Deirdre Fleming covers the outdoors for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram, and has been a newspaper reporter in Maine for 25 years - and an outdoor writer for the past 20. During that time, she’s seen biologists trap 500-pound bear, watched fishermen land high-jumping makos, camped on Moosehead Lake in the winter, and retraced Gov. Percival Baxter’s first trip to Mt. Katahdin. She is often asked, but still does not know her favorite wildland in Maine. A graduate of Georgetown University and the University of Missouri, she lives with her husband in Buxton near the Saco River, where they both fly fish.
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PublishedFebruary 5, 2023
Statue to honor ‘Fly Rod’ Crosby, Maine’s pioneer outdoors woman
The fly fisher and outdoors writer drew national acclaim in the late 1800s and remains a legend in the Rangeley Lakes Region. Now more will learn of how she promoted outdoors activities in Maine.
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PublishedJanuary 29, 2023
In just a few years, horse skijoring pulling in fans around Maine
The sport, in which a skier maneuvers around obstacles while being pulled by a galloping horse, is expected to draw thousands of fans to Topsham and Skowhegan in February.
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PublishedJanuary 22, 2023
Want to escape the crowds, and save money? Try night skiing
The vast majority of Maine Alpine areas offer night skiing – and nearly half offer deals that top the day ticket pass.
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2023
High Peaks Alliance gets $2 million to rebuild bridge over Sandy River in Farmington
The federal funding will be used to construct a 336-foot span that will link Farmington and Jay via the 14-mile Whistle Stop Trail.
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PublishedJanuary 15, 2023
Claim of Maine’s biggest ice fishing derby shifts to Aroostook County
For years, the Sebago Lake Ice Fishing Derby was the state’s biggest, but that mantle has been passed to the Long Lake Derby.
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PublishedJanuary 6, 2023
Extreme winter sport to debut in Maine at Lost Valley ski area
Ice cross – a sport in which skaters compete head-to-head down a steep track while navigating twists, banked turns and jumps – comes to Auburn in February.
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PublishedJanuary 5, 2023
Maine state park campgrounds set attendance record in 2022
It marks the third consecutive year of record-breaking attendance by campers at state parks.
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PublishedDecember 24, 2022
Important strides made in land conservation across Maine in 2022
From the coast and the mountains to Aroostook County, unusual conservation projects defined the past year.
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PublishedDecember 4, 2022
Mainer becomes one of the oldest hikers to complete Pacific Crest Trail
Fewer than 7,000 people have completed the arduous 2,650-mile journey. Dave Cota of Carrabassett Valley – at 71 – became one of them this year.
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PublishedNovember 28, 2022
Hunters set a record for deer harvests in Maine
The 41,875 harvests registered so far this fall breaks a mark established in 1959.
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