Mainers are lucky to have access to 3.5 million acres in the North Maine Woods, and we are also lucky that Al Cowperthwaite has been the long-time manager of that property. I have enjoyed many hunting and fishing adventures in the north woods, and feel privileged to have worked with Al on several important issues. […]
Landowner Appreciation Day is scheduled for September 15. And I encourage you that day to thank the private landowners who allow you to enjoy their land. Private landowners do a lot for us, from providing ATV and snowmobile trails and places to hunt and access favorite fishing spots to the opportunity to hike and pick […]
This is one of my all-time favorite columns, published in Down East magazine in 2011. It is framed on the wall of our north woods camp. I want to share the column with you today. Every Mainer has a camp. It may be a place we own. It may be a place our friends own. […]
ATV issues have raised lots of concerns, particularly with private landowners who provide many of our ATV trails. So Governor Janet Mills has organized an ATV task force to discuss the issues, with recommendations due to governor by January 1, 2020. The first meeting of the task force is scheduled for September 5. Here is […]
Linda and I have been avid birders for about 20 years, but I wish we had started much earlier than that. Checking out the birds adds to every trip and outdoor adventure. We started when a friend of Linda’s was birding in our yard. It turns out, because we’re surrounded by water and woods, that […]
When I saw the title, The Canoe Maker, and the illustration on the cover, I thought this book, published by Maine Authors Publishing, was a children’s book. But authors Jean Flahive and Donald Soctomah have written a book that both adults and children will find fascinating. This may be a true story, because the main […]
Maine’s U.S. Senator Angus King has stepped up to support hunters, wildlife, and everyone who loves the outdoors. Angus loves to fish and hunt ducks, so his support for our outdoor heritage is no surprise to me. Here is the press release describing the actions Angus has taken. WASHINGTON, D.C. –U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine), […]
I had no idea 76 people died in the Acadia National Park. But to put that in perspective, 300 people have died in Glacier National Park, a place that Linda and I really like and visited quite often. Randi Minetor has written a number of books about deaths in our national parks. Her latest book, […]
Hope Rowan really knows Maine’s north woods. And I have to thank her for writing a hiking guide to the Katahdin region for kids. The book, Ten Days in the North Woods, published by Islandport Press, includes stunning photos that will, for sure, send you to that region for an outdoor adventure. Hope focuses on […]
I still miss Gene Letourneau, who wrote about hunting and fishing every day for 50 years in Central and Southern Maine’s newspapers. Gene’s daily outdoors column, titled Sportsmen Say, that started my day as a kid, is gone, found in none of today’s daily newspapers, which prefer to […]
