect the Allagash is holding a free conference, open to the public, to celebrate and discuss the protection and restoration of the Allagash Wilderness Waterway.
Apr 14, 2005 - 7:59:00 PM
Outdoors Volunteers Needed to Monitor Frogs
FALMOUTH -- Maine Audubon seeks volunteers to listen for and note the sounds of frogs along specific roadside routes on several evenings from early spring through summer for the Maine Amphibian Monitoring Project.
Apr 6, 2005 - 3:42:00 PM
Outdoors Free Rapala Lure for All Who Enter 2005 State-Fish Art Contest
BROOKLYN CENTER, MN -- "Wildlife Forever' is pleased to announce that each young artist in Maine who enters the 2005 Wildlife Forever State-Fish Art Contest will win a Rapala lure to fish Maine ’s lakes and streams.
Mar 10, 2005 - 4:49:00 PM
