The 2016 “Maine Woods Destination Rally” was an interesting and informative event, featuring national speakers and lots of encouraging information about the rural/woods Maine economy. I took 9 pages of notes and could write a dozen columns about it, but here are some of the highlights. Mike Wilson directs the Maine Woods Consortium, the sponsor […]
Yes, you could win this competition, scheduled for June 6 – 8 at LL Bean’s Outdoor Discovery School. But the real winners will be the 2600 children served by the Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Maine, where five clubhouses provide a fun, safe place where kids find trusted, caring adults and can achieve academic […]
It’s not a certainty, but it seems like a steep decline in the population of moose will reduce the loss of moose from ticks. That’s not particularly good news, if you like to see or hunt moose, but that’s the way it will probably go. The Associated Press recently reported that, in New Hampshire, nearly […]
Roger Guay was a great game warden, and his book, A Good Man with a Dog, contains thoughtful, insightful, frightening, and entertaining stories of his 25 year career. With the help of Kate Flora, one of my favorite authors, Roger has delivered a book that you will read and share with friends, and then put […]
Paul Reynolds is a good writer, and his latest book, The Maine Angler’s Logbook, proves this once again. Subtitled Tips, Tales, and Tactics, it is all of that and much more. For me, it was a march down memory lane. Some of my all-time favorite fishing adventures occurred in Alaska, Montana, and Labrador. Paul’s did […]
I was surprised to get this press release on Tuesday from the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. Does anybody but me think hunters and anglers should not have to pay for this? Should this really be the responsibility of the INLAND Fisheries and Wildlife Department? IFW To Conduct Mock Oil Spill Training Scenario Near […]
It is not a pathway to riches; it is a lifestyle you must love. – Christina Howe, Spencer Pond Camps History meets hospitality at Maine sporting camps today. While they were once rustic and remote, today’s camps offer more comfort and convenience, but it is still the wild Maine outside the cabin door that attracts […]
Getting our TV talk show Wildfire back on the air has been a great experience. Special thanks to all of you who let us know how much you missed the show. My cohost James Cote and I feature a single guest on each show, and focus on critical outdoor issues. But sometimes we just like […]
Dr. Clark Granger’s column in the winter edition of The Maine Farmer, the newsletter of the Maine Farm Bureau, saddened me. Clark encouraged all private landowners to post their land, confront trespassers, and gate entry points. While, as the owner of 160 acres of land, I share his frustrations, as a sportsman I am alarmed […]
Colin Woodard is an outstanding award-winning reporter, nominated last year for a Pulitzer, and we are very lucky to have him in Maine. After more than a year of research, and a lot of frustration, his report, North Woods lawless, published on May 8 in the Maine Sunday Telegram, is outstanding, provocative, and worthy of […]
George stepped down at the end of 2010 after 18 years as the executive director of the Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine to write full time. He writes a weekly editorial page column in the Kennebec Journal and Waterville Morning Sentinel, a weekly travel column in those same newspapers (with his wife Linda), monthly columns in The Maine Sportsman magazine, two outdoor news blogs (one on his website, georgesmithmaine.com, and one on the website of the Bangor Daily News), and special columns for many publications and newsletters. Islandport Press published a book of George's favorite columns, "A Life Lived Outdoors" in 2014. In 2014, George also won a Maine Press Association award for writing the state's bet sports blog. In 2016, Down East Books published George's book, Maine Sporting Camps, and Islandport Press published George and his wife Linda's travel book, Take It From ME, about their favorite Maine inns and restaurants.
