The Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railroad by Joey Kelley, and published by North Country Press, is a very interesting history of Waldo County’s railroad. And before you criticize me for thinking Moosehead Lake is in Waldo County, let me inform you that this railroad never made it to Moosehead lake and Greenville. While the story […]
Swan’s Island off Mount Desert recently tried to reduce it’s tick population by burning a bunch of fields. In an earlier column, I reported on the special deer hunt set up by DIFW to reduce the island’s deer population. Hunters had to sit in stands, and only shot two deer. So I was very interested […]
Last week, Bob McIntosh, president of the Allagash Wilderness Waterway Foundation, announced release of the first heritage resource assessment of the famed Allagash Wilderness Waterway. There’s a lot of good news in the announcement, although they did report that more money will be needed to complete some of the projects and plans. Here’s the press […]
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 […]
In 1989, Maine’s Supreme Court took away our right to enjoy our ocean intertidal zones. Looking all the way back to when Maine was part of Massachusetts, the Justices ruled that our opportunities to enjoy the intertidal zones are limited to fishing, fouling, and navigation. Thankfully, Orlando Delogu has written a new book, Maine’s Beaches […]
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 […]
You’ll want to muckle onto this wicked cocker of a book, Behind the Cast, by legendary Maine guide Dale Wheaton, who owned Wheaton’s Lodge in Grand Lake Stream with his wife Jana for 34 years. If you don’t read this book, I’m going to cold conk you, and you’ll catch didley-squat on your next fishing […]
Awesome birding and other outdoor adventures at Claybrook Mountain Lodge
