I hate spiders. So when I received Dana Wilde’s book, A Backyard Book of Spiders in Maine, with an ugly yellow spider on the cover, I cringed. I wasn’t sure I could read and write about this book. But the book turned out to be very interesting, with lots of information about spiders. And despite […]
DIF&W is asking hunters to share their story about their first hunt, and they’ll be posting some of these stories. You can submit your story here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/huntmdifw
These are very interesting initiatives on fish and wildlife. I think you will enjoy reading about them, which you can do here: https://www.fws.gov/northeast/wsfr/partner-with-a-payer.html
My granddaughter is 6 years old now, but this is one of my favorite Ada stories, when she was a baby. This story is in my book, A Lifetime of Hunting and Fishing, published by North Country Press. Here’s the story: My 3 month old granddaughter, Ada Claire Smith, was wailing away on my shoulder, […]
Linda and I have several bird books by David Sibley, which we used a lot over the years, so I was excited to receive his new book, What It’s Like To Be A Bird. It’s an amazing book of details about lots of birds. I thought I knew a lot about birds, but from the […]
DIFW has prepared a detailed report on moose and ticks. You can read it here: https://www.maine.gov/ifw/fish-wildlife/wildlife/species-information/mammals/moose-winter-ticks.html
Earl Brechlin’s book, Wild! Weird! Wonderful! Maine, is amazing. Published by Islandport Press in Yarmouth, the book is filled with 300 wonderful stories about Maine people, places, events, and more, throughout our history. He even tells us about haunting ghosts. Earl organized the book by regions in Maine, from the southern Maine coast to the […]
Years ago I participated in a successful effort to stop a proposal to mine near the Allagash, and to enact a strong law protecting us from mines. Now we need to step up to stop a new proposal to mine near Baxter Park and the Katahdin Woods and Waters national monument. Maine’s Department of Environmental […]
This is an important project that could use your support. You can join here: https://highpeaksalliance.org/become-a-member/ Here’s some information about the project. FARMINGTON – MeatEater, Inc., a media company based in Montana, held an auction last week to close out fundraising on the High Peaks Alliance’s (HPA) Shiloh Pond conservation project in Kingfield, Maine. HPA has […]
DIFW is proposing 142 new fishing rules, and has invited you to comment. I recommend that you focus on your favorite species and waters. You can check out the new rules, and submit your comments, here: https://www.maine.gov/ifw/news-events/rulemaking-proposals.html
