A lot fewer people are visiting and enjoying the lands in the North Maine Woods. That confirms my research when sporting camp owners told me their greatest challenge is the loss of hunters and anglers. In the last eleven years, visitor days fishing in North Maine Woods have declined from 21,143 to 12,365. Hunting days […]
You should get a Passport to Maine Outdoors and hit the road to visit all the great places included in the passport. Perhaps you got a passport last year and know this is a project sponsored by the Land For Maine’s Future and the Maine Land Trust Network. They started the project last year to […]
Jen Hazard has given us a great list of Maine family get-aways and adventures in her book The Maine Playbook, published by Islandport Press. If anyone knows the best places for family get-a-ways and adventures, it’s Jennifer Hazard. Jen, her husband, and their two kids have been traveling the state for years, enjoying our best […]
Every Maine hiker should have a copy of Aislinn Sarnaki’s new book, Maine Hikes, published by Down East Books. Subtitled Off the Beaten Path, it is all of that and more. One thing I especially like about the book is that Aislinn doesn’t just focus on mountain hikes. Some of the hikes could even be […]
We fell in love with Monhegan 9 years ago during a day trip there with Maine Audubon. And we’ve been returning every year since then, initially for 3 days, and now for a week in May, ideal time for birding. We were there two weeks ago and the birding was spectacular, but we really love […]
Awesome birding and other outdoor adventures at Claybrook Mountain Lodge
Linda and I love Bradford Camps in Maine’s great north woods, and we eagerly await their annual newsletter, which arrived today. From news about its very successful bear hunting season (15 bears taken by 19 hunters) to news about the successful restoration of Arctic Char in Big Reed Pond, to their fascinating video of their […]
Greg Westrich joins me in loving Baxter Park, and his new book, Hiking Maine’s Baxter Park, is a FalconGuide that will propel you up and over some of Baxter’s wonderful mountains, and to its beautiful ponds and waterfalls. Baxter Park is the back yard for our camp on Sourdnahunk Lake, and we have climbed all […]
John and Cynthia Orcutt have blessed us with amazing photos in their book, Enduring Heights – The High Peaks of Maine. As Senator Angus King writes in the forward, “The vistas are so wide, the colors so subtle, the forests so deep, that the urge to see for yourself will be pretty hard to resist.” […]
Aislinn Sarnacki just cluttered up my life. But that’s not a complaint. I’ve always enjoyed her hiking and other columns and stories in the Bangor Daily News, often living vicariously through her outdoor adventures. But now Down East Books has published Aislinn’s book, Family Friendly Hikes In Maine. These are not her challenging and vigorous […]
