Monthly Archives: May 2018
Time to replace pesticides with wasps
Moth and Wasp, Soil and Ocean by Sigri Schmalzer takes us back to the 1960s when scientist Pu Zhelong was teaching farmers in China to give up pesticides and replace them with parasitic wasps. And Sigri knows a lot about this because she lived in China and got her doctorate in Chinese history and science. […]
Big game management plan includes lots of issues and strategies
Management of wildlife habitats is mostly left to the discretion of private landowners, which makes management of our big game animals a challenge for Maine’s Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. The agency’s new big game management plan notes that white-tailed deer are the only species that receives habitat protection. 200,000 acres of Maine forest […]
How To Die Down East
Time to visit these wonderful Maine places
So near and not so far away. While Linda and I have visited a number of places in Maine featured in Lois Stailing’s book, Nearaway Places, I was surprised by how many we’d never seen. Time to get to those wonderful places! Lois focuses on scenic and historical places, both of which are plentiful in […]
Lots of info in new big game management plan
Two years in the making, DIFW’s new big game management plan will be of interest to everyone, even if they don’t hunt. And for hunters, your future will be determined by these plans. There is a ton of information in the plan which focuses on deer, moose, bear, and turkeys. For the next several weeks […]
Michigan is focused on fish and wildlife
Michigan sponsors lots of fish and wildlife projects that would be good to have in Maine. For example, they just awarded $100,000 in 11 grants for deer habitat improvements on private land. The Deer Habitat Improvement Partnership Initiative is a competitive grant program designed to enhance deer habitat on non-state lands in the Upper Peninsula. […]
Wait until you see the very-young Astronaut Annie
If you want your kids or grandkids to follow their dreams, you’ll want to get them the book Astronaut Annie by Suzanne Slade. Beautifully illustrated by Nicole Tadgell and published by Tilbury House, the story is about a young girl, Annie, who is excited to show what she wants to be on her school’s Career […]
Guests work to protect Cobb’s Pierce Pond Camps
Cobb’s Pierce Pond Camps is a wonderful place and not just because the camps are in a beautiful place and the Cobb family are great hosts. They are blessed by guests who love the camps so much that they’ve stepped up to protect the camps and the entire watershed. So far the Maine Wilderness Watershed […]
A Compelling First Novel By Jane Sloven
Every time I figured out who was the murderer in Jane Sloven’s Termination of Benefits, the next chapter proved me wrong. The twisted plot, with lots of curves and clues, will keep you guessing until the surprising ending which I will not give away. It always astonishes me when a new author is able to […]