The current edition of Wildfire tackles the gun issues now before the Maine legislature, with special guest Senator Anne Haskell, a veteran legislator who served for many years on the Criminal Justice Committee. That committee has scheduled public hearings next … Continue reading
The beer cans were the final straw. For 34 years, we’ve offered free access to anglers who wish to fish the brook and pond behind our Mount Vernon home and the stream that runs alongside our house. The access begins … Continue reading
The legislature’s Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Committee has allowed the Maine Warden Service to reinterpret the law on driving deer, and by failing to clarify that law, has placed many Maine hunters in jeopardy. Captain Chris Cloutier informed the committee … Continue reading
It’s all my fault. In the early 1990s, in my first years as executive director of the Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine, I supported Representative Harry Bailey’s successful legislation to put a board in the fishway at the Grand Falls Dam … Continue reading
The Humane Society of the United States has found a new sponsor for its “Bear Protection Act.” Rep. Denise Harlow of Portland will put her name on the bill that resurrects many of the issues in the 2004 statewide bear … Continue reading
When I first disclosed that I am an avid birdwatcher, some sportsmen were astonished. But yes, I don’t just shoot birds. I like to look at them too. My wife Linda and I got started six years ago when we … Continue reading
Will Maine ever regain the nonresident hunters it lost over the last decade? Realistically, probably not. On January 23 last year, the members of a legislatively authorized Nonresident Hunter Task Force presented a lengthy list of recommendations to the legislature’s … Continue reading
Well, the wind’s hit the fan. As a longtime proponent of wind power, tidal power, wood power, any power that comes from our natural resources, I’m also well aware of the nasty bullish response from anti-wind people. They seem to … Continue reading
Mainers are justifiably proud when our game wardens participate in a successful search and rescue operation, like they did this week at Sugarloaf. Sportsmen are especially happy when wardens arrest a group of poachers, as they did in my town … Continue reading
An energetic and inquisitive crowd gathered in the conference room of the Maine Forest Products Council on Friday, March 1, for a meeting of the Conservation Recreation Forum cohosted by the MFPC and the Maine Conservation Alliance. With my help, … Continue reading
