Wilton votes to support Maine Trails Bond

The Wilton Board of Selectpersons voted on Tuesday, Dec. 5, to support the Maine Trails Bond initiative, a bill that would provide $30 million in bond for Maine's trail system.

Some resorts off and running as alpine ski season begins in Maine

Sugarloaf and Sunday River, the state's two largest ski resorts, opened in recent weeks, with others to follow suit in December.

Roberts Farm in Norway featured in PBS series “America Outdoors” this week

The Western Maine Addiction Recovery Initiative is taking its message national through the PBS series hosted by with Baratunde Thurston.

Auburn summer program aims to help new Mainers build relationship with the outdoors

Students have practiced outdoor survival skills, like navigation and building fires, in the summer program.

Big, lumbering and elusive: How to find a Maine moose

Moose spotting in Maine isn't easy despite the beast's size and number, but there are ways to increase your chances as prime viewing season begins.

Some Maine moose tours

Mark Fanning, 76, remembered as ‘the godfather’ of falconry in Maine

The Buxton resident and former Bonny Eagle teacher who led the push to legalize falconry in the state died in a car crash in Virginia on Saturday. His wife, Cynthia Fanning, is in the hospital with serious injuries.

Photo: A study in the outdoors

‘No plans, no agendas’ — Maine and Mainers find van life a good fit

'Van life means you can go anywhere and still stay relatively safe and comfortable.'

State parks on pace for another record year

COVID-19 restrictions are largely a thing of the past, but the influx of visitors to Maine State Parks that started as a response to pandemic isolation hasn't slowed.